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Decision 2017

Voters ‘look for more answers’ as political landscape erupts into uncivil rhetoric

ELGIN (Heartland Newsfeed) -- As we enter this Independence Day weekend, while Americans will be flying the flag and celebrating freedom, concepts have become more important as the political landscape erupts into uncivil, angry rhetoric, according to political activists. "I see there's a lot more interest in what is happening in our government and I think it's because of the constant coverage the media gives to the process and how crazy the political process has gotten," said Lex Green, chairman […]

todayJune 30, 2017 10

Business & Lifestyle

Germany approves same-sex marriage

Danielle Haynes United Press International BERLIN (UPI) -- The German parliament on Friday passed legislation legalizing same-sex marriage after Chancellor Angela Merkel, who voted against the measure, encouraged her party to vote their conscience. Members of Germany's Bundestag voted 393-226 to pass the bill, and four people abstained. Merkel voted no, saying "For me marriage as defined by the law is the marriage of a man and a woman." But she encouraged her conservative Christian Democratic Party -- which has long opposed same-sex marriage […]

todayJune 30, 2017 20

Decision 2017

Libertarian gubernatorial candidate in Virginia qualifies for November ballot

RICHMOND, Va. (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Voters in Virginia will have a third choice on the ballot in the gubernatorial general election on November 7. Cliff Hyra, a 34-year-old patent attorney hailing from Hanover County, has qualified to be on the ballot as the Libertarian Party candidate, as confirmed Thursday by the Virginia Department of Elections as Hyra and supporters submitted petitions bearing more than 10,000 signatures to earn a spot on the ballot. He joins Democratic Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam […]

todayJune 30, 2017 12

Business & Lifestyle

College tuition has little link to state funding, analyst determines

College tuition tends to rise regardless of how much money the state puts toward education, a new study reveals. Tuition goes up no matter what state legislators do," analyst Preston Cooper wrote after studying tuition trends for the American Enterprise Institute. "Public colleges, with state boundaries insulating them from competition, and generous federal student aid programs at their disposal, charge as much as they can get away with. Changes in state funding are largely irrelevant." In Illinois, schools needs more […]

todayJune 29, 2017 2

Business & Lifestyle

Philly DA Williams pleads to bribery, resigns as prison looms

Doug G. Ware United Press International PHILADELPHIA (UPI) -- Philadelphia District Attorney R. Seth Williams resigned from office Thursday after pleading guilty to a bribery charge in a federal corruption case that now has him facing prison time. Williams brought a sudden end to the case at Philadelphia's James A. Byrne Federal Courthouse as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors -- which mandated he plead to one count of bribery and resign from office immediately. After the plea, Williams appealed […]

todayJune 29, 2017 8

Business & Lifestyle

Raymond council handle a variety of housekeeping measures at June meetings

RAYMOND (Heartland Newsfeed) -- In the meeting of the Raymond Village Board that took place on June 5, the board voted to approve the prevailing wage ordinance, discussed a citizen’s project regarding a ditch, mosquito spraying is underway and the water tower is looking at a cleaning of the exterior among other items of discussion. Following approval of the meeting minutes from May 15 and prior minutes from April 30, the board voted to approve Ordinance 421, the prevailing wage […]

todayJune 24, 2017 9

Business & Lifestyle

Former Vanderbilt football player found guilty of rape

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A grand jury found a former Vanderbilt University football player of raping an unconscious female student in a teammate's dorm room back stemming from a 2013 incident in a Nashville courtroom Friday. The jury, after 15 hours of deliberations, found 23-year-old Brandon Banks guilty on charges of aggravated rape and aggravated sexual assault. The case against Banks stoked simmering concerns about sexual assault on college campuses by student-athletes. Sentencing will take place on August 18, where Banks […]

todayJune 24, 2017 27

Business & Lifestyle

Same-sex marriage rate lower than rate for straight couples, poll shows

Eric DuVall United Press International WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Two years after the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling to legalize same-sex marriage, a smaller percentage of gay and lesbian couples are married compared to straight couples, a new survey shows. Gallup's poll showed 10.6 percent of adult same-sex couples are married, compared to 13.6 percent of adult heterosexual couples. Conversely, the percentage of same-sex couples who live with their partner but are not married is larger, at 6.6 percent, than that of […]

todayJune 23, 2017 1

Business & Lifestyle

Watchdog groups sue Trump for violating Presidential Records Act

Ray Downs United Press International WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Governmental watchdog groups Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and the National Security Archive have filed a lawsuit against President Trump for allegedly violating the Presidential Records Act. The PRA requires that a president and his office maintains presidential records for eventual public access. But the watchdog groups suspect Trump has not done so based on his own conflicting statements about whether there are recordings of conversations between himself and former FBI […]

todayJune 22, 2017 3

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