The Majority Institute August 17, 2018

Subscriber News:

Liberal groups taking 'Cardboard Cory' on a Colorado... The Cardboard Cory Tour is sponsored by Protect Our Care, Conservation Colorado, Indivisible, ProgressNow Colorado, Planned Parenthood Votes Colorado, America Votes Colorado, the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition and Rocky Mountain Values. Read more www.coloradopolitics.com

What's The Outlook for Labor In Kentucky? Kentucky's unions, labor laws, worker safety and the plight of the coal industry were among topics of discussion on this week's In Conversation. Today's guests were: The AFL-CIO's Bill Londrigan spoke about the benefits of labor union membership... Read more wfpl.org

The Financial Consultant Who Ruins State Budgets While governors like Illinois' former chief executive, Bruce Rauner, deserve blame for attacking public service workers and the services they provide, they didn't come up with their misguided budget cuts all by themselves. Read more www.afscme.org

End Citizens United to Mitch McConnell: Stop... It has been 157 days since the House passed the For the People Act (H.R. 1) and 47 days since the House passed the SAFE Act (H.R. 2722) Last month, Special Counsel Robert Mueller told the nation and the world that Russia unequivocally interfered... Read more endcitizensunited.org

EPA: Here's how emissions could rise under the methane rule As a result, at least 84% of the petroleum sector's emissions wouldn't be covered, according to data drawn from six years of peer-reviewed research by EDF and 140 lead authors at universities and institutions across the country. Read more www.eenews.net

EPA moves to speed up pipeline reviews " Kallanish... “Apparently the Trump administration only likes states’ rights when it can use them as an excuse to allow polluters to destroy streams and pave over wetlands,” Madeleine Foote, deputy legislative director at LCV said. Read more www.kallanishenergy.com

Why Educators Need to Vote in 2020 - NEA Today "Teachers need the vote in order to protect the children of their district from the vicious interests that constantly exploit them." Any of this sound familiar? Nearly 100 years after these words were printed, teachers are still fighting to have... Read more neatoday.org

37,000 Kaiser employees in California vote to strike Kaiser Permanente's California employees voted to authorize an unfair labor practices strike against their employer during a vote ending on Friday, its union announced Monday. More than 37,000 ballots cast by Service Employees International Union ... Read more sjvsun.com

National News & Opinion:

Public's Priorities for U.S. Asylum Policy: More Judges... Most continue to favor legal status for undocumented immigrants The American public is broadly critical of the way that the federal government is dealing with the increased number of people seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. Read more www.people-press.org

Demographics of People Interested in Local News These groups also prefer to get local news on TV Nearly a third of U.S. adults (31%) follow local news very closely, but local news does not play an equally vital role for all Americans. Read more www.journalism.org

13 states sue over legal immigration 'public charge' rule Thirteen states filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday challenging the Trump administration's new rule that seeks to limit access to green cards for immigrants that receive certain government benefits. Read more www.cnn.com

Trump administration halts visas for same-sex partners... President Donald Trump's administration began denying visas to the unmarried, same-sex partners of foreign diplomats and officials and employees of the United Nations this week - making marriage a requirement to be eligible for a... Read more www.usatoday.com

State election officials, hat in hand, plead for federal ... State election officials are sounding what is becoming an increasingly dire warning about the integrity of the voting process heading into the 2020 election, pleading for federal funds to help secure next year's balloting against cyberattack. Read more thinkprogress.org

Editorial: The patchwork of state gun laws makes us unsafe When a person motivated by hatred attempts to massacre people of a certain race, religion, gender, creed, nationality, sexual orientation or any other group, he or she is a terrorist. Read more www.newsday.com

Is a recession coming to the US? Here's what to watch for It's 10 years since the great recession and by many measures the US economy is still booming. Unemployment is at lows last seen 50 years ago, stock markets, while wobbly, are close to record highs, consumer confidence is high and shoppers keep... Read more www.theguardian.com

Column: Trump, an avatar for Nazis, now gets to decide... Trump has become an avatar for anti-Semites such as David Duke and the Charlottesville hate brigade, and he is no stranger to anti-Semitic dog whistles, painting billionaire liberal George Soros as a conspiratorial puppet master, tossing about... Read more www.chicagotribune.com

2020 Election News & Opinion:

Trump is losing ground in America's suburbs For all of the discussion about whether Democrats can win Texas in 2020, or whether they have solid chances to flip Senate seats in Arizona and Georgia, one demographic development has become crystal clear: President Donald Trump is... Read more www.nbcnews.com

Why this Never Trump ex-Republican will vote for almost... I'm good with anyone who is mentally stable and in no way sympathetic or beholden to a hostile foreign power. That's it. Policy just doesn't matter. I don't care if Sen. Elizabeth Warren is a mendacious Massachusetts liberal. She could tell me... Read more www.usatoday.com

Which 2020 presidential candidate is spending the most? With the 2020 presidential election looming, campaign season has begun in earnest. In the first six-months of 2019, total campaign spending by the 23 most prominent presidential hopefuls - including incumbent President Donald Trump - topped ... Read more www.usatoday.com

House Democrats' offensive strategy in 2020 runs through TX As America barrels toward a presidential election, control ofthe US House of Representatives is no longer Democrats' biggest focus. Nor will retaining itbe their hardest task; they have a more uphill battle to retake the US Senate. But even... Read more www.vox.com

Free college? Better healthcare? Democrats need to win... The Democrats running for president are promising the sun, the stars and a full moon to boot. Elect me, they say, and I'll deliver high-quality healthcare for all. Affordable college. A tax system that rewards hard work and not just the well-off... Read more www.latimes.com

Senate worth watching in 2020? The 20-plus Democrats running for the opportunity to unseat President Donald Trump next year would only be able to implement their agenda if Democrats also control the House and Senate. The former seems likely, as Democrats hold a... Read more oklahoman.com

Women candidates are constantly asked about their... An August poll highlights a trend that's emerged in the 2020 presidential cycle thus far: Voters favor Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) as one of their top choices for the Democratic nomination when the focus isn't on "electability." When it is, they ... Read more www.vox.com

There's No Elegant Way to Eat a Corn Dog: Here Are the... The first weekend of the 2019 Iowa State Fair had it all: a butter cow, a craft beer tent, mutton bustin', a Slipknot museum, and 20 candidates vying for the Democratic presidential nomination. Read more www.eater.com

State News & Opinion:

AZ - Prop 106 Organizers Tried to Pay Phoenix Voters $15 ... In recent weeks, paid canvassers have gone door-to-door in Phoenix to round up support for Proposition 106, the complicated ballot initiative that would cut city spending on services like libraries and parks to help pay down the city's pension debt. Read more www.phoenixnewtimes.com

CA - Shaping California's electoral map State's 2020 Citizen Redistricting Commission Seeks Applicants California wants your help drawing its next electoral map. The state is seeking people to serve on the 2020 Citizen Redistricting Commission, an independent 14-member board in charge... Read more www.sunnews.org

CO - Colorado Records Will Not Show How Gun Rights Recall... Money flowed into Colorado politics earlier this year when hardline gun rights supporters attempted to recall a state representative who supported Colorado's extreme risk protection order law (ERPO), a controversial piece of gun legislation. Read more www.kunc.org

FL - Felons' rights lawsuit timing debated as elections loom Lawyers representing opposite sides in a federal lawsuit about felons' voting rights can't agree on how quickly a judge should decide the issue, potentially affecting whether hundreds of thousands of Floridians will be able to... Read more www.tallahassee.com

GA - Democrats slam GA GOP official who touts Republican ... Georgia Democrats blasted a state GOP official who told a conservative gathering that Republicans are destined to dominate politics over the next few decades because Democratic women "forgot to reproduce." Brant Frost V, who was recently elected... Read more www.ajc.com

IL - History lessons on LGBTQ contributions to be ... "One of the best ways to overcome intolerance is through education and exposure to different people and viewpoints," Democratic state Sen. Heather Steans of Chicago, one of the bill's Senate sponsors, said in a news release. "An inclusive... Read more www.chicagotribune.com

IA- Steve King stunned by constituent's story about rape ... Hours after delivering a defense of his position in favor of banning abortion without exceptions for rape and incest, U.S. Rep. Steve King seemed taken aback after hearing from a constituent about a real-life example of rape. King, a... Read more www.desmoinesregister.com

KY - Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton sues Gov. Matt Bevin over ... Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton filed suit against Gov. Matt Bevin on Thursday, asking for court orders that would restore her two fired staff members to their jobs. The 12-page lawsuit, filed in Franklin Circuit Court, argues the Bevin ... Read more www.courier-journal.com

ME - GOP misleads about two people's veto efforts I am deeply disturbed by what appears to be blatant dishonesty and disregard for the truth by the Maine Republican Party in order to fire up their base. Recently, I received an email that was sent out to thousands of Mainers that I believe... Read more bangordailynews.com

MI - Democrats regain majority on Oakland County board Democrats on the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on Friday morning decided to allow former chairman Dave Woodward, who resigned his seat last week in hopes of being appointed Oakland County executive, to rescind his resignation. Read more www.freep.com

MN - 'Nobody Should Have To Die': Lawmakers, Advocates ... In front of a room of lawmakers and advocates, people living with diabetes shared their stories of the struggle to find affordable insulin. "My personal cost per month for just the insulin, based on retail prices, are more... Read more minnesota.cbslocal.com

MT - Gazette opinion: Montana's absent secretary of state Three weeks ago, Montana Secretary of State Corey Stapleton sent a letter to the president of the county clerks' association, announcing that he was no longer pushing to launch a new voter registration system in 2020. County elections officials... Read more billingsgazette.com

NV - Trump administration proposal would ease... The administration proposes making changes that would remove legal protections against discrimination for women with a history of pregnancy termination and LGBTQ individuals, citing litigation on religious freedom laws and whether the legally... Read more thenevadaindependent.com

NH - A worlds-apart scene of Trump fans, foes outside arena Only a strip of asphalt and a temporary metal barricade separated them outside SNHU Arena, but the devoted followers and passionate critics of President Trump were literally worlds apart Thursday night. Several groups, from Granite... Read more www.unionleader.com

NM - New Mexico senator moves to impeach utility... The New Mexico state legislature is looking into an impeachment proceeding for three of the state's five utility regulators as tensions mount over implementation of the state's comprehensive clean energy bill. State Sen. Jacob Candelaria, D, on... Read more www.utilitydive.com

NC - Taxpayers have spent more than $1M to keep General... It has cost more than $1 million in taxpayer money to keep the N.C. General Assembly in Raleigh open for business after Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of the Republican state budget plan passed by both chambers. Read more www.journalnow.com

OH - More than 2,000 registered voters may be purged in ... More than 2,000 registered Clark County voters may become ineligible to cast a ballot as local officials are working to remove potential voters from the registry. The move is mandated by the secretary of state's office, Clark County Board of... Read more www.springfieldnewssun.com

PA - Philadelphia mayor calls out the NRA and says ... Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney called out the NRA and demanded a resolution to the nation's gun crisis, saying officers need help keeping numerous weapons out of criminals' hands. Read more www.cnn.com

TX - Texas Democrats sue over Michael Quinn Sullivan and... Texas Democrats are suing over a June 12 meeting House Speaker Dennis Bonnen had with one of his top lieutenants and Michael Quinn Sullivan, a hardline conservative activist, saying the three were engaged in serious campaign finance violations... Read more www.texastribune.org

WI - Gov., Democratic Leaders Propose New Universal ... Governor Tony Evers and top Democrats announced new legislation Thursday that would make universal background checks law in Wisconsin. We talk to a reporter about the announcement and how the legislation will fare in the state legislature. Read more www.wpr.org

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