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A high-level Republican staffer in the Indiana House of Representatives has been appointed by Gov. Eric Holcomb to lead the state's purchasing and property management agency. The Republican governor announced Tuesday that former House GOP chief of staff Lesley Crane will start her new job next week leading the Department of Administration.
Co-Chair of the House Great Lakes Task Force, today issued the following statement after news that the State of Ohio will declare the open waters of Lake Erie impaired. 'I welcome this long overdue decision by the state of Ohio.
One underreported story of the Trump Presidency is how Democrats have abused Senate rules to block political appointees from taking their posts. Senate Republicans have been too slow to press the issue, though they are finally working on a way around Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's obstructionism.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, right, accompanied by White House principal deputy press secretary Raj Shah, left, arrives to speak to the media during the daily press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, March 27, 2018, in Washington. Sanders discussed the removal of Russian diplomats, the opiate crisis, and other topics.
Georgia lawmakers passed dozens of bills Tuesday, as they rush to complete their work before the legislative session is set to end Thursday night. Neither the House nor Senate is convening inside the Capitol on Wednesday, meaning that legislators have only one more day left to send their proposals to Gov. Nathan Deal's desk.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi condemned the Trump Administration's announcement that they will be reinstating the citizenship question on the 2020 census to help enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965. "The Trump Administration's late night announcement of a new citizenship question violates the clear constitutional mandate to provide an accurate count of all people living in the United States," she said in a statement Tuesday.
The California attorney general's office on Tuesday joined an investigation into the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man in Sacramento. While announcing the attorney general's involvement, city officials and community leaders called for calm as Sacramento prepares for events memorializing 22-year-old Stephon Clark, where emotions will be raw and large crowds are expected.
A question about citizenship status on the 2020 US census has been criticised by Democrats who say it will intimidate immigrants and discourage them from participating. The population count taken every 10 years is required by the US Constitution and used to determine the number of seats each state has in the House of Representatives as well as how federal money is distributed to local communities.
The good news for President Donald Trump? His approval rating is up 7 points since last month, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The bad news? That only lifts Trump's approval to 42 percent, low for a president at this point in his tenure.
The 2020 U.S. Census will include a question about citizenship status, a move that brought swift condemnation from Democrats, who said it would intimidate immigrants and discouraging them from responding. The population count taken every 10 years is more than an academic exercise.
Two House Democrats are pressing the White House counsel's office to provide results from an internal inquiry into large loans made last year by two companies to senior adviser Jared Kushner's family firm. The loans coincided with Kushner's meetings with executives of those companies.
In this Oct. 12, 2017, file photo, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross appears before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to discuss preparing for the 2020 Census, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Commerce Department says the 2020 U.S. Census will include a question about citizenship status.
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In this Oct. 12, 2017, file photo, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross appears before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to discuss preparing for the 2020 Census, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Commerce Department says the 2020 U.S. Census will include a question about citizenship status.
Two House Democrats pressed the White House counsel's office Tuesday to provide results from a newly revealed internal inquiry into more than $500 million in loans made last year by two companies to Trump administration senior adviser Jared Kushner's family firm. The loans coincided with Kushner's meetings with executives of those companies.
Staff writers for The Washington Post and BuzzFeed News won awards on Tuesday for investigative nonfiction books. The Post's Amy Goldstein won the $10,000 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize for her portrait of a Wisconsin community and the residence of Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan, "Janesville: An American Story."
The man who represents Livingston County in Congress has filed for re-election. 8th District Republican Congressman Mike Bishop, along with a former Rochester Adams government teacher and several area students, were on hand as the necessary signatures for Bishop to run for re-election were filed.
Staff writers for The Washington Post and BuzzFeed News won awards on Tuesday for investigative nonfiction books. The Post's Amy Goldstein won the $10,000 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize for her portrait of a Wisconsin community and the residence of Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan, "Janesville: An American Story."