Governors - Page 299

December 20, 2015

Gov. Christie visits Colorado for fundraiser

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is visiting political battleground Colorado for a fundraiser with the state's GOP gubernatorial candidate, Bob Beauprez, before heading to Aspen for events with other party leaders.

December 20, 2015

Unions ending forced-dues collection of home healthcare workers

The Supreme Court ruling that freed home healthcare workers from coercive unionization in Illinois has led to unions ceasing automatic deduction of union dues from non-members in other states.

December 20, 2015

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn anti-violence spending didn't pull big votes

An analysis shows that Gov. Pat Quinn's troubled anti-violence program, which critics have called a "political slush fund," didn't do him much good in his 2010 campaign.

December 20, 2015

Former Oregon governor Vic Atiyeh dies at 91

Vic Atiyeh, Oregon's last Republican governor who shepherded the state through a deep recession during two terms in the 1980s, died Sunday night, a family spokesman said.

December 20, 2015

Cuomo announces deal between Transit Authority and unions

There will be no railroad strike in New York this weekend. A settlement, first announced Thursday, has been reached.

December 20, 2015

A not-so-private plan: Virginia Beach taxpayers fund deal with Chinese

Another Chinese company plans to invest in the Old Dominion, and Virginia Beach taxpayers will help foot the bill.

December 20, 2015

Homeless in Hawaii? Lawmaker wants to give you a free flight home

A Hawaii state representative says it’s time state taxpayers give the homeless a ticket to ride .

December 20, 2015

Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson says border crisis is ‘abuse of federal power’

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., says the federal government isn’t being honest about the wave of unaccompanied child immigrants crossing the Mexican border.

December 20, 2015

Gary Johnson: ‘Abolish the IRS’

For 2012 Libertarian Party presidential candidate and former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, the ongoing controversy at the Internal Revenue Service is further proof the agency should be eliminated.

December 20, 2015

Governors wary of White House plan to place immigrant children with states

State governors from both parties have reacted cooly to efforts by the Obama administration to gain their support for placing thousands of unaccompanied Central American children with friends or family members.