Arkansas Employee Benefits director warns of future budget shortfalls
Regulators are calling for more funding for state employee insurance plans to help avoid future budget shortfalls. Members of the newly-created Employee Benefits Division Oversight Subcommittee of the Arkansas Legislative Council discussed a quarterly report Wednesday with Jake Bleed, director of the state Employee Benefits Division. Bleed says the insurance program for public school employees […]
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EXPLAINER: Why California has so many votes left to count
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Control of the U.S. House may come down to results in California, where a seemingly drawn-out process of counting votes has left the balance of power in Washington in limbo. More than a week after Election Day, and with Republicans just one seat shy of winning the chamber, seven of the 10 House […]
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Trump Announces Third Presidential Campaign | #alaska | #politics
WASHINGTON — Vote counting is not yet complete in the 2022 U.S. congressional elections, and a key Senate runoff contest is three weeks away, but former President Donald Trump is looking ahead, announcing Tuesday night he is running again for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024. “America’s comeback starts right now,” Trump said. It is his […]
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California stares down $25B deficit after years of record cash
“Last year, it was really fun to be in Sacramento,” Christopher Thornberg, a forecasting expert who has advised the state controller’s and treasurer’s offices, said in an interview. “Everyone was trying to figure out how much money they could spend. This year, not so much.” Warning signs have been flashing for months. Tax revenues have […]
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Some Walsenburg city council members view recall efforts as biased | #citycouncil
WALSENBURG, Colo. (KRDO) — While an effort is underway in Walsenburg to recall the city’s council members and mayor, some elected officials told 13 Investigates they believe the efforts are not even across the board. According to the Walsenburg City Clerk, seven petitions were submitted Tuesday for review. Those petitions are working to trigger a […]
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New York City FC MLS stadium in Queens revealed by mayor
New York City mayor Eric Adams announces plans for New York City FC’s soccer stadium in Queens. Courtesy New York City Football Club New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced plans Wednesday for a 25,000-seat stadium for Major League Soccer’s New York City FC on an underdeveloped parcel of land adjoining the home of MLB’s New […]
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Fiscal conservatism doesn’t always mean tax cuts | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Credit one veteran conservative Republican legislator for understanding what real fiscal responsibility means. Chris Pringle, just elected speaker pro tem of the Alabama House of Representatives, offered a word of warning to fellow lawmakers besotted with large but temporary state government surpluses. Rather than rush into tax cuts or find excuses to spend money, Pringle […]
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Secretary of State-elect Wes Allen withdrawing Alabama from multi-state voter information center | #elections | #alabama
Secretary of State-elect Wes Allen said he is following through on a campaign promise to withdraw Alabama from the Electronic Registration Information Center, a decision that puts him at odds with outgoing Secretary of State John Merrill, who said the system has helped identify voter fraud. ERIC collects registered voter records and drivers license records […]
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House GOP waits on California at the brink of majority
Adding the two California districts puts the floor for a new Republican majority at 219 seats. The ceiling — under the most optimistic of projections — would be somewhere between 222 and 223. That would give a new GOP speaker an 11-seat margin at best. In the slow ballot-counting state of California, Garcia has amassed […]
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Court won’t reconsider block of Arkansas trans care law – Fayetteville Flyer
Hundreds of people march along Block Avenue during the state’s first-ever trans march on June 24, 2021. (Todd Gill, Fayetteville Flyer) LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court said Wednesday it won’t reconsider its ruling temporarily blocking Arkansas from enforcing its ban on gender-affirming care for children. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of […]
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