AOL: President Barack Obama’s executive action to shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation suffered a legal setback on Monday with an appeal to the Supreme Court now the administration’s only option. The 2-1 decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans to uphold a May injunction deals a blow to […]
It is worth waiting a day for Bill K’s column on Senate hearing re A. G. Kathleen Kane
We forwarded to Bill Keisling a media account of today’s senate committee meeting re Attorney General Kathleen Kane today. He said it largely ignored what really took place. Bill assured us his column would be ready for publication on Wednesday. It should be a doozy.
LETTER: 10 Shocking Realities of the TPP
Now we see why the US Trade Representative and President Obama wanted to keep the TPP secret for four years after it was ratified. It if had not been for a very aggressive fight against fast track trade authority in which hundreds of thousands of people participated, we would not be seeing the text.
LNP aides and abets Inquirer hatchet job re Senate hearing on A. G. Kathleen Kane
Could it be that the only likely newspaper in the state to investigate LNP’s wrong doings in Lancaster County is the Inquirer? LNP’s chair certainly doesn’t want to anger the Inquirer’s editors.
Secrecy, corruption and conflicts of interest pervade state governments (PA scores “F”)
Altogether, the project presents a comprehensive look at transparency, accountability and ethics in state government. It’s not a pretty picture…
Obama: Gun Control Is ‘One Thing’ I Still Want to Do
NEWSMAX: In an email sent out over the weekend by the Democratic Party, President Barack Obama urges followers to join him in the effort to enact stricter gun laws. “We have not gone more than eight days without a mass shooting in this country this year,” Obama begins in the email. “That means that each […]
Myanmar ruling party concedes poll defeat as Suu Kyi heads for landslide
DAILY BEAST / REUTERS: Myanmar’s ruling party conceded defeat in the country’s general election on Monday, as the opposition led by democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi appeared on course for a landslide victory that would ensure it can form the next government. “We lost,” Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) acting chairman Htay Oo […]
Wolf effectiveness as governor questioned
Then when national Democrat bosses decided Joe Sestak was “too independent” to be their choice to unseat GOP Senator Pat Toomey next year, Wolf releases McGinty – in the middle of this budget battle – to run for that seat in 2016.
Is Marriott Hotel’s expansion throwing good tax payer money after bad?
Note that the only discussion is what additional hotel rooms will do on the relatively rare days that major Convention Center activities might require more rooms than the 300 of the Marriott and the projected fully modernized (largely at city taxpayer risk) 224 +/- of the Lancaster Hotel (formerly the Brunswick.) There is no Feasibility Study mentioned determining whether there is a market for the additional 96 rooms.
Hillary Clinton calls for easing federal restrictions on marijuana
AOL: … “I want to move from Schedule 1 to Schedule 2 so researchers can research what’s the best way to use it, dosage, how does it work with other medications,” she added. Under federal law, Schedule 1 means the government views the drug has having “no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the […]
Senators desert Bush for Rubio
THE HILL: …[O]ne pro-Rubio senator said “it’s nearly unanimous” in the Republican conference that Bush is floundering and Rubio is on the rise. “You can’t look at the overall picture and not think it,” said the senator. “The polling shows it. It’s just amazing what’s happened.” A nationwide Quinnipiac University Poll released Wednesday showed Rubio […]
Penn Square Partners proposed $23 million project at taxpayers risk missing from LNP print publication
Perhaps LNP’s intention is to run the article in its Sunday print edition, given other important breaking news today. We hope so.
Congressman Lloyd Smucker and State Senator Scott Martin?
LNP headlines “U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts will not seek re-election in 2016” This has long been rumored and its anticipation was likely reason for County Commissioner Scott Martin not standing for re-election. We had presumed that Martin would be Pitt’s successor.
Obama Rejects Construction of Keystone XL Oil Pipeline
NEW YORK TIME: President Obama on Friday announced that he had rejected the request from a Canadian company to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline, ending a seven-year review that had become a flash point in the debate over his climate policies. Mr. Obama’s denial of the proposed 1,179-mile pipeline, which would have carried 800,000 […]