Former NY governor looks to join Republican presidential field
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former New York Governor George Pataki indicated on Wednesday that he would announce his campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination next week in New Hampshire.
Los Angeles gives preliminary approval to $15 minimum wage
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Los Angeles City Council voted on Tuesday to increase the minimum wage in the nation’s second-largest city to $15 an hour by 2020 from the current $9, in a victory for labor and community groups that have pushed for similar …
Oklahoma set to overturn local drilling controls as backlash brews
OKLAHOMA CITY/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facing a backlash over the side effects of its oil and gas boom, Oklahoma is poised to overturn an 80-year-old statute that allows cities and towns to ban drilling operations within their borders.
As Illinois runs out of options in budget crisis, tax rises seen in the cards
NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) – With no easy way to financially engineer or negotiate its way out of a budget and pensions crisis, Illinois is likely to dish out some unpleasant medicine to its residents in the next few years. And investors say that is mo…
Judge pressures State Department on Clinton emails release
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the U.S. State Department to produce a plan to release batches of Hillary Clinton’s emails from her time there, raising the prospect of months of drip-by-drip disclosures that could plague her p…
U.S. lawmakers compromise on ‘poison-pill’ Pacific trade rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers reached a compromise on Tuesday on rules that threatened to derail a proposed Pacific trade partnership by agreeing to soften tough provisions against human trafficking.
Illinois Republicans offer help for Chicago pension woes
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois’ Republican legislative leaders said on Tuesday that lawmakers in their party want to help Chicago address a looming $550 million pension payment increase in the waning days of the legislative session.
Clinton, White House spar over trade as fast-track vote looms
CEDAR FALLS, IOWA (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. presidential contender Hillary Clinton set up a potential clash over sensitive trade legislation with the White House on Tuesday, urging steps to prevent currency manipulation and lawsuits by foreign compan…
Clinton, White House spar over trade as fast-track vote looms
CEDAR FALLS, IOWA (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. presidential contender Hillary Clinton set up a potential clash over sensitive trade legislation with the White House on Tuesday, urging steps to prevent currency manipulation and lawsuits by foreign compan…
Beau Biden, U.S. vice president’s son, hospitalized
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Beau Biden, a son of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, has been hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Medical Center outside Washington, the vice president’s office said on Tuesday.
