Trump 2020 budget cuts EPA spending to pay for border wall
Trump’s budget would cut the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office, an office within the Department of Energy, from $2.3 billion to about $700 million — a 70 percent reduction.
Statehouse Headliners: Youth voter law could impact marijuana legalization, school budgets
H.418 would give all 16- and 17-year-olds who register to vote in their towns and cities the right to vote in all municipal elections.
EAI’s carbon tax stance attacked by left wing Media Matters
Some folks are getting anxious that “progress” on passing carbon taxes at the state level has stalled nationwide. Media Matters, a nationwide left-wing group which got $10 million in contributions last year, decided it was time to place part of the blame on the Ethan Allen Institute.
Moore: It’s sugaring time
Daylight saving time is officially in place. The vernal equinox will be here next week. Baseball officially begins in two weeks. That can mean only one thing: It’s sugaring time.
Dark money organization gave $2 million to group working with Fusion GPS, Steele
A dark money group with links to several high-profile liberal activists contributed $2 million to The Democracy Integrity Project, an organization founded by a former Dianne Feinstein staffer that has contracted with Fusion GPS and Christopher Steele to investigate President Donald Trump.
Biden and Bernie are leading the field in Iowa by enormous margins
The two septuagenarians are so far besting their younger, female Democratic opponents in the race to unseat President Donald Trump.
Statehouse Headliners: Senate ‘tax and regulate’ bill moves to House; Colorado gov to speak at Flynn Center
Some Statehouse insiders say S.54 will go first to the Government Operations Committee, because ‘tax and regulate’ would require extensive an “government operation” to oversee marijuana cultivation and sale.
Orleck: H.57 is legislative malpractice that should not be countenanced
The question then becomes, should current practice now affirmed in this language of H.57 be allowed to go forward, or is there enough reason for the Senate to work a change that, if not done, would be enough reason for Gov. Phil Scott to veto the bill?
More than half of Californians say they plan to leave as state leads U.S. in outmigration
According to a recent survey, 53 percent of all Californians, 63 percent of millennials, and 76 percent of residents in the Bay Area say they are seriously considering leaving the state.
New EPA chief says he will implement rule to keep ‘secret science’ out of process
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler said the agency would “absolutely” move forward with a rule to keep so-called “secret science” out of the regulatory process.
Statehouse Headliners: Latest bills include voting for 16-year-olds, jail for cops who profile
Bills at the Statehouse include voting for 16-year-olds, jail for cops who profile, one statewide school district, slavery reparations and state home visits to every newborn child.
In defiance of Sununu, NH House advances family leave bill, possible introduction of income tax
The planned program contrasts sharply with Sununu’s proposed Twin States Voluntary Leave Plan, which seeks to create a pool of state workers in New Hampshire and Vermont large enough to appeal to private insurers.