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A ferocious ice storm was wreaking havoc Wednesday across the Southeast, cutting power for more than 350,000 customers and caking streets in ice and snow.Georgia — not accustomed to dealing with such wintry chaos — was the bull's eye for the storm, with wide swaths of the state in the dark.
What's a Republican-controlled committee supposed to do if they are trying to ram through extreme legislation and don't want to hear from those affected by the law? Don't tell anybody about a "public" hearing until the last minute and refuse to let the public testify in the hearing. Sounds far-fetched in a democratic society, right? It isn't. It just happened in Georgia.
Watch WCNC's tower camera of ice and snow covered highways in Charlotte, N.C.
Because of a major winter storm, Gov. Nikki Haley says she has requested a federal declaration of emergency in order to gain access to FEMA assets.
A white Florida man overreacted to an argument over loud music and after killing a black teenager, coldly drove away as if nothing had happened, a prosecutor said Wednesday in closing arguments in the trial.
The “union difference” for women isn’t just about dollars and cents, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth Shuler told Progressive Congress last week. At a “When Women Succeed America Succeeds” luncheon held by the nonprofit foundation associated with the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Shuler said the 6.5 million women in U.S. unions also use their voice on the job to improve benefits, lift working conditions in whole industries and make progressive change in politics and legislation.
Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats are promoting a new campaign: When Women Succeed, America Succeeds: An Economic Agenda for Women and Families. And they want your help in promoting it.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's (D) Port Authority Executive Director Patrick Foye sent a letter to the heads of American, JetBlue, and United airlines, warning them that they could lose their slots in the new central terminal at LaGuardia airport if they don't improve pay and benefits to workers at LaGuardia and JFK airports. Nearly 6,000 contract workers for the three airlines are paid at near-minimum wage levels with no benefits. Meanwhile, Cuomo said that he wants to improve the airports to world-class status.
The GOP is all about freedom—for corporations, that is. Republicans believe, for example, that business should be free from the kind of government regulation that would prevent chemical companies from spewing poison into West Virginia drinking water.
