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Putting some substance behind his so far quiet re-election effort, Gov. Charlie Baker on Saturday said he wants to reduce the sales tax and fired up Republican delegates at their nominating convention by emphasizing his support for the death penalty for cop killers. Running again with Lt.
Putting some substance behind his so far quiet re-election effort, Gov. Charlie Baker on Saturday said he wants to reduce the sales tax and fired up Republican delegates at their nominating convention by emphasizing his support for the death penalty for cop killers. Running again with Lt.
Senator Lamar Alexander and U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zink to discuss their plan to help address the $215 million in the Park's backlogged maintenance needs after visiting the closed Look Rock campground in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Look Rock Campground on Foothills Parkway in GSMNP has been closed for five years due to lack of funding for repairs to its water treatment facility, roads, and other facilities.
Don't miss Jay Barth's column in this week's Arkansas Times on the evolution of opinion on Medicaid expansion among Arkansas GOP voters. Barth digs in to a doozy of a finding in a recent Talk Business poll, one I also noted last week : A substantial plurality of Arkansas Republican primary voters now support Medicaid expansion.
Howard Sherman, husband of famed actress Sela Ward, and candidate for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Roger Wicker, arrives at the Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience Center in Meridian, Miss., for the Grand Opening Gala, Friday, April 27, 2018. Howard Sherman, husband of famed actress Sela Ward, and candidate for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Roger Wicker, arrives at the Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience Center in Meridian, Miss., for the Grand Opening Gala, Friday, April 27, 2018.
IBJ won first place awards for editorial writing and news illustrations Friday in the 2017 Best in Indiana contest hosted by the Indiana Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Hillary Clinton came to the defense of the Gateway Project and accused President Donald Trump of playing politics by holding back federal funds as several members of the New Jersey congressional delegation criticized Republican House efforts to cut funding. The project to build a new rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey and a new Portal Bridge was set under the Obama administration, providing half the funding for the $30 billion project.
Here's a depressing fact: Nine members of Congress have lost their jobs over allegations of sexual impropriety or related workplace misconduct since October. The latest: Rep. Patrick Meehan, R-Pa., announced Friday he'll resign from Congress after reports he paid a secret settlement to a staffer to whom he allegedly confessed his love.
Vice President Mike Pence will be in Arizona on Tuesday to tout the Republican tax overhaul approved by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump. Pence will appear at an afternoon event in Tempe hosted by America First Policies, a pro-Trump nonprofit.
President Trump has zeroed on a person to blame for Ronny Jackson's failed bid to become Veterans Affairs Secretary, and it isn't Ronny Jackson, or, you know, himself. Instead, he's focusing his ire on Montana Senator Jon Tester, a Democrat who faces a difficult re-election battle this fall in a state that voted for Trump by more than 20 points.
Mauldin's course of action will hinge on his wife's campaign for Superior Court judge in the same judicial circuit. If Allison Mauldin unseats Judge Eric Norris in the May 22 election, Ken Mauldin said he will resign after nearly two decades as district attorney for Clarke and Oconee counties.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, shakes hands with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg prior to a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Friday, April 27, 2018. After making his diplomatic debut in Brussels at the NATO foreign ministers meeting, new U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo begins a swing through the Middle East Saturday.
Republican Don Blankenship doesn't care if his party and his president don't think he can beat Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin this fall. This former coal mining executive, an ex-convict released from prison less than a year ago, is willing to risk his personal fortune and the Republican Party's golden opportunity in West Virginia for the chance to prove them all wrong.
Republican Don Blankenship doesn't care if his party and his president don't think he can beat Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin this fall. This former coal mining executive, an ex-convict released from prison less than a year ago, is willing to risk his personal fortune and the Republican Party's golden opportunity in West Virginia for the chance to prove them all wrong.
Even some Republican members of Congress, such as Rep. Peter King of New York, are upset about the firing of the Rev. Patrick Conroy, a Jesuit, as House chaplain.
A Night to Remember: Special prom honors San Diego special needs - CBS News 8 - San Diego, CA News Station - KFMB Channel 8 They were guests of honor at the eight annual A Night to Remember Prom at Eastlake Church in Chula Vista. Since 2011, 5,000 students with special needs have walked the red carpet and danced the night away for A Night to Remember.
Thousands of Utah Democrats will gather in downtown Salt Lake City on Saturday to select nominees for the state's congressional races, including a U.S. House contest that is predicted to be Utah's sole competitive race for federal office. Two-term Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams is expected to receive the nomination to face off against GOP Rep. Mia Love in what may be Utah Democrats' best chance to send one of their own to Congress.
In this April 10, 2017, file photo, Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams, right, listens during a committee hearing in Salt Lake City. Democrats in deep-red Utah are looking to McAdams to flip one of the state's four Republican-controlled congressional districts and help take control of the U.S. House.
In this April 24, 2018, file photo, Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, President Donald Trump's choice to be secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, leaves a Senate office building after meeting individually with some members of the committee that would vet him for the post, on Capitol Hill in Washington.