State inquiry articles
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Missouri speaker claims ethics inquiry was 'coup' as chairwoman states 'betrayal of trust'
(The Center Square) – After the Missouri House Ethics Committee voted to dismiss a complaint against him, Speaker Dean Plocher, R-St. Louis, said many attempted to discredit him. “We now know that it's the bureaucrats in the House that attempted a coup by trying to target the speaker’s office, hoping to displace and overthrow duly elected officials for control of the legislature and giving great influence to the lobbyists and special interests,” Plocher, a candidate for the GOP...
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Red states are better at saving the planet than blue states
The juxtaposition between Georgia’s new nuclear plant and California’s imaginary high-speed rail shows the difference between GOP and Democratic approaches to the environment. Georgia has completed the second of two nuclear reactors, the first two new nuclear reactors built in the United States since 1996. On the downside, the plant came in over budget and […]
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Kingdom of the Netherlands National Day - United States Department of State
On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and wish His Majesty King Willem-Alexander a happy birthday on Koningsdag. Ever since Henry Hudson sailed the Dutch East India Company’s Halve Maen into New York Harbor in 1609, our two nations have prospered together through the