All Posts Tagged With: "state"
Arizona Says No to Planned Parenthood Funding
On Friday, Jan Brewer, the Governor of Arizona, signed a new bill into law banning providers of abortions, such as Planned Parenthood, from being able to receive any public money through the state. The new bill cuts of any funding for health and family planning by Planned Parenthood clinics, as well as other organizations that [...]
Hatch Finds Himself in Primary Battle
Senator Orrin Hatch from Utah is currently trying to beat back tea party activists who are challenging is run for another term in Congress. Hatch qualified for the primary ballot for Republicans in his attempt at his seventh term on Saturday. However, he just fell short of an outright win for the GOP nomination. Challenges [...]
People Criticize President Obama’s Small Initiatives
People criticized President Barack Obama for proposing small bail initiatives during his State of the Union address. Gone are the measures to confront climate change or to improve the immigration system. Instead the president settled for small measures that can be passed unilaterally. He has several in his list and he mentioned three more in [...]
Obama Uses State of the Union Address to Make Populist Pitch
President Barack Obama gave a populist economic vision during his recent State of the Union address. This would widen the policy battle between the Democrats and Republicans. The president wants to increase the tax on wealthier Americans, support domestic manufacturing, and launch a new probe into the mortgage crisis. The president’s initiatives would place him [...]
State of the Union Nears and Obama Faces Unfulfilled Promises from Addresses of the Past
President Barack Obama is set to deliver his annual State of the Union address to Congress but most of the goals that he set in previous speeches. Some of the goals include reforming the immigration laws and meeting congressional leaders of both parties each month. The president’s promises were broken because of congressional opposition as [...]
Justice Department Blocks South Carolina Voter ID Law
The Justice Department rejected a new South Carolina law that requires the voters to present photo identification. It stated that the law would suppress the turnout of otherwise qualified minority voters. The move by the department was the first since it used its powers to block voter identification law, as stated under the Voting Rights [...]
Penn State Calls for a News Conference
Penn State’s special investigative committee that was formed after allegations of child sex abuse against former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky were made public calls for a news conference. It is scheduled for Monday morning in Philadelphia. The trustees committee is still in the process of examining the actions taken by the university officials with [...]
Texas Governor Schedules Trip to South Carolina
Texas Governor Rick Perry just made plans to visit South Carolina during his summer travel tour. The Republican governor is building up his presidential bid by visiting an early presidential nominating state, which is his first this year. Governor Perry hasn’t officially announced his decision with regards to his presidential nomination bid but his visit [...]
4 Confirmed Dead after Tornadoes Hit Massachusetts
Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts said that at least two tornadoes rampaged through central and western Massachusetts, which slammed debris into buildings and killed four people. Two people died in Westfield, one in Brimfield and one in West Springfield. There were no details released about the victims. The tornadoes did a lot of damage in [...]
Republican Tim Pawlenty Wants to be the Next President
Tim Pawlenty is a former Minnesota governor who is trying to get the Republican nod to be its nominee in the next presidential election. He is said to be the leader that can restore the country’s economy and attract the investors back. Part of his plan to gain the advantage among the other Republican hopefuls, [...]
As the shareholders in Germany opposes the re-election of Mr Flint as Chairman and Mr Gulliver CEO of HSBC Holdings ...
Since Obama seems to never know anything about any issue at any given time on any given subject from any ...
a one year high of $63.82? On May 15th?
What a nonsense, the shares were at $77.11!