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Former Vice President Joe Biden and Ohio Gov. John Kasich will conduct a moderated discussion on bridging political and partisan divides. The discussion, part of University of Delaware's National Agenda Series, will take place Oct. 17 at the school in Newark.
To the dismay of Washington's Republican Senate leadership, Judge Roy Moore crushed Luther Strange in the runoff for the Republican nomination for the open Senate seat in Alabama, outpolling Strange by nine percentage points. The Republican establishment doesn't want their party branded with Moore's hardcore, outspoken Christian fundamentalism.
The governors of Minnesota and North Dakota have scheduled a meeting to discuss the future of a flood control project in the Fargo-Moorhead area. A federal judge last month stopped construction of the $2.2 billion Red River diversion project, over complaints that the Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Authority and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers did not obtain the necessary permits from Minnesota.
The Kansas Supreme Court issued a highly anticipated ruling Monday instructing Kansas lawmakers to adopt a more reasonable strategy for increased funding of K-12 public school districts and to prove its plan complies with the state constitution. The Supreme Court declared lawmakers' current funding plan unconstitutional and gave the Kansas Legislature until next year to once and for all solve persistent problems with allocation of state aid to public education.
In this July 18, 2017 file photo, Chief Justice Lawton Nuss, third from left, lead justices to their seats to hear arguments on a school funding case before the Kansas Supreme Court in Topeka, Kan. The Court ruled Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, that legislators did not increase spending on the state's public schools enough this year, hinting in its opinion that lawmakers fell hundreds of millions of dollars short a year of providing a suitable education for every child.
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner sold out conservatives in this state on September 28 when he signed the controversial HB 40, which guarantees that abortion will remain available and legal in the state of Illinois.
President Trump and other members of the administration offered support and condolences to those in Las Vegas after the deadliest mass shooting in history devastated the city on Sunday night. "My warmest condolences and sympathies to the victims and families of the terrible Las Vegas shooting.
ED: IOWA SENATORS SHOULD REGRET VOTING FOR EPA ADMINISTRATION PRUITT, ETHANOL'S DECLINE Oct. 2, 2017 by the Quad City Times Editorial Board There's no doubt, Iowa's U.S. senators are regretting their votes in February to confirm Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt. Thing is, their massive error was obvious from the outset to anyone who wasn't solely interested in being a good partisan soldier.
President Donald Trump is seeking a new health secretary to take the place of Tom Price, ousted after an outcry over flying on costly private charters for official travel.
While MSM fears a Guv Brownback Double Down, these elected officials just lost the moral high-ground in complaints about deficit spending or the national debt: The framework for a federal tax overhaul announced this past week is similar in many ways to the tax plan that Gov. Sam Brownback championed at the state level in 2012.
Kasich hints at leaving GOP if it's not 'fixed' - STORY HIGHLIGHTS - Washington Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich said on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday that a time could come when he no longer supports the Republican Party. - "If the party can't be fixed, Jake, then I'm not going to be able to support the party.
Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich said on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday that a time could come when he no longer supports the Republican Party. "If the party can't be fixed, Jake, then I'm not going to be able to support the party.
The Supreme Court term that, by law, begins on the first Monday in October includes several high-profile cases dealing with controversial social issues or with the potential to affect millions of Americans. The justices probably will not hear the dispute over President Donald Trump's travel ban, originally scheduled for October, now that he has issued a new policy that has yet to be examined by lower courts.
He expressed these sentiments as his secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, was forced to resign for flying around on expensive government airplanes or charters , costing tax payers over $1 million, even though many of these flights could have been replaced by inexpensive train rides or economy seats on civilian airliners. The whole point of the Trump cabinet is allow filthy rich groups and individuals to feed at the public trough.
Apple CEO Tim Cook told Iowa officials "we admire what you guys have accomplished" in creating an environment to attract job-creating companies like Apple and Amazon to the state. The head of Apple Inc. stood on the steps of the Iowa State Capitol this summer and delivered the kind of speech that makes some Minnesotans wince.
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is betting state lawmakers can fix a mistake in an intricate spending law without jeopardizing hard-won compromises that spared rural hospitals drastic budget cuts and provided $1.9 billion for transportation. Hickenlooper called a special session to restore the ability of Denver's Regional Transportation District and other so-called special districts to collect standard state sales taxes on recreational marijuana.
The administration is "shamelessly trying to force electricity customers to pay billions of dollars to prop up old, dangerous, and uneconomic coal and nuclear plants," says Sierra Club's Mary Ann Hitt. U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry's proposal to ensure "a reliable, resilient electric grid" by propping up nuclear and coal power plants is being met with condemnation by environmental advocacy groups who says it's based on an erroneous argument and spells bad news for customers and the climate alike.
"I am proud of the work that's being done," Duke told a press conference in San Juan this afternoon upon arriving in the U.S. territory. "Clearly, the situation here in Puerto Rico after the devastating hurricane is not satisfactory."
Gov. Jim Justice says he hasn't yet endorsed anyone for next year's race for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democrat Joe Manchin. Elected last year as a Democrat with Manchin's support, Justice recently switched to the Republican Party - an announcement he made with President Donald Trump at a Charleston rally in August.