Confederate street names stir debate in . . . New York City?

Two of the Confederate Army's best-known leaders have streets named for them in a place not normally associated with the Southern side of the Civil War - New York City. Now some elected officials are trying to undo it.

Like Haman Being Hung on the Scaffold He Built for Mordechai

An online friend watching the week's events observes that they remind her of the villain Haman being hung on the very scaffold he had built to hang Mordechai. That sums up the week in which the federal investigators are themselves under investigation and the press is forced to recant the lies it has been publishing about the administration.

Simon says he won’t give voter data to Trump panel

Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon on Friday rejected a request for voter registration data by a White House panel studying voter fraud, joining fellow Democratic officials in several other states in refusing to comply. President Donald Trump, a Republican, established the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity in May. Vice chairman Kris Kobach wrote to states this week seeking voter names, addresses, dates of birth, recent voting history and details about military status and felony convictions.

FILE – In this Nov. 7, 2016 file photo, a ballot box is set for…

In this Nov. 7, 2016 file photo, a ballot box is set for residents to vote at midnight in Dixville Notch, N.H. A request for detailed information about every voter in the U.S. from President Donald Trump's voting commission is getting a rocky reception in the states. less FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2016 file photo, a ballot box is set for residents to vote at midnight in Dixville Notch, N.H. A request for detailed information about every voter in the U.S. from President Donald ... more OKLAHOMA CITY - A request for detailed information about every voter in the U.S. from President Donald Trump 's voting commission is getting a rocky reception in the states.

Washington Legislature passes paid family leave measure

Sen. Mark Mullet, from left, D-Issaquah, Sen. Reuven Carlyle, D-Seattle, Sen. Karen Keiser, D-Kent, and Sen. Marko Liias, D-Lynnwood, applaud on the Senate floor after the Senate approved a paid family leave program at the Capitol Friday, June 30, 2017, in Olympia, Wash.. The measure, passed on a 37-12 vote Friday and now heads to the House, offers workers paid time off for the birth or adoption of a child or the serious medical condition of the worker or the worker's family member.

Texas Democrat pushes bill to block taxpayer money from Trump’s voter fraud commission

The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, created by Trump in May, received little attention until this week, when at least 20 states rejected a request to provide the commission with all publicly available voter roll data. "As the president continues to press his blatantly false claim that voter fraud cost him the popular vote in the 2016 presidential election, he endangers the sanctity of our nation's democracy," Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Texas, said in a statement Friday.

No request yet from Trump vote fraud task force for South Carolina voter information

South Carolina officials said Friday they have not received a request from the White House task force investigating alleged voter fraud in the 2016 presidential election. The state Election Commission, however, received more than 50 calls and emails from the public asking the agency to keep voter information away from the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity .

James Arconti, chairman of the board of the Greater Danbury Chamber…

James Arconti, chairman of the board of the Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce gives a year-in-review address to a luncheon gathering Friday, June 30, 2017 at the Amber Room Colonnade in Danbury. James Arconti, chairman of the board of the Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce gives a year-in-review address to a luncheon gathering Friday, June 30, 2017 at the Amber Room Colonnade in Danbury.

Utah wildfire evacuees return, ready for quieter July 4th

Crews made considerable progress Thursday fighting an Arizona forest fire that s... . Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey speaks with Jean Wilson, a 71-year-old evacuee from the community of Pine Flats at the fire's evacuation center on Thursday, June 29, 2017, in Prescott Valley, Ariz.

Hackensack Meridian Health Vice President Named to Becker’s Hospital Review: Rising Stars in …

Jose Lozano honored for outstanding efforts in the merger of two major health networks and development of new medical school Edison, NJ- Hackensack Meridian Health, the state's most comprehensive and integrated health care network, announced that Jose Lozano, chief of staff, vice president, corporate services and governance for the network, was named to Becker's Hospital Review: Rising Stars in Healthcare 2017 - 60 under 40. Mr. Lozano played an instrumental role in the merger of Meridian Health and the Hackensack University Health Network last year, which has resulted in a dynamic partnership with 13 hospitals in seven counties and plans to open a new medical school with Seton Hall University next year.