Minimum wage hike is killing jobs in this Arizona city
In Arizona, the $15 minimum is predicted to result in more than 200,000 lost jobs — almost all among the state’s lowest-skilled workers.
Pence: Kim Jong Un wants to talk because Trump stood firm
Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s offer to meet with President Donald Trump is clear evidence that the president’s North Korea strategy is achieving results.
What Trump meeting with Kim Jong Un says about Trump’s North Korea strategy
“Most importantly, what this shows is what a lot of us have been saying all along: This was not a crisis spinning out of control. The United States wasn’t getting ready to preemptively attack North Korea. That maximum pressure, it was the right policy, and the president was right to stick with it.”
Border county senators dissent on $15 minimum wage
While businesses and workers all across Vermont will be harmed if the $15 minimum wage mandate passes, the repercussions in border counties will be much more severe. Grocery stores operating in New Hampshire will have an unprecedented competitive advantage over Vermont grocery stores.
Orleck: Margolis is right and wrong about Gov. Scott
Who is Gov. Scott anyway? Some say he is a Republican, and indeed he did run under that party’s banner. In thought and action, however, he appears to be an alien Democrat in sheep’s clothing.
Everything you need to know about Sessions’ anti-sanctuary lawsuit
The suit, at a general level, is a constitutional challenge to the state’s sanctuary laws. California has adopted laws that undermine powers the Constitution delegates to Congress exclusively, the Justice Department said.
Statehouse Headliners: Carbon tax study, marijuana odor bills and more survive crossover
In this Statehouse Headliners, scores of bills addressing issues from drones and marijuana odor to carbon taxation and the statewide voter checklist survived the March 2 crossover deadline and remain under consideration for approval this year by the Vermont Legislature.
Obama-era policies helped keep Parkland shooter under the radar
A separate report found that Broward County was part of a “vanguard of a strategy, adopted by more than 50 other major school districts nationwide, allowing thousands of troubled, often violent, students to commit crimes without legal consequence.”
To keep students safe, this school allows teachers to carry guns
On a good day, law enforcement is 20 minutes away from the Porter Consolidated Schools district and its campus with multiple buildings, McMahan said. For that reason concealed carry permits for highly trained and qualified teachers and staff makes sense.
Republicans in one state are standing up to transgender ideology, protecting kids from harm
This legacy of moral clarity and courage is the inheritance of every Republican. It was in that spirit that the delegates at this year’s State Convention of the Kansas Republican Party passed a resolution regarding human sexual identity.
DOJ sues California for using sanctuary cities to skirt federal law
The Department of Justice sued the state of California Tuesday for using so-called sanctuary laws to violate aspects of the U.S Constitution.
Conservative Bob Jarvis wins Selectboard seat with ‘Take Back Pownal’ campaign
Voters in Pownal elected Bob Jarvis to a three-year Selectboard term Tuesday following the candidate’s campaign for personal liberty, property rights, local control, government transparency and a job-friendly business climate — a platform he said would serve to “take back Pownal.”