After Senator Joe Manchin's "permitting reform" provision drew opposition from both parties, Manchin asked Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to withdraw the legislation as a provision to the continuing resolution to fund the government.
Taking advantage of two empty seats that Governor Jay Inslee is expected to fill any day, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission buckled to pressure from extremist hunting groups Friday and voted to take steps to reverse its November decision not to hold a 2022 spring bear hunt.
Florida's Amendment 4 now allows the convicted felons in the state to vote in the upcoming presidential election. This is the first time in the state and could potentially change the presidential election.
The millennial generation is a powerful force, comprised of close to 90 million teens, twenty- and thirty-somethings. But these civically engaged and independent-leaning young people are heading to the ballot boxes at a lower rate than their elders. Latino millennials have the potential to become one of the most influential segments of the political system, yet Latino baby boomers continue to beat millennials to the ballot box.
Republican Governor Chris Christie may have appealed to Latinos in the Democratically-driven state of New Jersey to gain him his second gubernatorial victory, but both Democrats and Republicans are saying that doesn't mean he can win them over across the country in a 2016 presidential bid.
