Kellyanne Conway has a prescription for what ails the media’s relationship with President-elect Donald Trump. In defending Trump’s months-old mocking of a disabled reporter, Trump’s senior adviser said we need to look into Trump’s heart.
Day: January 12, 2017
Police reformers are pro-cop
At his confirmation hearing, U.S. attorney general nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions expressed sympathy for the nation’s police officers. They feel unfairly “blamed” and their “morale has suffered.”
North Providence planners OK $30M public-safety building
North Providence’s planning board has passed a preliminary plan to build a $30-million public-safety complex that would house the traffic court and most of the town’s police and fire operations. The Providence Journal reports the plan for the 52,000-square-foot building was approved Wednesday night.
Drone use by LA County Sheriffa s Department sparks probe amid privacy concerns
Responding to concerns about the use of drones by law enforcement, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors asked the Inspector General’s office Tuesday to gather more information on unmanned aircrafts. Supervisor Hilda Solis requested that the Inspector General’s office work with the county’s newly formed Civilian Oversight Commission , and share their findings.
GA Congressman Sanford Bishop keynote speaker at MLK event
PHENIX CITY, AL Georgia Congressman Sanford Bishop made a stop in the Chattahoochee Valley Saturday as he was the keynote speaker at a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration event. Bishop, a U.S. representative for Georgia’s 2nd congressional district, was the keynote speaker at the Community of Concerned Clergy’s “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration” in Phenix City, Alabama.
GA Congressman Sanford Bishop keynote speaker at MLK event
PHENIX CITY, AL Georgia Congressman Sanford Bishop made a stop in the Chattahoochee Valley Saturday as he was the keynote speaker at a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration event. Bishop, a U.S. representative for Georgia’s 2nd congressional district, was the keynote speaker at the Community of Concerned Clergy’s “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration” in Phenix City, Alabama.
Obama Ends Cuban Immigration Perk as Part of Opening
President Barack Obama ended a decades-old policy of granting residency to Cubans who enter the U.S. without a visa, a final step in the outgoing president’s move to reverse the Cold-War isolation of the Caribbean nation. Obama’s order now places President-elect Donald Trump, who campaigned as an opponent both of current immigration flows and of normalizing relations with Cuba, in the position of either accepting another opening to Cuba or having one of his early actions in office be making it easier for immigrants to come into the country.
Walker’s Wisconsin tuition idea shuffles political alliances
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to cut tuition at the University of Wisconsin and use taxpayer funds to pay for it is shaking up normal political alliances with some Democrats expressing support while skeptical fellow Republicans worry it could put the state on a path toward socialist Bernie Sanders’ free college tuition plan. Republican governors across the nation have criticized universities over higher tuition and some, including Walker, have forced tuition freezes.