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In a story Sept. 30 about suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, The Associated Press erroneously reported the age limit for judges could be raised if voters approve a measure on the November ballot to do so.
Super PACs fuel election negativity Candidates' campaigns generally avoid getting dirty so negative messages are typically delivered by PACs. Check out this story on Daily-Times.com: In New Mexico, many candidates avoid getting dirty so negative messages are often delivered by PACs that do not have to report what they're spending on specific races GOP House candidate Vicki Chavez wants her Deming neighbors to know she had nothing to do with the vicious attack ads.
If it seems as if the state always misses its tax collection estimates, that's because it's happened a lot lately. August tax collections were $10.2 million less than projected - the 10th month of the past 12 that the state missed its estimates.
A former Nottingham state representative used pot in the State House and sold it to a handful of state legislators, an investigation by the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office revealed.
A former Nottingham state representative used pot in the State House and sold it to a handful of state legislators, an investigation by the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office revealed.
A deadly New Jersey Transit train crash this week has renewed questions about Republican Governor Chris Christie's hard-nosed approach to a public transit funding crisis, even as he announced a compromise on Friday to pay for long-delayed construction projects. The timing of Friday's announcement seemed telling, despite the fact there is no reason yet to suspect a link between the crash and a lack of funding, said Brigid Callahan Harrison, a political science professor at Montclair State University.
Federal investigators are sifting through the wreckage of a train crash in New Jersey to determine what happened before the train barreled through a station too fast, smashing through a concrete-and-steel bumper. Federal investigators trying to figure out the cause of the deadly rail crash at the Hoboken station hoped to question the engineer and lift clues Friday from the train's black box recorders, though one of the devices... Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has been suspended for the rest of his term for defying federal gay marriage rulings.
CLINTON TOWNSHIP - Taking a shot at likely 2017 governor candidate Steve Sweeney , Gov. Chris Christie on Friday claimed again that Democrats want to delay reexamining how the state apportions education funding until afterhe leaves office. Speaking at a firehouse to promote his "Fairness Formula" education funding plan, the governor said that Democrats' called-for commission on state aid would only issue it's report after the expiration of his term in office in January 2018.
A bipartisan council of top legislative leaders and Gov. Sam Brownback on Friday approved a $100,000 settlement inspired by a federal lawsuit against a state agency alleging culpability in child-custody decisions leading to the beating death of a 4-year-old boy. The State Finance Council voted unanimously to authorize payment to the mother of Mekhi Boone, who was killed by his father in 2013.
Defense attorney Michael Critchley, who represents former Christie deputy chief of staff Bridget Anne Kelly, right, took the lead Friday as he began his cross examination of David Wildstein, the government's star witness in the Bridgegate trial. (Julio Cortez NEWARK - Defense attorney Michael Critchley launched a furious attack on Bridgegate prosecution witness David Wildstein Friday, repeatedly calling him a liar, a thief and an abusive individual who would do whatever it took to further his own interests.
Attorneys for the state of Louisiana are trying to revive the state's Medicaid funding cut for Planned Parenthood clinics. Earlier this month, a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an injunction blocking the cut, which would have kept needy Louisiana women from getting non-abortion services at Planned Parenthood facilities.
Hillary Clinton's running mate Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine believes the Catholic Church will one day accept same sex marriage and women should have unlimited access to abortion, but some Catholic leaders are telling him his views have no place in the church. Brian Burch of Catholic Vote sent a memo out to its 500,000 person organization and about 1,000 Catholic leaders nationwide describing Kaine's embrace of liberation theology during his 1980 trip to Honduras on a supposedly "faith-inspired mission to assist Jesuit missionaries serving peasant farmers."
Federal investigators are sifting through the wreckage of a train crash in New Jersey to determine what happened before it barreled through a station and crashed into a barrier, causing a young mother to be killed by falling debris and injuring more than 100 others. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board will be looking to determine how fast the commuter train was going when it crashed at the busy Hoboken station Thursday morning.
Gov. Jerry Brown waded further into the national debate over transgender rights Thursday as he signed a bill requiring that all single-stall toilets in California be designated as gender neutral. The measure requires that businesses and governments post non-gender-specific signs on single-occupant restrooms by March 1, 2017.
The USA Today editorial board for the first time is taking sides in a presidential race - but it's not asking voters to back a specific candidate, but rather oppose Donald Trump. The USA Today editorial board wrote Thursday it was moved to oppose Trump - the first such move in its 34-year history - because of what it calls the unique danger he presents.
A rush hour commuter train crashed through a barrier at the busy Hoboken station and lurched across the waiting area Thursday morning, killing one person and injuring more than 100 others in a grisly wreck that renewed questions about whether long-delayed automated safety technology could have prevented tragedy. People pulled chunks of concrete off pinned and bleeding victims, passengers kicked out windows and crawled to safety and cries and screams could be heard in the wreckage as emergency workers rushed to reach the injured in the tangle of twisted metal and dangling wires just across the Hudson River from New York City.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump shakes hands with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at the first presidential debate on Monday, September 26. Clinton, 68, is the first woman to lead a presidential ticket for one of the major political parties. She has been a U.S. senator and secretary of state.
The only person who died in the New Jersey train crash has been identified as a 34-year-old woman from Hoboken. The state medical examiner's office said Thursday that the victim is Fabiola Bittar de Kroon.
The vice presidential debate Tuesday could carry with it the same impact that Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Tim Kaine have each brought to their respective tickets: inconsequential. Political experts have said for years that voters make their choice based solely on presidential candidates and not the No.
A rush-hour commuter train crashed through a barrier at the busy Hoboken station and lurched across the waiting area Thursday morning, killing one person and injuring more than 100 others in a grisly wreck that renewed questions about whether long-delayed automated safety technology could have prevented tragedy. People pulled chunks of concrete off pinned and bleeding victims, passengers kicked out windows and crawled to safety, and cries and screams could be heard in the wreckage at the station just across the Hudson River from New York City as emergency workers rushed to reach commuters in the tangle of twisted metal and dangling wires.