Port Authority Head Rips Gingrich, Reagan & Tea Party In Manhattan Speech
Chris Ward said that despite his "vaunted optimism," Ronald Reagan "launched a darker strain in American politics, that somehow government itself was the problem.
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Chris Ward said that despite his "vaunted optimism," Ronald Reagan "launched a darker strain in American politics, that somehow government itself was the problem.
Gov. Dan Malloy says he is pressing the federal government to help Connecticut assess damage caused by Tropical Storm Irene.
"During the past 12 years, the cost of living increased by 40 percent, eroding judicial salaries," said Vincent E. Doyle III, president of the lawyers' group. Yet "judges' salaries will have risen 27 percent over a 15-year period, far less than the projected inflation rate."
Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman said in an interview that it's a good compromise in hard economic times.
The former three-term governor has been considering a run for months and has been trying to build support in the important primary states of Iowa and New Hampshire.
An analysis by the Manhattan Institute says New York's cities will be hit especially hard by rising public pension costs.
The state Legislature passed a bill in June to permanently ban the procedure known as "fracking." On Thursday, Christie sent it back with a conditional veto recommending that the ban be lifted in a year.
School aides, parent coordinators and other public support staffers will get pink slips in October, according to education officials.
Fares are likely going up on Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, but by how much? Commuters got their say at two hearings in Stamford on Tuesday.
It was a rare mea culpa from the New York City Department of Transportation. On Tuesday it began jack-hammering traffic islands in Borough Park that blocked ambulances, fire trucks and other emergency vehicles.
The action comes amid a report that a principal, the school board president, and a supervisor of custodians had enrolled their children in the free or reduced lunch program even though they don't meet requirements.
The developers of the Park 51 Islamic cultural center were denied 9/11 rebuilding funds last week, but that hasn't made the funding issue go away.
The price to park and hang out for a day at Sandy Hook could go from $10 one-day passes to $20 two-day passes, if the National Park Service's proposal goes through.
Pataki is a moderate, and would join a field led by fierce conservatives like Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry.
NATO says it'll continue combat air patrols over Libya until all of Moammar Gadhafi's forces surrender, and this is bringing great joy to one mother in New Jersey.
