Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has vowed to bring accountability to a school voucher program that’s expected to top $900 million this year and update laws that allow for the nearly unfettered use of groundwater in rural areas of the drought-stricken state. The Democratic governor, making her second annual state of …
Read More »Wisconsin GOP to propose tax cuts for families earning up to $200K
Income taxes would be cut for Wisconsin families earning up to about $200,000 under a plan being worked on by Senate Republicans, a GOP leader said Thursday. The proposal will be targeted at middle class families in an attempt to win the support of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who has …
Read More »Former French President Sarkozy begins a 5-year prison sentence for campaign finance conspiracy
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy entered a prison in Paris on Tuesday to begin serving a five-year sentence for a criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya — a historic moment that makes him the first ex-leader of modern France to be imprisoned. Sarkozy, 70, …
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