Former Vice President Al Gore was caught using a gas-powered vehicle to leave a media event in Washington, D.C., after telling reporters Congress should remove oil companies’ license to operate.
President Donald Trump’s upcoming meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un may appear to be a breakthrough between two leaders who openly talked about nuclear war in 2017. What’s different this time?
In this week’s Statehouse Headliners, lawmakers push a resolution to criticize President Donald Trump’s “unacceptable behavior” on issues ranging from immigration and fake news to the “neo-Nazi-sponsored demonstration held in Charlottesville.”
Over the last year, Sanders has hosted a number of events, like chats with various activists or celebrities including Bill Nye the science guy, on his Facebook page. The chat with the children TV star-turned-climate activist has a staggering 4.7 million views.
In places where renewable energy is much more prevalent, a sharp rise in electricity prices is apparent. The price to keep the lights on in California rose by 24 percent from 2011 to 2017. Germany, the nation with the most rampant use of solar and wind, saw its electricity bill rise 51 percent from 2006 to 2016.
Proponents of the law hail the move as a step toward “death with dignity,” but this could not be further from the truth. Physician-assisted suicide is a direct attack on human dignity.
Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders has a new plan to give a job, with $15 an hour minimum wage and health care benefits, to anyone “who wants or needs one.” The job guarantee plan is missing some details, like how to pay for it.
S.197 is anti-business, anti-growth, and anti-development and will provide no real relief to those exposed to toxins who already can find relief for harm caused by exposure. Increasing the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2024 as found in S.40 is another job killer. We are also concerned about an act relating to paid family leave.
This week, the Heritage Foundation added 26 new entries to its election fraud database, bringing the searchable ledger to a total of 1,132 proven instances of election fraud. That includes 983 cases that ended in a criminal conviction.
Unless the legislators can find $40 million in one-time funding to avoid a veto and kick the can down the road for yet another year, school residential property tax rates will increase to cover a $40 million shortfall in the education fund.
Perhaps one of the most pivotal moments came when DeVos suggested that the United States’ heavy federal investment in education has not yielded any results. Stahl hit back, asserting that school performance has been on the rise. But the latest government data show otherwise.
Dollars would flow not to insurance companies, but to the states through block grants that would replace Obamacare’s payments to insurers. With new flexibility, states could use the money to lower premiums and stabilize turbulent health insurance markets, among other things.