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DENVER– This week, the Colorado Senate Republicans returned to the state capitol and succeeded in delivering even more property tax relief for the people of Colorado. Thanks to efforts spearheaded by Ranking JBC Member Barbara Kirkmeyer, House Bill 24B-1001 will deliver hundreds of millions of dollars in property tax relief for the people of Colorado by cutting the current tax assessment rate and capping its annual growth. “Coloradans from every corner of our state are crying for property tax relief,” Senator Kirkmeyer said. “Some of my constituents, including my 94-year-old neighbor, have told me they might have to move out…
Vice President Kamala Harris has shrunk Donald Trump’s lead in a new survey from a conservative-leaning pollster.The Rasmussen Reports poll, released Thursday, shows the former president with a smaller edge over Harris, just 2 points. Last week, Trump had a 3-point lead over his Democratic opponent, and in July he had a 7-point advantage.The poll, conducted among 1,879 likely voters between August 22 and August 25 to 28, showed that in a two-way matchup, 48 percent of voters said they’d vote for Trump while 46 percent backed Harris.This is the first survey from Rasmussen to reflect independent candidate Robert F.…
Republicans and Democrats have found common ground.Conservatives and liberals may not agree on everything, but one issue they agree upon is the best state for retirement.According to Bankrate’s annual rankings, Delaware has been named the best state for retirement in 2024.More From Newsweek Vault: Social Security Update: Is It Better to Take Social Security at 62, 67 or 70?Retirement is one of life’s major milestones, and choosing where to spend the latter half of your life is a significant part of that watershed moment.Newsweek has created this map using data Bankrate has compiled to provide a detailed ranking of the…
Brittany Mahomes looks eager to “double down’ on her support for Donald Trump, with TMZ reporting that she liked a comment on her most recent Instagram post that suggests she will be voting for the polarizing former president and his running mate J.D. Vance in November.It’s easy to speculate on what Brittany’s quarterback husband, Patrick Mahomes, thinks about her signaling her support for Trump and whether she’ll have to tip-toe around political talk when she’s socializing with her game-day BFF Taylor Swift, the pop mega-star girlfriend of her husband’s Kansas City Chiefs’ teammate Travis Kelce.Patrick Mahomes made it clear in…
The United States Army on Thursday confirmed that a member of Donald Trump’s team “pushed” an Arlington National Cemetery employee during the former president’s visit to the grave sites of deceased service members earlier this week. The Army noted in a statement that the cemetery conducts nearly 3,000 public ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier a year “without incident,” and that ahead of its visit to Section 60 of the cemetery, which is reserved for recently deceased service members, Trump’s team was “made aware of federal laws, Army regulations and DoD policies, which clearly prohibit political activities on…
ALBANY, N.Y. — State Sen. Joseph Griffo, R-C-Rome, and members of the Senate Republican Conference today unveiled the “Creating Lasting Affordable Energy for New York” legislative package to ensure a clean, affordable energy future for all New Yorkers.These proposals come on the heels of the fifth anniversary of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act becoming law and the upcoming “Future Energy Economy Summit” in September.“High taxes, onerous energy costs, burdensome regulations and problematic policies such as the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act have forced hardworking New Yorkers to flee the state at an alarming rate,” Griffo said in…
Click here to view this content.JD Vance has told Kamala Harris to “go to hell” in his latest personal attack on the Democratic presidential nominee.Speaking at a Pennsylvania rally on Wednesday, Mr Vance, the running mate of Donald Trump, branded Ms Harris “disgraceful” and “asleep at the wheel” over the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.Mr Vance had been asked about an “altercation” which reportedly took place at Arlington National Cemetery earlier this week between Trump’s campaign staff and cemetery officials during a wreath-laying cemetery for 13 US troops killed by a suicide bomber at Kabul airport during the evacuation in 2021.Trump…
A lawsuit has been filed stemming from the Republican Party of Arkansas’ decision to hold closed primaries. At a biennial convention in June, the party voted to close their primaries. This would mean that only registered Republicans could vote in primary elections. Hypothetically, having closed primaries could make winning candidates more conservative, as they would be chosen by a voter pool of people only within their own party. The suit is being brought by state Republican Convention Chair Jennifer Lancaster. The lawsuit says the Arkansas GOP’s internal rules give them the power to make this change. Weeks after the vote, party…
A former staffer for former President Donald Trump has said that the video Trump posted on TikTok about his Monday visit to Arlington National Cemetery was “disgraceful and disparaging to veterans.”Alyssa Farah Griffin, who served as press secretary for former Vice President Mike Pence and as an assistant to Trump in 2020, said on CNN that her former boss violated protocol at the cemetery.Farah Griffin quit the Trump administration in December 2020 and publicly turned against the former president following the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.Her latest criticism comes after Trump attended a memorial event at the…
Graves with flags for Memorial Day are seen in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 27, 2024. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption toggle caption Jacquelyn Martin/AP Former President Donald Trump shared a TikTok video including footage from Arlington National Cemetery that likely violates a federal law against using military cemeteries for campaigning purposes. NPR previously reported Trump campaign staffers had a physical altercation with an Arlington National Cemetery staffer on Monday over the restriction. It’s not the first time Trump has been accused of politicizing the military, but the campaign is seeking to downplay what happened…