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Examining the Power of Virginia’s Governor
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on March 12, 2018
Governor Ralph Northam
Governor Ralph Northam will be spending the next few weeks combing through more than 800 bills the General Assembly sent to his desk. And, as Michael Pope reports, he gets to make significant changes.
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From NPR News- What To Know About The No-Confidence Vote Facing British Prime Minister Theresa May December 12, 2018Britain's prime minister faces a no-confidence vote in Parliament on Wednesday evening. Why do members of her own party want to sack her?
- Michael Cohen Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison Following Plea That Implicated Trump December 12, 2018The onetime fixer for Trump has admitted that not only did he commit financial crimes but also that Trump directed him to arrange hush-money payments to two women. Cohen also says he lied to Congress.
- Quake-Up Call: Magnitude 4.4 Temblor Rattles People Out Of Bed Across Southeast U.S. December 12, 2018The earthquake struck eastern Tennessee before dawn Wednesday. As mild as it was, its effects were felt far and wide — from eastern Kentucky all the way to Atlanta.
- Mayors And Governors Rebut Trump Administration Position At Climate Summit December 12, 2018Federal officials at the U.N. climate meeting are ignoring climate science and touting coal and fossil fuels. But local and state authorities pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on their own.
- Manhunt Underway For Suspect In Attack On French Christmas Market December 12, 2018On Tuesday evening, a man opened fire on the famous market in Strasbourg, France, killing two people and leaving a third brain-dead. Hundreds of law enforcement officers are searching for the suspect.
- What To Know About The No-Confidence Vote Facing British Prime Minister Theresa May December 12, 2018
- From BBC News
- Theresa May awaits confidence vote result - as Tory MPs cast ballots December 12, 2018In a last-minute appeal to Tory MPs before they began voting, the UK prime minister said she would step down before the next election.
- Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen jailed December 12, 2018The disgraced lawyer says the US president made him "follow a path of darkness rather than light".
- Strasbourg shooting: Gunman shouted 'Allahu Akbar' as he attacked December 12, 2018Hundreds of armed officers search for a man who opened fire at a Christmas market in Strasbourg.
- Scottish budget: Higher earner income tax gap to widen December 12, 2018Scotland's finance secretary will not pass on a tax break for higher earners that was announced by the chancellor in his UK budget.
- Refugee: 'I am not a people smuggler’ December 12, 2018A Syrian refugee who saved 18 people has been released from a Greek prison, after being accused of people trafficking.
- Theresa May awaits confidence vote result - as Tory MPs cast ballots December 12, 2018
