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Maine’s only Title X funded program sues Trump admin over abortion funding rule

Maine Family Planning and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a Wednesday lawsuit over a rule that will force abortion clinics to separate abortion from other health care services in order to qualify for Title X funding.

March 7, 2019 in U.S..
U.S. House of Representatives

Ocasio-Cortez ‘could be facing jail time,’ former FEC commissioner says

If the Federal Election Commission (FEC) finds that the New York Democrat’s campaign operated in affiliation with the PAC, which had raised more than $1.8 million before her June 2018 primary, it would open them up to “massive reporting violations.”

March 5, 2019 in U.S..
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More than 20 states sue Trump administration over Title X abortion funding ‘gag’

Twenty states, including Vermont, will file a lawsuit Tuesday against the Trump administration over its latest move to force abortion clinics to separate abortion from other health care services in order to qualify for Title X funding.

March 5, 2019 in U.S..
The White House

17 takeaways from America’s biggest conservative conference

The Daily Signal was at all three days of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the largest annual national gathering of conservative activists, in National Harbor, Maryland, just outside Washington, and here are some of the highlights.

March 4, 2019 in U.S..

Shaun King introduces Bernie Sanders at Brooklyn campaign kickoff

King came under fire in January after he and Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez continued pushing a theory that a white man murdered Jazmine Barnes, even after both had received a tip that the 7-year-old Houston girl’s killer was black.

March 4, 2019 in U.S..
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New Hampshire’s Democrat-controlled Senate backs capitol corridor rail project study

Senators last week passed Senate Bill 241, which directs the New Hampshire Department of Transportation to complete the project development phase of the rail project. As proposed, it is being incorporated into the state’s 10-year transportation improvement plan.

March 3, 2019 in U.S..
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Green Bad Deal? Biggest US city to go ‘100 percent renewable’ lost millions on solar, wind contracts

Green energy contracts have cost the city $30 million in three years, providing a cautionary tale for Green New Deal supporters.

March 3, 2019 in U.S..
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Read Democratic Socialists’ plans to go all in for Bernie Sanders

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) have been laying the groundwork to campaign for Sanders in the Democratic primary, planning documents show.

March 1, 2019 in U.S..
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Report: Blue states have higher property taxes than red states

WalletHub found that states with the highest real-estate taxes are New Jersey, Illinois, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Vermont, Texas, Nebraska, and New York.

March 1, 2019 in U.S..
Bruce Parker/TNR

Statehouse Headliners: Senate pot bill would allow advertising, legalize unregulated small transactions

S.54 would impose a 16 percent excise tax on retail sales. Sales of marijuana for resale would be exempt. Also, municipalities could enact a two percent “local option” tax on retail sales. There would be no other sales tax.

February 28, 2019 in U.S..
Infrogmation of New Orleans

Despite trillions in estimated costs, House Democrats file ‘Medicare for All’ measure

U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, is the chief sponsor, and the bill has more than 100 co-sponsors in the House. It mirrors a bill proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, last year. 

February 28, 2019 in U.S..
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CATO: Only five out of 43 governors received A’s for fiscal policies cutting spending, taxes amidst record economic growth

On average, Republicans received higher scores on both spending and taxes than Democrats did. Although the Republican advantage on taxes was greater than on spending, the report notes.

February 27, 2019 in U.S..

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