Displaying items 49-60 of 9164
» View courant.com items only
< Previous
•
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-764
•
Next >
-
Minnesota Legislature: As spending bills clear, time to talk taxes
St. Paul Pioneer PressMinnesota legislators were putting the finishing touches on the state's $38 billion two-year budget during late-night debates that paved the way to adjourning by midnight Monday, May 20, the deadline for the session. By Sunday night, lawmakers had...Tags: Mark Dayton, Taxation, Mall of America, Science and Technology, Executive Branch
-
Union debate grips Minnesota Capitol, but budget measures squeaking by
Star TribuneA marathon legislative debate continued to grip the Minnesota Legislature on Sunday as Democrats edged closer to passing what stands to be a dramatic expansion of union power in the state. Amid thundering chants of "We're still here," House members...Tags: Unions, Mark Dayton, Minnesota Legislature, Career and Workplace, Health and Safety at Work
-
NC General Assembly police defend arrests of demonstrators
The News & ObserverRetired Methodist minister Vernon Tyson of Raleigh was among the 200 demonstrators at the Legislative Building last week for the weekly Moral Monday demonstration, protesting new initiatives from the GOP-led General Assembly. Many of the demonstrators...Tags: Durham (Durham, North Carolina), Laws, Activism, Police Arrests, Executive Branch
-
In Kansas, it's lawmakers versus the courts
The Kansas City StarKansas lawmakers began the year turning away the chief justice of the state Supreme Court from his traditional speech to the Legislature. The legislative session nears an end with the chief justice accusing a leading senator with political coercion....Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Trials, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Executive Branch, Regional Authority
-
Niagara County Democrats propose inspections for apartments rented to welfare clients
The Buffalo NewsNiagara County legislators have ordered that welfare recipients' shelter allowances be paid directly to landlords, effective June 1. Now it's time for the other side of the issue to receive some attention, according to Minority Leader Dennis F....Tags: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Rental Service, Apartments, Rentals, Interior Policy
-
Corporate, PAC cash left off campaign reports
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.Fifty-one legislative candidates last year failed to report a total of $145,875 in contributions from political action committees and corporations, according to a state watchdog agency's check of campaign finance filings. Among them were two top House...Tags: Religion and Belief, Murfreesboro, Values, Crime, Law and Justice, Economy, Business and Finance
-
Special Report: The Rise and Fall of China's Sun King
ReutersHONG KONG (Reuters) - In a 2010 speech before a packed ballroom of university students in Sydney, Shi Zhengrong, founder of Chinese solar-panel maker Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd, listed the people who had been important in his rise to fame and riches....Tags: Agriculture, European Debt Crisis, Al Gore, Stock Market, Science and Technology
-
Ed Markey's fight strategy: Duck 'n' cover
Boston HeraldIf you haven't been paying much attention to U.S. Rep. Ed Markey's Senate campaign, that's just fine with Markey. Debates? He hasn't agreed to any against GOP opponent Gabriel Gomez. Releasing his tax returns? He'll get to it -- eventually. Public...Tags: John McCain, Duck, Personal Weapon Control, Mitt Romney, Edward J Markey
-
Boston Herald Kimberly Atkins column
Boston HeraldA few weeks back, the Tea Party was little more than a relic of political history, and its former superstars such as Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann were lost in a sea of irrelevance. Now the Obama administration has gotten the Tea Party started again....Tags: Max Baucus, Sarah Palin, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
-
Stan Blunt files to run against Sheriff Rick Scott
The Daily World, Aberdeen, Wash.Sheriff Rick Scott will have an opponent in the upcoming election, with Stan Blunt filing for candidacy only two hours before filing closed Friday. Scott has been serving as sheriff since October 2012 when former Sheriff Mike Whelan retired. He and...Tags: Realty, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Services and Shopping, Real Estate, Dwayne Johnson
-
IRS scandal a reminder of how I learned about The Chicago Way
The Internal Revenue Service scandal now devouring the Obama administration — the outrageous use of the federal taxing authority to target tea party and other conservatives — certainly makes for meaty partisan politics. But this scandal is...Tags: Taxation, Heroin, Rahm Emanuel, Harry S. Truman, Business
-
Medicaid opposition underscores states' healthcare disparities
WASHINGTON — Republican opposition in many statehouses to expanding Medicaid next year under President Obama's healthcare law — opposition that could leave millions of the nation's poorest residents without insurance coverage — will...
Tags: Government Health Care, Crime, Law and Justice, Breast Cancer, Social Issues, Health Insurance Cost
May 20, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 20, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 20, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 20, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 20, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 20, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 20, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 20, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 20, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 18, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 19, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
May 18, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Original site for Parties and Movements topic gallery.
