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Saddled with one of the worst-funded public retirement systems in the country and defying a powerful teachers union that vowed political retribution, Republican lawmakers in Kentucky passed a pension overhaul Thursday that preserves benefits for most workers and does little to address the state's massive debt. The 291-page proposal suddenly appeared Thursday afternoon, taking the place of a sewage bill and giving opponents an opportune metaphor to denounce its passage.
With only a few days left before candidate filing closed, Dan Marshall added his name to the ballot last week as a Democratic candidate for the Missouri House of Representatives District 52 seat. Marshall is facing Sedalia School District 200 Superintendent Brad Pollitt, a Republican, who is set to retire June 30. State Rep. Nathan Beard, R-Sedalia, chose not to seek a third term in the House.
Kentucky's second-largest school district has announced it will close Friday, following a vote by lawmakers to approve an overhaul of the state's public pension system. Fayette County Public Schools posted a message on its website that it would be closed Friday because more than a third of its employees would be out.
The latest incident comes from a Federal Aviation Administration radio broadcast. Two separate commercial pilots were flying over the Arizona desert when they believe they saw an unidentified flying object.
Perhaps because advertisers were beginning to pull their ads, Fox News host Laura Ingraham has apologized for calling teenager David Hogg , a survivor of the Parkland, Fla., shooting, a "whiny" high schooler. Ingraham tweeted the apology Thursday after Hogg's call for a boycott of companies that advertise on Ingraham's show seemed to be gaining momentum.
In a nearly hourlong speech, President Donald Trump talked about everything from his planned border wall with Mexico to the TV ratings success of the "Roseanne" reboot. In between, and along the way Thursday afternoon, he touted the virtues of his $1.5 trillion plan to build new infrastructure and fix what's in need of repair.
Connecticut U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty issued an apology Thursday for failing to protect female employees who say they were harassed by her former chief of staff, including one woman who said she was punched in the back and received death threats. The three-term Democratic congresswoman on Thursday also personally repaid the federal government $5,000 in severance issued to now-fired Tony Baker, according to her current chief of staff, Timothy Daly.
President Donald Trump is threatening to "hold up" the trade agreement his administration finalized this week with South Korea to gain more leverage for talks with North Korea. Trump highlighted the newly completed renegotiation of the trade agreement during a speech in Ohio Thursday about roads, bridges and other infrastructure in Ohio.
Rep. Mark Meadows on Thursday slammed as "disappointing" the announcement by Attorney General Jeff Sessions that federal prosecutor John Huber was secretly investigating FISA abuses by the FBI and the Justice Department.
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Praising U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' announcement of a special prosecutor to investigate Republican complaints in the FBI and DOJ, two House GOP leaders called the move a "step in the right direction," The Hill reported. Reps.
Some advocates are pushing for an Illinois constitutional amendment to change how legislative districts are created in the state. Redistricting advocates have asked lawmakers to consider their proposed Fair Maps Amendment that would form a 16-member independent commission to draw new districts, the Daily Herald reported .
Lawsuit against Trump's plan to phase out DACA may proceed with a claim of bias against Latinos, judge rules Federal judge rules that plaintiffs may argue that the move to end the programme was driven by unlawful racial animus A lawsuit opposing US President Donald Trump's plan to end protections for some children of undocumented immigrants may go forward, after a federal judge said there was a "plausible inference" that the programme was illegally aimed at Mexicans. US District Judge Nicholas Garaufis had previously blocked the government from moving to deport those covered under the programme, known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, but had not decided whether to allow the case to proceed.
All three Democrats running for New Mexico governor say they support a statewide ban on the sale of AR-15s, while the lone GOP candidate disagrees. Democratic candidates for New Mexico governor back AR-15 ban All three Democrats running for New Mexico governor say they support a statewide ban on the sale of AR-15s, while the lone GOP candidate disagrees.
New Jersey will have the highest percentage of taxpayers facing a tax hike this year as a result of the Republican rewrite of the federal tax code, according to a new report. The Tax Policy Center, a think tank based in Washington, D.C., said in a report Wednesday that 10.2 percent of New Jersey taxpayers will see their tax bills rise.
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Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has signed into law the largest teacher pay raise in the state's history and a massive package of tax hikes to pay for the plan. Flanked by educators and GOP leaders, Fallin on Thursday signed a bill to give public school teachers raises of between 15 and 18 percent, an average boost of about $6,100 a year.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday he won't immediately appoint a new special counsel to investigate a number of Republican grievances involving the FBI and Justice Department, despite mounting pressure from members of his own party. Sessions, in a letter to three Republican committee leaders, reiterated that he had directed a senior federal prosecutor, Utah's U.S. attorney John W. Huber, to evaluate "certain issues," including whether such an appointment is necessary.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced that the California Department of Justice will be stepping in to provide independent oversight of the investigation into the shooting death of Stephon Alonzo Clark. During a press conference with Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert and Sacramento community leaders, Attorney General Becerra pledged that the California DOJ will lend its experience to ensure a fair and impartial investigation.