The Provocateur’s Toolbox
Guest Post by Tobias Barrington Wolff: The following is a guest post by Tobias Barrington Wolff, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School: If there…
Dino Rossi downplays Trump factor in congressional race: ‘I am not running to be The Apprentice’
Originally published March 11, 2018 By Jim Brunner Seattle Times political reporter Congressional candidate Dino Rossi at his campaign headquarters in Issaquah last week. (Ken Lambert…
Lincoln police study finds mental health referral program reduces crisis calls
RILEY JOHNSON Lincoln Journal Star Mar 11, 2018A program in which Lincoln police refer people with mental illness for voluntary help has reduced the chance…
G.O.P. Rushed to Pass Tax Overhaul. Now It May Need to Be Altered.
By JIM TANKERSLEY and ALAN RAPPEPORTMARCH 11, 2018 Thomas Lien Jr. of Dakota Mill and Grain in Rapid City, S.D., said he regretted a $20 million investment to…
Is There Anything More Fun Than a Trump Rally?
By EMILY COCHRANE and MAGGIE HABERMAN MARCH 10, 2018 President Trump in Moon Township, Pa., on Saturday. CreditTom Brenner/The New York Times MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — The trip was ostensibly…
Lawmaker gets restraining order against another lawmaker
By Associated Press March 9 at 8:38 PM HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania state lawmaker who says a fellow lawmaker pulled a gun on her and threatened…
No vote on Kentucky pension bill as teachers protest
By ADAM BEAM and BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press March 9, 2018 FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Hundreds of Kentucky teachers cheered Friday as Republican lawmakers decided not…
ACLU sues Trump administration to stop family separation
By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press Mar 9, 2018 HOUSTON (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a class-action lawsuit Friday accusing the U.S. government of…
Making America great again, one ruined family at a time
Kevin Cullen GLOBE STAFF MARCH 09, 2018 And now, ladies and gentlemen, in this, the latest installment of Making America Great Again By Destroying American Families One…
Invisible in any language: Mass. Latinos face intense inequality
By Katie Johnston, Globe StaffMarch 09, 2018 They have driven the state’s population growth for decades, helping form the backbone of a booming economy. But Latinos…