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Kentucky is the home of thoroughbred horse racing, well-regarded bourbon and politicians fighting over some of the most vexing problems facing U.S. public pensions. Democratic House Speaker Greg Stumbo called 100 adjourned members of the state House of Representatives back to Frankfort on Tuesday to discuss pension investment losses, more than $171 million of fees paid to money managers and potentially budget-decimating shortfalls.
One of the dumbest statements in modern times was Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's declaration that "the best way to stimulate the economy" is through food stamps and unemployment insurance. This economic mumbo jumbo defies basic common sense and helps explain why we still have more than 40 million Americans on food stamps - evidently, the more that get free food, the more prosperous we become.
Welcome to Clout Street: Morning Spin, our weekday feature to catch you up with what's going on in government and politics from Chicago to Springfield. The board that oversees the Teachers Retirement System is scheduled to vote on whether to lower the expected rate of return on investments, a move Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner 's office has warned could blow a massive hole into the state's already shaky finances.
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Thursday revealed more details in her regulatory relief plan for credit unions and other community institutions, including making clear when they are exempt from regulation and cutting down on regulatory "creep." "While Wall Street's reckless risk-taking created a global financial crisis, community banks and credit unions were working to help ordinary Americans and Main Street get ahead," she said.
She cracks similar jokes as she welcomes visitors into "the house of the living dead" or comments on how good she feels, considering her "condition." Murphy says she has tried to see the humor in the situation that began two weeks ago.
Hillary courts the stars: Justin Timberlake gets the A-list to open wallets for Clinton as he and Jessica Biel host multi-million dollar fundraiser with Jennifer Aniston and Jamie Foxx EXCLUSIVE - First picture of trooper who shot dead unarmed deaf father who was trying to communicate with him using sign language after being stopped for speeding Say YES to carbs: Why eating white rice and pasta WON'T make you pile on the pounds Homeless woman, 80, who spent ten years trying to get Social Security payments but kept being dismissed as 'crazy' proves she IS owed $100,000 - and moves into studio Apple co-founder urges firm not to kill off the headphone socket in iPhone 7: Steve Wozniak warns controversial move will 'tick off a lot of people' 'Her privacy is the only thing this animal didn't take': Parents of teen who was murdered by S&M maniac for refusing a threesome fight to keep her ... (more)
A U.S. appeals court refused on Monday to reconsider its decision to overturn a $1.27 billion penalty against Bank of America Corp and a jury verdict finding it liable for mortgage fraud leading up to the 2008 financial crisis. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York rejected a petition by Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office to have a three-judge panel rehear the case and give the government at least an opportunity to seek a new trial.
Quenton Robins watched on Sunday morning as a giant metal claw clamped down on his mother's ruined belongings, snapping wooden cabinets with an audible crack as the operator of a giant mechanized arm slowly cleared a mound of debris from her yard in Baton Rouge. Five feet of water swept through the homes in the quiet Park Forest neighborhood just over a week ago, shocking residents who had been told they did not live in a flood zone.
Donald Trump is the Republican nominee, which is frightening.We must make sure his hateful rhetoric does not even come close... Donald Trump has gone too far with his attacks on Gold Star parents Khizr and Ghazala Khan, whose son Army Capt. Humayun Khan... A Donald Trump White House would be a disaster, and this goes way beyond any ideological difference.
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, has sold himself as a businessman who has made billions of dollars and is beholden to no one. But an investigation into the financial maze of Trump's real estate holdings in the United States reveals that companies he owns have at least $650 million in debt - twice the amount than can be gleaned from public filings he has made as part of his bid for the White House.
Colony American Finance has named Grace Soueidan as senior vice president of single asset lending, Tuan Pham as senior vice president of marketing and Fred Mahintorabi as vice president of finance. OS National , a provider of residential and commercial title and escrow services, said that Michelle Esparza has been named national sales executive.
President Bill Clinton clinches his fist during an Oct. 27, 1996, speech on welfare reform at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville During President Bill Clinton's first term in office, much of the United States took for granted that there would be welfare reform of some sort. The question was what it would look like.
Does the federal tax code now favor unmarried partners when it comes to deducting mortgage interest on jointly owned houses with super-sized mortgages? Can certain co-owners save big money on taxes by staying single, rather than getting married? In the wake of a little-publicized move by the IRS earlier this month, the answer appears to be yes for potentially significant numbers of co-owners of houses with jumbo loans.
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. Director Chester J. Culver sold 3,975 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $40.25, for a total value of $159,993.75.
With less than three months to Election Day, neither Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump is shifting to the ideological center, a break from modern presidential campaigns that's being driven by the decline of swing voters. In a speech on Thursday, Clinton again emphasized her progressive stances on economic issues such as raising the minimum wage, tuition-free public college, expanding Social Security, adding a public insurance option to the Affordable Care Act, and cracking down on Wall Street.
Children are not only expensive - they can turn the financial lives of many mothers, especially single moms, upside down, complicating financial planning or making it harder to keep up with the bills that go along with parenting. Washington, D.C.-based author Kimberly Palmer said she began wondering why men get magazines and books on investing and getting rich while women are targeted for lectures on pinching pennies at the grocery store and saving $10 on their next sweater purchase.
Steve Ferguson, assistant vice president and development officer at First County Bank poses for a portrait at First County Bank's offices in Stamford, Conn. Wednesday, August 10, 2016.
If you applied for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and were referred to the U.S. Small Business Administration , there are many good reasons to submit a loan application. The deadline to apply for an SBA low-interest disaster loan is Wednesday, Aug. 24 .
Being savaged by Donald J. Trump on one side of the electoral aisle, and modestly beaten by the Democratic presumptive candidate, Hillary Clinton, the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement is lying somewhere between near death and miraculous survival. Those breathing life into that unfortunate beast remain politicians who embraced the mythology of free trade while never questioning what was free.