Valerie Richardson

Colorado Proposition CC would let state keep taxpayer refunds

On Tuesday's ballot is Proposition CC, which would allow the state to keep state revenue that exceeds the budget cap, also known as the TABOR surplus, to be used for transportation, K-12 and higher education, instead of refunds to taxpayers.

November 4, 2019

Gavin Newsom, California governor, dismisses Trump advice on wildfires

California Gov. Gavin Newsom swung back at President Trump's threat to cut federal wildfire funding, telling the president he should have no say in how the state manages its forests because he doesn't "believe in climate change."

November 4, 2019

Montgomery County police barred from displaying wooden Blue Lives Matter flag

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Sunday blasted Montgomery County's decision to ban the display of a homemade wooden "Thin Blue Line" flag, saying he was "offended and disgusted."

November 3, 2019

Ronan Farrow: Bill Clinton ‘credibly accused of rape’ by Juanita Broaddrick

Author and journalist Ronan Farrow, whose reporting provided a leading impetus for the #MeToo movement, said that former President Bill Clinton was "credibly accused of rape" by Juanita Broaddrick, an allegation "overdue for revisiting."

November 3, 2019

Oregon antifa activist sentenced to nearly six years for cracking man’s skull

An Oregon antifa activist was sentenced Friday to nearly six years in prison for using an expandable baton to crack the skull of another man at a June melee pitting right-wing activists against protesters from the left-wing anarchist group.

November 2, 2019

Cuomo mocked for declaring ‘We didn’t have hurricanes’ in New York before climate change

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared Friday that New York had never been hit by hurricanes or other strong storms before climate change, prompting double-takes and fact-checks from those who haven't forgotten, for example, Hazel, Carol and Edna.

November 1, 2019

Kentucky Supreme Court rules in favor of Christian printer who refused to make gay-pride shirts

The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of a Christian print shop owner hit with a discrimination complaint, handing a victory to religious-freedom advocates fighting legal challenges that pit free-speech rights against anti-bias laws.

October 31, 2019

Ralph Northam’s office circulated talking points from Planned Parenthood after infanticide interview

Hours after Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's infanticide interview in January, a senior state official circulated talking points written by Planned Parenthood to calm the furor over his late-term abortion comments.

October 31, 2019

Republicans target green-energy funds to prevent California wildfires, blackouts

The tons of greenhouse gases emitted each year by California wildfires are thwarting the state's aggressive climate-change agenda, and as far as Assemblyman James Gallagher is concerned, that's a problem.

October 30, 2019

Californians grappling with rolling blackouts, large wildfires

California utilities imposed rolling electricity blackouts in the name of preventing devastating wildfires, but now the state is grappling with both.

October 29, 2019

House Democrats block GOP effort to prevent nationwide fracking ban

House Democrats blocked Tuesday consideration of a resolution in support of hydraulic fracturing as Republicans sought to protect the U.S. energy boom from Democratic presidential candidates seeking to ban fracking nationwide.

October 29, 2019

Michael Bloomberg climate agenda pushed by privately funded New Mexico prosecutor

The idea behind billionaire Michael R. Bloomberg's State Impact Center was to promote a climate change agenda by providing state attorneys general with privately paid legal staff, and it seems to be working in New Mexico.

October 28, 2019

Nick Sandmann, Covington Catholic student, Washington Post defamation lawsuit reopened

A federal judge in Kentucky has reopened the $250 million defamation case filed by a Covington Catholic student against The Washington Post after dismissing it in July.

October 28, 2019

70% of millennials would vote for a socialist; half view capitalism unfavorably: Survey

Seven in 10 millennials would be at least somewhat likely to vote for a socialist candidate, and their views of communism and Marxism are increasingly positive, according to a survey released Monday.

October 28, 2019

Exxon sued by Massachusetts AG as Democrats, climate activists kick into overdrive

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey on Thursday sued ExxonMobil for misleading investors and consumers about climate change, topping off a week that saw Democrats and activists take their anti-Exxon campaign into overdrive.

October 25, 2019

EPA-funded children’s health centers accused of ‘junk science’

Environmentalists were outraged when the EPA decided to cut funding to children's environmental health centers, but a report released Thursday argues that the program is awash with political activism and junk science.

October 24, 2019

NBA fans defy China, cheer Hong Kong as regular season tips off

The official start of the NBA regular season Tuesday saw protesters hand out thousands of free pro-Hong Kong T-shirts outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles and Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, the only two venues to host games on opening night.

October 23, 2019

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dings ‘predominantly white’ areas for hurricanes that killed minorities

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez put a racial spin Wednesday on climate change and hurricanes, attributing emissions from "predominantly white" corporations and communities for juicing recent storms that cost "predominantly black and brown lives" in Louisiana and Puerto Rico.

October 23, 2019

Marsha Blackburn, Josh Hawley float bill to move 90% of jobs in 10 federal departments outside D.C.

The decision to move the Bureau of Land Management headquarters to Colorado's Western Slope should be viewed not as a one-off, but a good start, as far as some Senate Republicans are concerned.

October 23, 2019

ExxonMobil taken to trial for ‘climate fraud’

After four years and three attorneys general, New York finally brought ExxonMobil to court Tuesday on charges of "climate fraud," a case expected to decide whether the sputtering "Exxon knew" campaign still has something in the tank -- or if that vehicle has run out of gas.

October 22, 2019