Alaska plans to jump-start a $45 billion natural gas export project by pitching in more than 10 percent of the cost and joining Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM), BP Plc (BP/), ConocoPhillips and TransCanada Corp. (TRP) as an equity partner.
Erik McCormick, director of assessment with the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (AK DEED) announced that Alaska will be leaving the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC). Governor Parnell and Commissioner Hanley had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with SBAC in April of 2013, but withheld announcement of signing the agreement until the legislature had ended the 2013 session in mid-April. The announcement comes days before the beginning of the 2014 legislative session.
Democratic leaders have signaled their intention to make income inequality the centerpiece of the midterm elections, and expanding benefit programs for the poor and unemployed are at the heart of the strategy. As the ever-gracious senior senator from New York, Chuck Schumer, put it, if the GOP opposes extension of long-term unemployment benefits, “it’s going to hurt them in the election.”
Millions of new enrollees are signing up for Medicaid due to its expansion under Obamacare, but many will be shocked to learn that their estates can be held liable for the costs of their healthcare.
On May 7, 2007, Joe Miller’s West Point classmate, Col. Greg Gadson, was returning from a memorial service for two fellow soldiers when he was struck by a roadside bomb. Everything changed, he said.
Video from the helmet camera of a firefighter responding to the crash landing of an Asiana Airlines flight in San Francisco shows at least one rescuer was aware someone was on the ground outside the aircraft and even warned a colleague. Yet two fire trucks subsequently ran over an injured passenger.
In remarks before a cabinet meeting Tuesday, President Obama promised more executive action bypassing Congress, telling those assembled he would use “a pen and a phone,” The Blaze reported.
Iran’s chief negotiator, Abbas Araqchi, who helped his country secure the nuclear deal with the U.S. and other Western countries, is claiming victory.
Israel’s Defense Minister, Moshe “Boogy” Ya’alon, is facing criticism from the opposition after slamming U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
South Carolina Congressman Trey Gowdy slammed the State Department Friday night over its slow response in finally naming the suspected terrorist groups responsible for the attack in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012.