Posts Tagged ‘Governors’

GOP governors want special prosecutor in IRS case

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Republican governors are urging President Barack Obama to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the Internal Revenue Service’s admission that it targeted conservative political groups. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Local setbacks vex GOP governors eyeing 2016 race

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican governors are often seen as innovative policymakers and potential presidential candidates, but a few are struggling with political or ethical problems that might crimp their ambitions. Tweet This Post

Virginia Governor’s Race Overshadowed By Scandal

Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Ken Cuccinelli are locked in a tight race in the off-year gubernatorial contest to succeed Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell in Virginia. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Where are the Black Governors and Senators?

Jonathan Martin: “More than five years after Barack Obama won the Iowa caucuses and demolished the notion that white voters wouldn’t support a black presidential candidate, progress for other African-American politicians remains elusive. Even as the country elected and reelected Obama, making it seem increasingly unremarkable to have a black family in the White House, [...]

Governor’s Office Calls Efforts to Integrate Prom a Leftist Stunt

George Gov. Nathan Deal (R) won’t take sides in the controversy over efforts by some Georgia teens to finally integrate their high school prom, WMAZ-TV reports. Tweet This Post

How Washington Ruined Governors

Even for longtime advocates on both sides of the emotional gun-control debate, the events of March 8 were enough to induce whiplash. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Inside the Cover: How Washington Ruined Governors

In many places, a widening gap is recasting the role of governors. Well into the 1990s, state executives considered themselves more pragmatic than members of Congress; they regularly shared ideas across party lines and often sought to emerge nationally by bridging ideological disputes. Some of that tradition endures. But now, governors are operating mostly along [...]

Ken Cuccinelli Struggling with Makeover in Virginia Governor’s Race

It’s not easy to be the new Ken Cuccinelli. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Ken Cuccinelli Struggling with Makeover in Virginia Governor’s Race

It’s not easy to be the new Ken Cuccinelli. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post