a city known for beautiful beaches and wealthy residents, Mayor Marty Blum recalls black: the color of more than 3 million gallons of oil that flowed from a drilling rig blowout in 1969 and covered 35 miles of coastline with a thick layer of goo.
Alabama's governor on Friday signed legislation that he said will "simplify and clarify" the state's controversial anti-illegal immigration law, considered one of the country's toughest.
The new bill, HB 658, addresses some of its unintended consequences, including clarifying the types of documents that can serve as a form of official identification. But it does not address parts of the law that are at issue in federal courts.
Senate Republicans gave a thumbs down to a Democratic plan that would have frozen interest rates for 7.4 million students taking out new federally subsidized Stafford loans.
McCain, who co-sponsored the DREAM Act in 2007, angered these activists by backing off during the 2008 election, saying he would not support it without tighter border controls.
families who live here illegally are "coming out" — marching behind banners that say "undocumented and unafraid," staging sit-ins in federal offices, and getting arrested in the most defiant ways
They are American in every way except on paper, they say. Why should they be branded, judged and punished?
jobs it’ll bring to the state and the environmental benefits of renewable energy
it gives Michigan cleaner and healthier air and water
We’re increasing about 1 and a half to 2 percent a year. So, this would increase us another 15 percent over 10 years – so, about 1 and a half percent a year. So, it’s a nice, steady transition to cleaner energy.
residents have health care costs and damages of about $1.5 billion a year – just from those nine oldest coal plants
significa
nt dent in those health costs that we are currently occurring