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TexasTowelie's JournalVermont News - 5/8/2016
Shumlin's big requests fall short$49M revenue package relies largely on fees
Editorial: Sanders should look to legacy
Vermont lawmakers finish their work
Legislature wrestles with lottery consoles in bars
Budget and Tax Bills Pass Despite Republican Opposition
Vermont House asks Congress to let students file for bankruptcy
Vermont Jay Peak Resort Fraud Scheme--SEC to Federal Judge: Don’t Unfreeze Quiros Assets
St. Johnsbury Accepts State Payoff To Expand Prison Population
Gov. Shumlin signs automatic voter registration law
Newport City Considering New Chicken Regulations
After reporting fowl stories in the Kansas Group, it would be discriminatory if I overlooked Vermont.
New Hampshire News - 5/8/2016
Stillbirth of infant at Valley Street jail documented in lawsuit, medical board orderHassan vetoes bill exempting premium cigars from tobacco tax
Rehab center plan draws opposition
Portsmouth detective files $975K demand for alleged damages
NH Senate puts off vote on 'conversion therapy' after colleague's emotional speech
Senate splits evenly, ends two abortion bills
House compromise gives pot decrim second chance
Massachusetts News - 5/8/2016
Town ousts woman living in tiny house she built in collegeMass. voters split on marijuana legalization, poll finds
Officials ignored many warning signs on Green Line extension
Boston's black city treasury workers face discrimination, judge rules
Trump slams ‘goofy’ Liz Warren as Hillary Clinton’s ‘flunky’
Connecticut News - 5/8/2016
Officials Tense, Tight-Lipped On Feds' Probe Of State 'Motor Voter' ProgramStudent At Central Connecticut State University Found Dead
East Connecticut State University Stumbler Party 'Goes Sideways,' Leads To Numerous Arrests
At Democratic State Convention, Focus Is On Trump
Malloy Will Veto Retirement Security Bill As It Now Stands
Malloy: "The Budget That's Been Put Together is the Right Budget"
"Ban the Box" Bill Wins Final Passage
More than 2,000 Connecticut children poisoned by lead, many more not tested, state says
Cuts inevitable under Malloy budget proposal: court administrator
Democrats blast GOP for denying Hearst reporter access to convention
Blumenthal gets Democratic nod for second Senate term
Connecticut House passes bill that would curb sex abuse
Rhode Island News - 5/8/2016
Time to stop R.I.'s long, 'shameful' parade of corruptionRhode Island Senate votes for shark fin ban
Getting an R.I. Assembly grant is a matter of who you know
Senate bill supports regional dispatching idea
Education topic of governor’s forum at Vets on May 9
New York News - 5/7/2016
Governor, lawmakers react to ex-Assembly speaker's sentenceCuomo Loyalist With Troubled Finances Is at Center of U.S. Inquiry
Political Group Tied to Mayor de Blasio to Defy Subpoena
Queens charity fires director who was victim of coworker's acid attack after uncovering embezzlement scheme
New York Democrats selling national convention access to big donor
Outgoing press secretary got tired of putting up with de Blasio
Ex-mobster accused of starting massive cathedral fire
Grand jury to hear evidence in Pigeon-Michalek probe
Long Beach City Council approves smoking ban
Wisconsin News - 5/7/2016
More UW campus faculty declare no confidence in regents, CrossHillary Clinton staffs up in Wisconsin
Scott Walker declares energy emergency after pipeline temporarily shuts down
Jailed adviser bilked elderly, loses license, ordered to pay $1 million-plus
De Pere businessman pleads not guilty to fraud
Minnesota News - 5/7/2016
Prince had been under a Minnesota doctor's care weeks before his deathMinneapolis trails converge at railroad river bridge, but will they ever be able to cross?
University of Minnesota proposes tuition hikes, for some
St. Paul bans all outdoor fires amid 'extreme fire behavior'
Lawmakers offer transportation concessions, but deal still distant
No Minnesota bonding bill this year? With Senate defeat, maybe
Senate Shoots Down Gun Cell Phone Cases
Duluth school district added to teacher tenure lawsuit
Woman pleads guilty to embezzling millions from Granite Falls contractor
Racial diversity in Minnesota workplaces on the upswing
Indiana News - 5/7/2016
Warning signs for Mike Pence’s re-electionIndiana GOP still coming to terms with Trump
First Baptist Church - Hammond sued in investment scheme
Alcohol to be more available at Indiana State Fair
Muncie's $48M riverfront project 'on hold'
Man shot as van drags Muncie officer
Miami County voter clerk resigns over primary election gaffe
10 reasons Hillary Clinton will beat Donald Trump
This week, we saw examples of no less than 10 reasons that Hillary Clinton is going to sweep to victory in November:
1. The economy is good enough. The jobs report (160,000 jobs created, the unemployment rate steady at 5 percent) is not stellar, but there is no sign yet of a serious downturn. Conservative economist Doug Holtz-Eakin emails, "The other good news from the employer survey was that average hourly earnings rose by 0.3 percent; up 2.5 percent over the past year. The workweek edged up modestly. Put together, average weekly earnings rose solidly." Unless there is a serious economic crisis (as there was in 2008), the incumbent party has the strong upper hand.
2. Donald Trump is so reckless and scary on economic issues that he scares even Republicans. He bizarrely suggested he would negotiate the sovereign debt of the United States. That is a default and has never been attempted in U.S. history. His recklessness on this is likely a preview of things to come.
3. The GOP is badly divided, if not on the verge of a split. It is Politics 101 that the party in turmoil (Democrats in 1980, for example) loses. Already, donors are closing their wallets, and Republicans, including two past presidents and both halves of the 2012 ticket, are refusing to endorse Trump.
Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-hillary-clinton-will-beat-donald-trump-20160506-story.html
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