Governors - Page 266

July 4, 2017

Illinois Senate overrides governor's tax hike veto

The Illinois Senate voted to override Gov. Bruce Rauner's vetoes of a $36 billion budget package Tuesday, including a $5 billion tax increase designed to start digging out of the nation's longest budget crisis since at least the Great Depression.

July 3, 2017

Chris Christie: Cameras catch NJ gov lounging on closed beach during budget impasse

Chris Christie enjoyed his own private beach on Sunday by soaking up the sun on a waterfront Jersey Shore park that was closed to the public because of a budget standoff between the governor and legislators in Trenton.

June 22, 2017

Texas governor signs bill targeting sanctuary cities

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill Sunday prohibiting the state's cities and counties from enacting so-called "sanctuary" laws that prevent local law enforcement officers from inquiring about the immigration status of anyone they detain.

June 21, 2017

Chris Christie feels the love in Iowa

MARION, Iowa -- At 3 p.m. on a Thursday, well after any lunch rush had come and gone, MJ's Restaurant in Marion was teeming with activity.

June 21, 2017

Gov. Cuomo: Pro-life people not welcome in New York

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo believes that pro-life activists along with anti-gay activists, and supporters of the Second Amendment, are not welcome in his state.

June 21, 2017

Scott Walker: Unemployment benefits, minimum wage push because Obama 'desperately' wants to avoid ObamaCare

Wisconsin governor Scott Walker dismissed the White House's push to extend emergency unemployment benefits and raise the minimum wage Sunday morning, criticizing Democrats' all-out push for legislation as an effort to distract from the recent problems with the new health care law.

June 21, 2017

GOP governors launch campaign to rebrand the party

The Republican Party is already at war with itself, but its fight is spreading.

June 21, 2017

California minimum wage hike will cost 190k jobs, according to conservative think tank

California's planned increase of its minimum wage to $10 an hour will cost the state 190,000 jobs, a new report from the conservative think tank American Action Forum estimates.

June 13, 2017

Virginia Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, ex-RNC head Ed Gillespie to face off in gubernatorial race

Virginia Lt. Governor Ralph Northam was projected to defeat a progressive challenger for the Democratic nomination in the commonwealth's closely-watched race for governor, while former Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie was projected to win a closer-than-expected GOP primary.

June 6, 2017

Greg Abbott: Texas governor revives 'bathroom bill' for special session

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott revived a so-called "bathroom bill" targeting transgender people Tuesday a week after the last try collapsed when powerful social conservatives deadlocked with Republican moderates backing business opponents such as Google, Facebook and the NFL.