WELLSTON, Oklahoma—One day in the early fall of 2018, while scrutinizing the finances of his thriving Colorado garden supply business, Chip Baker noticed a curious development: transportation costs had spiked fivefold. The surge, he quickly determined, was due to huge …
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OAKLAND, Calif. —– The California activist motion to remember Gov. Gavin Newsom simply got a nationwide shot in the arm from previous House Speaker Newt Gingrich and previous Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, 2 previous Republican leaders who still have big …
Apportionment information from the 2020 census, which figures out the number of House seats each state will get for the next years, might not be provided till after President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated, according to files launched by the House …
Read MoreCensus delay could scuttle Trump’s plans to exclude immigrants
Election administrators have actually been rushing to get ready for Tuesday since the coronavirus turned a series of primaries into catastrophes this spring. Now, all they can do is see and wait if their efforts settle in the kind of …
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Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf lacked the authority to issue a directive that blocked new applications for the Obama-era program benefiting so-called Dreamers, a federal judge ruled Saturday. Brooklyn-based U.S. District Court Judge Nicholas Garaufis concluded that a series …
Read MoreJudge: Trump appointee lacked authority to rein in DACA
President Donald Trump on Friday assaulted Maine Sen. Susan Collins over her mentioned opposition to Judge Amy Coney Barrett’’ s election to the Supreme Court, blasting among the most susceptible Senate Republicans less than 3 weeks from Election Day. ““ …
Read MoreTrump blasts Susan Collins over SCOTUS amid reelection fight
Amy Coney Barrett will be grilled throughout her Supreme Court verification hearings. 4 Republican senators might have the most on the line. The approaching hearings might provide Sens. Thom Tillis, Joni Ernst, John Cornyn and Lindsey Graham a possibility to …
Read MoreVulnerable Republicans seek lifeline from SCOTUS hearings
The Census Bureau said Friday that its count will continue through Oct. 31, yielding after a back-and-forth battle with a federal judge in California. Late last month, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh ruled that the decennial count must continue, ordering …
Read MoreCensus Bureau says count will continue through end of October
TALLAHASSEE —– Florida’’ s record-breaking project season continues to scale spectacular brand-new heights, with the governmental projects and their allies preparing to invest a minimum of a quarter of a billion dollars on tv advertisement time in between now and …
Read MoreA TV ad tidal wave in Florida: Nearly $250M and counting
The United States Constitution’s Article 2, Sec. 2, cl. 2, provides that the president of the United States “shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges …