Expect both candidates to come out swinging,” said Chris Sinclair, a Republican strategist. “This race is essentially tied. They need to score points fast – expect fireworks from both sides.” The candidates can be expected to plow a familiar rut in their messaging: Tillis will continue to tie Hagan to President Barack Obama, and she will tie him to the controversial state legislature.
The candidates can be expected to plow a familiar rut in their messaging: Tillis will continue to tie Hagan to President Barack Obama, and she will tie him to the controversial state legislature.
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The prohibition on identified gay groups in the centuries-old New York parade had made participation a political issue. Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio refused to march this year, and Guinness beer dropped its sponsorship. The parade committee, in a statement made available to The Associated Press, said Wednesday that OUT@NBCUniversal, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender resource group at the company that broadcasts the parade, would be marching up Manhattan's Fifth Avenue on March 17 under an identifying banner.
The parade committee, in a statement made available to The Associated Press, said Wednesday that OUT@NBCUniversal, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender resource group at the company that broadcasts the parade, would be marching up Manhattan's Fifth Avenue on March 17 under an identifying banner.
In March, 16 year-old South Carolina resident Chase Culpepper was told by the state's Department of Motor Vehicles to remove the make-up he wears on a daily basis otherwise he would not be allowed to take his driver's license photo. The DMV employees claimed that he did not "look the way a boy should" and was not allowed to wear a "disguise" in his photo as he needed to "look male." Chase removed as much makeup as he he could so he could get his license but reported feeling humiliated after the incident. DmvIn June, the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF) stepped in and sent a request to the DMV, asking that Chase be allowed to re-take his photo with the make-up he wears every day. That request went unanswered. Now, the organization has filed a federal suit on Chase's behalf:
DmvIn June, the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF) stepped in and sent a request to the DMV, asking that Chase be allowed to re-take his photo with the make-up he wears every day. That request went unanswered. Now, the organization has filed a federal suit on Chase's behalf:
ISU president Arthur President Vailas said there is something that puzzles him about the shooting incident that he hopes the investigation will clear it up. “I've got to wonder why it discharged,” Vailas said.
“I've got to wonder why it discharged,” Vailas said.
Government officials shouldn’t give local organizations tax breaks and other incentives to build community broadband networks, telecom giant AT&T said in a filing to the Federal Communications Commission on Friday, because that would create a “non-level playing field.” Instead, the government should give tax breaks and incentives to AT&T and other private telecom interests, the corporate giant said in its filing. AT&T submitted its comments in response to a request by two cities—Chattanooga, TN and Wilson, NC—for the FCC to preempt state laws that ban or discourage local communities from building their own high-speed broadband Internet networks.
Instead, the government should give tax breaks and incentives to AT&T and other private telecom interests, the corporate giant said in its filing.
AT&T submitted its comments in response to a request by two cities—Chattanooga, TN and Wilson, NC—for the FCC to preempt state laws that ban or discourage local communities from building their own high-speed broadband Internet networks.