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The three-day government shutdown in Maine ended early Tuesday morning after Gov. Paul LePage signed a new budget, according to a statement from his office. LePage had declared a state of civil emergency in the absence of an approved biennial budget by the state Legislature.
The three-day government shutdown in Maine ended early Tuesday morning after Gov. Paul LePage signed a new budget, according to a statement from his office. LePage had declared a state of civil emergency in the absence of an approved biennial budget by the state Legislature.
Sri Lanka is suffering its worst dengue outbreak with mor... . A Sri Lankan Municipal worker sprays pesticide in a drain during dengue fever irradiation work in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, July 4, 2017.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is feeling the heat after he was photographed sunning himself on a beach that he had closed to the public as part of a government shutdown. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is feeling the heat after he was photographed sunning himself on a beach that he had closed to the public as part of a government shutdown.
A website that hosted an "Abduction 101" forum linked to a 28-year-old suspect in the kidnapping of a Chinese scholar at the University of Illinois bills itself as the most popular sexual fetish internet networking... A website that hosted an "Abduction 101" forum linked to a 28-year-old suspect in the kidnapping of a Chinese scholar at the University of Illinois bills itself as the most popular sexual fetish internet networking site. Illinois lawmakers are back to work after a dramatic vote in the House Sunday to increase income taxes by 32 percent.
A police official said the crash is believed to be a case of "operator error" i... . Emergency personnel work at the scene where a taxi driver struck a group of pedestrians, injuring several, Monday, July 3, 2017, in Boston.
Maine lawmakers say they have reached a tentative agreement on a new budget that could end a state government shutdown. The budget has been hung up by a disagreement between Republican Gov. Paul LePage and state Democrats about an increase to a state lodging tax.
An appeals court Monday struck down the Environmental Protection Agency's 90-day suspension of new emission standards on oil and gas wells, a decision that could set back the Trump administration's broad legal strategy for rolling back Obama-era rules. In a 2-to-1 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit concluded that the EPA had the right to reconsider a 2016 rule limiting methane and smog-forming pollutants emitted by oil and gas wells but could not delay the effective date while it sought to rewrite the regulation.
The assault rifle used by a doctor to kill one and injure several others in a New York City hospital last Friday was "lawfully transferred" to the shooter from a gun shop in upstate New York, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Law enforcement sources said Dr. Henry Bello hid the gun -- identified by law enforcement sources as an AR-15 -- under his white lab coat and then opened fire in Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, where he used to work.
" While Gov. Chris Christie was busy catching heat Monday for his family time on a beach to which he had blocked public access, a stalemate over the state's budget between the Republican and the Democrat-controlled Legislature stretched into a third day without a resolution in sight. Spokesman Brian Murray said the governor was back in Trenton on Monday, a day after he was photographed by NJ.com at a closed state park lounging in a beach chair in sandals, shorts and a T-shirt.
A reversal of fortune now awaits Ohio's 69th governor after he issued more than 47 vetoes Friday before signing his last state budget deal clocking in at $133 billion in all-funds. Gov. John Kasich's executive prowess started out in 2011 unbeatable, but awaits a comeuppance six years later after lawmakers in his own party prepare to potentially override his vetoes, the biggest of which is freezing Medicaid enrollment next year.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has a piece in the NY Times today, in which you would have though that someone at the New York City based paper would have said "hey, wait a minute, he's slurring us as New Yorkers!" as Rahm punches NYC and Governor Cuomo in the face On Thursday, in the wake of a subway derailment and an epidemic of train delays, Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York declared a state of emergency for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the busiest mass transit system in America. That same day, the nation's third-busiest system - the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority - handed out coupons for free coffee to riders stuck in the second year of slowdowns caused by repairs to prevent chronic fires.
On Thursday, in the wake of a subway derailment and an epidemic of train delays, Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York declared a state of emergency for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the busiest mass transit system in America. That same day, the nation's third-busiest system - the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority - handed out coupons for free coffee to riders stuck in the second year of slowdowns caused by repairs to prevent chronic fires.
Democrats who are giddily munching popcorn while watching Republicans struggle with trying to repeal Obamacare may want to put down the tub. They are on the verge of adopting a politically analogous health care plank, one designed to rev up their ideological base in the next campaign, but destined to make the party suffer once in power.
Governor Paul LePage on Sunday urged lawmakers to put aside ''petty egos'' and send him a budget as a legislative panel sought common ground on a proposal promoted by House Republicans who torpedoed the previous spending bill. LePage, a Republican, posted a Facebook video in which he chastised Republican Senate President Michael Thibodeau and Democratic House Speaker Sara Gideon.
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"Well, I don't know what will happen now. We've got some difficult days ahead." - Martin Luther King Jr., April 3, 1968 Some of you may recognize the epigraph above from my novel, "Grant Park."
On Sunday, Gov. John Kasich dismissed the $45 billion fund for opioid treatment that some Republicans have floated as a potential " sweetener " for moderates as completely insufficient to address the problem. In an interview with Martha Raddatz for ABC's This Week , the Ohio Republican and unsuccessful 2016 presidential candidate slammed an attempt by his party's leaders to "buy people off" to ensure 51 votes for its Obamacare repeal proposal.
Republican Gov. John Kasich of Ohio called President Trump 's tweets this week attacking MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski "ridiculous," saying the "coarseness is not acceptable" and that he hopes the president's family will get him to "knock it off." "It's ridiculous.
Dozens of new laws are now in effect with the start of Georgia's fiscal year, including an end to a ban on guns on the state's public college campuses. Gov. Nathan Deal signed 275 measures into law after the General Assembly adjourned at the end of March, and more than 100 of them took effect as of July 1. The rest became effective with Deal's signature or were written to take effect at later dates.