Jun. 22—WILKES-BARRE — Gov. Josh Shapiro this week said PA SITES is helping turn piles of dirt into hundreds of jobs and position the Commonwealth as an economic leader where companies can thrive. In a bipartisan effort, Sen. Nick Miller, Sen. Chris Gebhard, Rep. Kyle Donahue, and Rep. Aaron D. Kaufer introduced legislation earlier this […]
Amid bustling passengers and busy ticket counters, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Tuesday laid out details of a federal appropriation to introduce upgrades to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and billions to strengthen air travel in the Lone Star State. The ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, which shepherded the […]
Start your week in North Carolina politics with our latest Under the Dome podcast, for the week of May 27, 2024. Dawn Vaughan here, your podcast host and The News & Observer’s Capitol bureau chief. On this episode, I’m joined by Democratic Rep. Caleb Rudow of Asheville. Rudow led a bipartisan sing-along with his fellow […]
Breaking with his own party’s leadership and the Biden administration, California’s Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla helped lead an effort to defeat the bipartisan border security bill that again failed to advance on Thursday. In an impassioned Senate floor speech, Padilla criticized the legislation as inadequate and encouraged his fellow senators to “do what’s right for […]
Flight crews say most commercial planes use ventilation systems that could expose people to toxic fumes. Read: 4th grader fatally struck by SUV near Port Orange school Shannon De Witt said he is one of them. “It’s hell on earth,” he said. De Witt has been on medical leave for the last two years after […]
By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic U.S. Representative Pete Aguilar will deliver keynote speeches at the Israeli embassy’s Independence Day reception on Thursday, headlining a more subdued event under the shadow of the Gaza war. The gathering comes amid tensions between the Democratic U.S. leader and Israeli […]
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will bring the bipartisan border deal that was negotiated early this year by a group of Senators back up on the floor this week for a standalone vote, he said in a letter to his colleagues released Sunday night. The move to hold another vote on this legislation comes as Senate […]
New York Reps. Mike Lawler and Marc Molinaro were among the most bipartisan House members last year according to an annual score tracking how often Congress members work across the aisle by supporting bipartisan bills. Molinaro, a Republican freshman whose district stretches from the mid-Hudson Valley to the Finger Lakes, came in second out of […]
U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) attends a House Judiciary Committee meeting. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick were the most bipartisan members of Congress last year, according to a newly released analysis from the Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy […]
On March 25, 2022, Jennifer Buta learned that her son, Jordan DeMay, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. It happened just hours after the 17-year-old was a victim of “financial sextortion,” targeted by two brothers from Nigeria who posed as a young woman online. The brothers, who were extradited to the U.S. and pleaded guilty […]
Sen. Caryn Tyson, R-Parker, and Sen. Virgil Peck, R-Havana, discuss with House negotiators details of a tax reform bill adopted by the House and Senate and forwarded to Gov. Laura Kelly. (Kansas Reflector screen capture from Kansas Legislature’s YouTube channel) TOPEKA — The Kansas Legislature passed a tax reduction plan early Wednesday that closely mirrored […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Medicaid expansion plan endorsed by leaders in the Republican-led Mississippi Legislature could struggle for bipartisan support because it includes a work requirement that is unlikely to receive federal approval, the state House Democratic leader said Tuesday. Approving the plan could create false hope among people who want Medicaid coverage but […]