Nation’s capital has nearly the worst education system despite getting most per-student funding
The District ranked 49 out of 51 in a study done by finance website Wallet Hub. Only Louisiana and New Mexico obtained lower scores.
Sessions: ‘Department of Justice is going to court across America to defend the rights of people of faith’
“This administration is animated by that same American view that has led us for 242 years: that every American has a right to believe, worship, and exercise their faith in the public square.”
McClaughry: Overcharged for health care
Silver and Hyman conclude that “our politicized third-party payment system creates bad incentives that attract the already corrupt, and also corrupt the virtuous.” The crucial reform is to move away from non-catastrophic third-party insurance coverage and dramatically expand the role of first-party (consumer) payment in a competitive marketplace.
Chicago can remain a sanctuary city, judge rules
Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ order conditioning federal aid to local law enforcement on compliance with immigration statutes is unlawful, a federal judge in Chicago ruled late Thursday.
Why using Social Security for paid family leave is a bad idea
Under the proposal, workers could receive the equivalent of their future Social Security benefits as paid family leave benefits today in return for delaying the future date at which they begin collecting Social Security’s old-age benefits.
Sierra Club is quickly becoming biggest threat to Trump’s Obama-era reg rollbacks
Environmental activists at the Sierra Club are turning their sights on new Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler as the former energy lobbyist picks up where President Donald Trump’s former agency chief left off.
Republican primary challengers to Sen. Bernie Sanders meet in forum
In a primary election forum hosted on Thursday by Town Meeting TV, three Republican candidates running for U.S. Senate made the case for why they should be chosen to challenge Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in the general election.
State Headliners: Carbon-tax-supporting Chittenden County has state’s lowest household energy burden
In this State Headliners, any carbon tax that punishes heavy oil and gas users would only transfer wealth to Chittenden County, Vermont to postpone Vermont Yankee decision until the federal government rules, and Barre wind turbine company announces “hardship” financing.
Bernie Sanders strategist is helping special counsel’s investigation of Manafort
The special counsel’s office asked Tad Devine, who also consulted for Al Gore and John Kerry’s presidential campaigns, to assist an investigation into Manafort’s work for a Ukrainian political party that supported former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych.
Hansen: More Medicaid monies for Vermont home care workers
By observing United States constitutional and labor laws, the judicial and executive branches of the federal government have granted more Americans the freedom and right to work, and ensured that our taxpayer funds support those, amongst us, in gravest need.
Page: Harwood student killings, infamous mass murders linked to marijuana abuse
There’s a link between the Harwood teen homicides, Boston Marathon bombing, Orlando Nightclub and Aurora theater shootings, and Charleston church murders reported: the perpetrators all used marijuana.
McClaughry: Leahy and Kavanaugh
You will hear a lot of false and wild charges about Judge Kavanaugh over the next two months. Don’t take Patrick Leahy’s word for any of them.