Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Ari Natter, Bloomberg Published 5:24 am PST, Friday, November 9, 2018 Robert Murray, founder and chairman of Murray Energy Corp., speaks during the BNEF Future of Energy Global Summit in New York on April 10, 2018. Murray has aggressively pushed Trump administration officials to support coal power plants operated by one of his biggest customers, FirstEnergy Solutions.MUST CREDITr: Alex Flynn/Bloomberg less Robert Murray, founder and chairman of Murray Energy Corp., speaks during the BNEF Future of Energy Global Summit in New York on April 10, 2018. Murray has aggressively pushed Trump administration officials to ... more Photo: Alex FLynn, Bloomberg Ryan Zinke, U.S. secretary of interior, speaks during an event at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 29, 2017. Under Democratic House leadership, the Natural Resources Committee is set to investigate whether Interior … [Read more...] about Gavel-wielding Democrats to scrutinize White House efforts to weaken environmental safeguards
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Democrats’ takeover of the House spurs possibility of farm bill compromise
MINNEAPOLIS — Prospects have improved for Congress to pass a bipartisan farm bill before the end of the year after Democrats secured the House majority during the midterm elections, a key lawmaker and other experts said. Work requirements for food stamps, known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, had been the biggest stumbling block holding up an agreement. The version that narrowly passed the House with no Democratic votes includes the tougher rules. The bipartisan version that won easy Senate approval does not, and few Senate Republicans want them. House fails to pass farm bill because of immigration fight Observers say it's likely that House Republicans will now be ready to pass a compromise in the upcoming lame duck session rather than starting over in a Democratic-controlled House and risking a result they would like even less. "There isn't any reason why this thing can't get done," said Rep. Collin Peterson, of Minnesota, the ranking … [Read more...] about Democrats’ takeover of the House spurs possibility of farm bill compromise
YP Letters: True cost of housing the criminals as your anger over police funding and violent crime grows
0 Have your say From: PA Ledwith, Burniston, Scarborough. THE Government has said it will give extra funds to the police so to help them reduce crime. Good.Where will they house the villains? There are murders every day of the week, literally, and we have murderers in prison who have been there for more than 40 years. We aren’t told how many there are or how much it costs taxpayers.The Yorkshire Post says: Basic mistakes in CPS letters to victims are unacceptableThese villains will no doubt get a Christmas lunch, while here in England, yes England, some children will go hungry and others will spend the season homeless on the streets. Yet murderers will be housed, clothed and fed. It is obscene.From: Bob Watson, Baildon.CHRISTOPHER Boon, 28, has been jailed for life for murdering his wife and 11-year-old stepdaughter (The Yorkshire Post, November 6).It was reported that he stabbed his wife 18 times, and the poor little girl, who it seems was trying to defend … [Read more...] about YP Letters: True cost of housing the criminals as your anger over police funding and violent crime grows
Voters Finally Got A Chance To Weigh In On The Housing Crisis
POLITICS 11/09/2018 05:50 am ET In a slew of ballot initiatives, voters approved measures to address rising rents and homelessness. By Michael Hobbes In the midst of a housing crisis that has been steadily worsening for years, voters in more than a dozen cities and several states finally got the chance to do something about it Tuesday. In California alone, 60 housing-related measures appeared on state and local ballots during the 2018 midterms. Nationwide, at least 30 state and local initiatives proposed legal changes that would fund affordable housing, provide homeless services or expand tenant protections, according to the National Low-Income Housing Coalition. Twenty-three of those measures passed. The United States needs more than 7 million units of affordable housing to meet its current needs, according to the NLIHC. In 2016, nearly half of the nation’s renters were considered cost-burdened, spending more than 30 percent of their income on rent. … [Read more...] about Voters Finally Got A Chance To Weigh In On The Housing Crisis
‘I Eat Once A Day’: The Untold Stories Of The Housing Crisis
POLITICS 11/09/2018 05:45 am ET We asked our readers to tell us how rising rents and living costs are affecting their lives. Their answers surprised us. By Michael Hobbes Every year the numbers get worse: soaring rents, booming home prices and dwindling social spending. Since its beginnings as a background issue in coastal enclaves, the housing crisis has gone mainstream, hitting smaller cities and out-of-the-way towns across the country. This year, HuffPost has chronicled multiple angles of the housing crisis, from its effect on millennials to its impact on inequality to its arrival in unexpected places. Last month, we traveled to six U.S. cities and held a town hall dedicated to housing affordability in Boulder, Colorado, where we asked you to share your housing stories. We also launched Betting The House, a project to hear our readers’ experiences with buying and renting a home in America. We received more than 400 responses, covering nearly every state and … [Read more...] about ‘I Eat Once A Day’: The Untold Stories Of The Housing Crisis