State Budget Solutions' Fourth Annual State Debt Report > Publications > State Budget Solutions. State Budget Solutions' (SBS) fourth annual State Debt Study reveals that state governments face a combined $5.1 trillion in debt.
This total equals roughly $16,178 per capita, or 33 percent of annual gross state product. Secession Plan Floated By Some Northern Colorado Leaders. GREELEY, Colo.
(CBS4) – Several Colorado counties that strongly oppose increased regulation of the oil and gas industry say they want to form their own state. They are planning on calling it North Colorado or Northern Colorado. The counties are frustrated with the new agricultural and energy bills that have recently been signed into law. Mississippi aims to curb teen pregnancy with umbilical blood law. Secession Plan Floated By Some Northern Colorado Leaders.
Obama to take post-Sandy tour of Jersey Shore on Tuesday. Get live coverage of President Obama's visit to the Jersey Shore.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is looking to get his groove back — at the beach. A post-Hurricane Sandy tour of the New Jersey coast line on Tuesday, gives the president a chance for a three-point play that can move him ahead of the recent controversies that have dogged the White House. With New Jersey’s Republican Gov. Chris Christie at Obama’s side, effective government, bipartisanship and economic opportunity will be the unmistakable message in the face of the coastal recovery. For Obama, the tour helps him continue redirecting the political conversation after two weeks of dealing with the fallout over the administration’s response to terror attacks last September in Benghazi, Libya, the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service and the Justice Department’s review of journalist phone records as part of a leak investigation.
Developers Want To Turn Old Tiger Stadium Site Into Entertainment Complex Showcasing African Culture. Detroit's pension boards pay $22K to send 4 trustees to Hawaii. Four trustees of Detroit’s two public pension funds are heading to a Hawaiian beach resort this weekend with their $22,000 tab paid for by the funds, which are mired in claims of mismanagement and said to be at least $600 million underfunded.
Trustees say the conference provides the education they need to manage complex investments for the funds’ retirees and beneficiaries. But other major public pension systems, including the Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions, avoided sending their officials to Hawaii because of concerns the exotic locale sends the wrong message at a time when pensions nationwide are contemplating or implementing reduced benefits to cope with rising retirement costs and shaky investment returns.
Rob Ford in 'crack cocaine' video scandal. A cellphone video that appears to show Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine is being shopped around Toronto by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade.
Two Toronto Star reporters have viewed the video three times. Boomtown: Meet The Washington Aristocracy. Obama's America Will Become Detroit. President Barack Obama travelled to Michigan this week and made his case for class war in defense of the welfare state. We need to take more money from the rich, he said, or schools will not be able to afford books, students will not be able to afford college, and disabled children will not get health care. "Our economic success has never come from the top down," said Obama. "It comes from the middle out. It comes from the bottom up. " Obama spoke these words a few miles from Detroit — the reductio ad absurdum of his argument. If America continues down the road to Obama's America — a road that began when President Franklin Roosevelt started building a welfare state here — our entire nation will become Detroit.
Obama's economic and moral vision has played out in that city. Last week, as reported by the Detroit Free Press, Michigan's state treasurer told Detroit's mayor and city council that the state may soon appoint an emergency financial manager for the city. Detroit insolvent, EM Kevyn Orr says. Palm Beach County sheriff gets $1 million for violence... By Dara Kam and Stacey Singer - Palm Beach Post Staff Writers Florida House and Senate budget leaders have awarded Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw $1 million for a new violence prevention unit aimed at preventing tragedies like those in Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo., from occurring on his turf.
Bradshaw plans to use the extra $1 million to launch “prevention intervention” units featuring specially trained deputies, mental health professionals and caseworkers. The teams will respond to citizen phone calls to a 24-hour hotline with a knock on the door and a referral to services, if needed. Subscribers get total access to this story, and all our in-depth news, digital editions and exclusive content. Subscribe today, or try a 24-hour or 7-day digital pass. Farrakhan son is part-time Harvey cop but hasn’t worked a shift in 4 years. BY KIM JANSSEN Federal Courts Reporter kjanssen@suntimes.com April 21, 2013 10:22PM Updated: May 23, 2013 6:09AM The Nation of Islam styles him its “Supreme Captain” — a potential successor to his controversial father, Minister Louis Farrakhan.
But when he’s working for the Harvey Police Department, Mustapha Farrakhan is just a regular part-time cop. If, that is, he’s actually working for the Harvey Police Department. Farrakhan, 52, certainly has a police badge from the crime-plagued south suburb. He drives an unmarked Harvey Police squad car, complete with flashing police lights, and parks it outside his home at night. Rhode Island professor Erik Loomis blames West, Texas, explosion on lack of unions and bad zoning. Police: 12 Bodies Recovered In Texas Plant Explosion. Get Breaking News First Receive News, Politics, and Entertainment Headlines Each Morning.
Sign Up WEST, Texas (AP) — The bodies of 12 people have been recovered from the remnants of a tiny Texas farm town that was rocked by a roaring explosion at a fertilizer plant, authorities said Friday, confirming for the first time the number of people who perished in the accident. City Offers Free Internet Access, Computers to Low-income Households. Wife of ex-judge confesses in Texas DA slayings. (AP) Wife of ex-judge confesses in Texas DA slayingsBy DANNY ROBBINSAssociated PressKAUFMAN, TexasAuthorities say the wife of a former judge has confessed to being involved in the shooting deaths of a North Texas district attorney, his wife and an assistant prosecutor.
Kim Lene Williams was arrested early Wednesday. Kaufman County sheriff's spokesman Lt. Justin Lewis says Williams is being charged in all three deaths. Lewis says she is being held on $10 million bond. According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Williams told investigators Tuesday that she was involved in the shootings of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland, his wife, Cynthia, and one of his prosecutors, Mark Hasse. 5 Teens Under 17 Arrested In Oakland Shooting Death Of Paramedic. Get Breaking News First Receive News, Politics, and Entertainment Headlines Each Morning.
Sign Up. Texas Soldier Arrested for ‘Rudely Displaying’ Weapon. I just got off the phone with Army Master Sergeant C. J. Grisham, a serving American soldier and veteran of the the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, who recently was illegally disarmed by the Temple Police Department while out for a walk with his son. “We live out in the country in Texas, near Temple,” he told me.
The lucrative business of smuggling cigarettes - Apr. 16, 2013. Cigarette smuggling is on the rise as taxes soar in some states but remain low in others. This pack from Virginia was bought in New York City for $8, a discount off the local going rate of around $12 per pack. Porn film permits have dropped dramatically in L.A. County. Film permits requested by the porn industry have all but ceased in Los Angeles County as producers decide how to work around much opposed law that requires actors to wear condoms during shoots. Film LA, the non profit organization that processes permits for motion picture, television and commercial production across Los Angeles, has seen applications for permits from the adult film industry plummet to only two so far this year. Study: CA High-Speed Rail Will Lose $124-$373 Million A Year. North Carolina House approves bill requiring background checks for welfare. Gadsden High School: Ump pushed English-only in game.
By The Associated Press Posted: 04/12/2013 08:45:28 AM MDT. Separate-gender classes among changes for Southfield public high schools. Southfield Public Schools today announced wide-ranging changes at the high school level that officials say will help the district improve the way it meets the needs of its increasingly transient population. Among the changes: Separating by gender classes in math, language arts, science and social studies at two high schools in a pilot program to test whether that improves academic achievement. Huffington Post bringing Christie to White House Correspondents' dinner. View full size Last year Gov. Chris Christie sat next to actress Sofia Vergara at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner in Washington.
Conn. Father’s Stunning Claim: Son’s School Is Teaching That Americans Don’t Have the Right to Bear Arms. Trust in Gold Not Bernanke as U.S. States Promote Bullion. Distrust of the Federal Reserve and concern that U.S. dollars may become worthless are fueling a push in more than a dozen states to recognize gold and silver coins as legal tender. Virginia Builds $1 Million “Super” Bus Stop. It expects to build 23 more at over $900,000 a piece.
Hundreds of Texas educators take free concealed handgun class. Dec. 27, 2012: Clark Aposhian, President of Utah Shooting Sport Council, demonstrates with a plastic gun during concealed-weapons training for 200 Utah teachers.AP A concealed handgun training class envisioned by former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle before his death drew hundreds of educators to a Texas school auditorium Saturday. Mom killed after she denies man romantic access to daughter. Maryland Lawmaker Introduces New Bill After 7 Year Old Suspended For Chewing Pastry Into Shape of Gun // Mr. Lawmaker wants to eliminate Ga. income tax. Teen sexting would be misdemeanor. As economy flails, debtors' prisons thrive. Proposed Bill in North Carolina Would Establish a State Religion. Georgia town passes law requiring residents to own guns. Texas AG to Obama: I'll sue if U.N. Arms Treaty is ratified.
Judge: Stockton, Calif., Can File for Bankruptcy. Hundreds of teens mob pedestrians on Chicago's Magnificent Mile. Study: New York Enjoys Less Freedom Than Any Other State In The U.S. Driving With Your Dog? Bill Would Prohibit Pets Behind the Wheel. 1 $750G bid for unwanted Alaska ferry worth $80M. Kentucky Legislature Passes Hemp Bill, Rand Paul Vows Support From D.C. Veteran Gregory Schaffer’s American Flag Faces Removal, Due To Liberal Complaints. Gas Tax Increase Could Soon Be Reality. Florida County Spends Tens Of Thousands On Ambulance For Obese Patients. Washington state weighs first-in-the-nation abortion insurance mandate.
Gun Control. Education. Dumb Laws, Stupid Laws: We have weird laws, strange laws, and just plain crazy laws! Police Departments Beg And Barter For Ammo While DHS Buys Up 1.6 Billion Rounds In Past Year. Solitary Confinement: Punishment Or Cruelty? CPS Sex Education: Nation's Third Largest District Extending Lessons To Kindergarteners. Naked pictures on the Internet would face restrictions under proposed Florida law. Bill Repealing Adultery Officially Signed Into Law.
Drug Testing Company Sees Spike In Children Using Marijuana. 46,609,072 People on Food Stamps in 2012; Record 47,791,996 in December. Texas Starts Budget Debate Flush With Energy Boom Cash. Perry Ending Calif. Trip Empty-Handed – So Far. New Hampshire Legislator: We Need to 'Restrict Freedoms' of Conservatives. Mississippi passes 'anti-Bloomberg bill,' banning local limits on portion sizes and requirements to post calorie counts.
1 in 3 Illinoisans lives in or near poverty level: report. Illinois Senate Moves Toward Total Gun Ban.