Sessions blasts activist federal judge for reinstating DACA
“We have recently witnessed a number of decisions in which courts have improperly used judicial power to steer, enjoin, modify, and direct executive policy,” Sessions wrote.
Commercial pot not ‘progressive’ on clean energy, social justice
Increasingly, those dedicated to the legal cultivation and sale of marijuana are willing to ignore its negative impact on youth, climate, minorities and homelessness.
Minimum wage hike cost teenagers thousands of jobs, study says
Minimum wage laws in a dozen states will cost the U.S. roughly 261,000 new jobs in 2018. New York will be hit the hardest where various state and municipal minimum wage hikes will suppress job growth by nearly 100,000.
Does your expensive health insurance cover breast augmentation for transgenders? This one does
Following its move to expand coverage, the company will review any requests by transgender persons that it denied since January 2016.
New CMS rule requires hospitals to post standard prices online
CMS said the rule was made to “encourage price transparency.” Administration officials hope the rule will help patients save money and even “encourage them to shop around.”
Big Labor gives back thousands in forced fees to avoid court battle
“Nearman’s refund represents the first of what should ultimately be hundreds of millions of dollars or even more returned to public employees for union fees seized from them in violation of the First Amendment,” National Right to Work Foundation President Mark Mix said in a statement.
Trump administration’s fuel economy proposal to spur new car purchases, irk blue states
Democratic Party officials warn that the Trump administration’s proposal could create a rift between red states and the blue states that adopted California’s stricter emissions standards.
K-12 schools bringing in drag queens to teach gender ideology to kids
Teachers are praising “Drag Queen Story Hour,” according to a clip released by videographer Sean Fitzgerald and the David Horowitz Freedom Center. The program “captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models.”
Tariffs at work: Canadian solar company moves operations to the US
A foreign manufacturer of solar panels will be opening a new facility in the United States, making it the first new plant to operate since President Trump enacted tariffs on solar imports
SEC investigators decide not to punish Exxon for alleged climate change heresy
The Securities and Exchange Commission ended its two-year long investigation into whether ExxonMobil overvalued its assets in the face of future climate regulations, Bloomberg reported Friday.
Roper: If you’re worried about Russian hackers, tighten election laws
Creating loose registration requirements, easy access to absentee ballots, and extended voting periods, and removing voting from supervised locations, gives bad actors the tools and time necessary to commit meaningful election fraud. The unscrupulous are already taking advantage of this.
Sen. Rodgers joins other Democratic candidates to debate issues in gubernatorial primary forum
In a primary election forum hosted Thursday by Town Meeting TV, all four registered Democratic candidates for governor — joined by write-in candidate Sen. John Rodgers — debated issues ranging from education and the economy to gun control.