Obama Will Ask Congress To Increase Minimum Wage For Private-Sector Workers
US labor secretary Tom Perez says the president will call for job creation, immigration reform, and a higher minimum wage, "to insure that we have a healthy middle class."
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US labor secretary Tom Perez says the president will call for job creation, immigration reform, and a higher minimum wage, "to insure that we have a healthy middle class."
But a spokesman for the senate majority leader says the fact that a hearing was held does not indicate a groundswell of support for medical marijuana in the state senate.
Rick Bloomingdale, president of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, addressed hundreds of union supporters at a capitol rally in opposition to the legislation.
My fellow Americans, tonight we gather on what is no doubt another historically cold night in our nation's capital. But while our bodies may be cold our love for America has never been warmer and the state of our union has never been stronger.
The New Jersey state legislature has formed a new joint bi-partisan committee to investigate the George Washington Bridge scandal.
From Capitol Hill to corporate headquarters, there appears to be little appetite for sweeping changes to protect your personal information.
State representative Brendan Boyle (D-Phila.) says a mandatory Holocaust curriculum is needed because of the growing notion that the Holocaust was a hoax.
State representative Jose "JP" Miranda and his sister, Michelle Wilson, are charged with criminal conspiracy, perjury, and conflict of interest.
Former court administrator William Hird pleaded guilty to 18 counts of mail and wire fraud and lying to investigators.
"We need the BRT right now," Councilman Mark Squilla says. "We need them to have these hearings. We need them to make sure they're fair and as soon as possible."
Governor Tom Corbett and his budget secretary have used stark terms to discuss the state of Pennsylvania's public-sector pensions, a topic that many expect to be addressed when their 2014-15 budget proposal is unveiled in a little more than a week.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has taken a couple serious hits in the court of public opinion in the wake of Bridgegate.
Sen. Nicholas Scutari (D-Union County), who chairs the state senate's Judiciary Committee, says the war on marijuana has gone nowhere and it just makes sense to make marijuana available legally to those over 21.
In light of Bridgegate and the Governor's insistence he knew nothing of what underlings were doing, it turned out to be a very poignant question.
Those tuned into Wednesday afternoon's Dick Morris Program with Gary R'nel heard Dick's frustration with Congress' inability to curb President Obama from using Executive Orders.
