The West Virginia state legislature approved an increase in teacher pay on Tuesday, and Governor Jim Justice quickly signed the order, ending a nine-day strike that affected nearly 300,000 West Virginia schoolchildren. A dispute over health benefits and salary prompted the statewide walkout. At one point, educators had an agreement with the governor, for a five-percent raise, but the state…
Following a subpoena from special counsel Robert Mueller, Sam Nunberg at least initially said no, he wasn’t going to cooperate with investigators- an extraordinary move. Nunberg spoke to just about anyone would listen -even taunting investigators and saying there just may be evidence of Trump campaign collusion- it was speculation that the White House wouldn’t touch. His story would later…
Classes resume today for students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, exactly two weeks after a former student opened fire, killing 17 teenagers and staffers. Efforts by student activists are credited for movement on state gun laws. Florida legislators are expected to take up a number of proposals. The age to buy a rifle would be raised from 18 to…
There’s going to be a lot of talk on Capitol Hill about gun control, namely the minimum age to purchase rifles. With pressure mounting, state lawmakers in Florida moved forward on a proposal to raise the minimum age to purchase rifles from 18 to 21. Similarly, in Congress today, a bipartisan plan to do the same thing at the federal…
Powerful storms barreled through several states, killing at least five people. The National Weather Service has confirmed a pair of f-2 tornadoes touched down this weekend in Kentucky and Tennessee. The city of Clarksville, Tennessee, was hit hard. Near Cincinnati, heavy rains pushed the Ohio river over its banks, more than 20 feet above normal. Towns along the waterway will…
Missouri Governor Eric Greitens has been charged with felony invasion of privacy. It stems from an extramarital affair that Greitens admitted to last month. The republican governor said he did have sexual relations with a St. Louis hairdresser more than a year before his 2016 election. Authorities claim Greitens tried to blackmail the woman. They say he took a partially…
With a number of school walkouts around the country, the movement to make schools safer, and revamp U.S. gun control is getting louder. President Trump spent yesterday listening with parents, hearing first hand stories of loss. The President talked about beefing up background checks, and introducing more security in schools. And a big backer of second amendment rights, Florida senator…
Unseasonably warm weather has settled over much of the East Coast. Several records were either broken or tied on Tuesday. New York City and Boston each broke the 70-degree mark, while cities in Connecticut and Rhode Island reached the mid-sixties, falling just a few degrees shy of new records. With plenty of snow still on the ground, streets quickly filled…
There have been more rallies and vigils around Parkland for victims of last week’s school shooting. Parkland is vowing to keep making noise until lawmakers act. They’re planning to march on Washington next month, and students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School will be meeting with state representatives in Tallahassee. Then they’ll head to Washington. Parkland students say they hope…
Another school shooting, another round of calls for Washington to tackle gun violence. However, Congress has recently tried -and failed- to pass gun-related legislation. Just days after a gunman used bump stocks to open fire on a Las Vegas country music festival, a bipartisan bill emerged that would have banned the sale of the devices used to amplify the shooting…
