There were no promises to create a Colorado city called Amazon. There were no bribes from the state like the 21-foot cactus an Arizona city sent to get the massive retailer to build a second headquarters there. And there was no way Colorado was going to touch one state’s lavish offer of $7 billion in public incentives. Colorado, which doesn’t plan to ask taxpayers for more funding to lure Amazon, on Wednesday submitted a more subdued proposal that state officials hope will attract a new employer and bring up to 50,000 jobs to the Denver region. The state emailed the official bid a day before Amazon’s deadline, as well as mailed five paper copies overnight to the Seattle retailer’s headquarters. “Colorado’s proposal does not lead with incentives. It leads with talent,” said Sam Bailey, who led the Metro Denver Economic Development Corp. in working with the state to submit the official bid. “Ultimately, 50,000 jobs shouldn’t be led with incentives but a community that has the … [Read more...] about No bribes or cities named “Amazon”: Colorado’s pitch to get the next headquarters touts incentives that could exceed $100M
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Keep your eye on Kentucky’s voting plans
Joshua A. Douglas is a law professor at the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law. He is the author of "Vote for US: How to Take Back Our Elections and Change the Future of Voting ." Find him at www.joshuaadouglas.com and follow him on Twitter @JoshuaADouglas . The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion at CNN. (CNN) Many Republican-led state legislatures are crafting new voter restrictions in the wake of the 2020 election, but one particularly red state may buck that trend. Kentucky is considering a bill that would actually expand voter access while also enhancing integrity measures. The measure just passed the House by an overwhelming and bipartisan 93-4 vote , and it will hopefully achieve that same success in the Senate. It's a lesson in what's possible in the all-too-partisan world of election law. Other states should take notice. Joshua A. Douglas It began with a successfully executed 2020 … [Read more...] about Keep your eye on Kentucky’s voting plans
Sara Carter: Lethal cartels control border – they make billions on drugs, trafficking while migrants suffer
close Video Former CBP Commissioner Morgan: Biden’s immigration policy is ‘facilitating illegal immigration’ Former CBP Commissioner Mark Morgan reacts to the ‘remain in Mexico’ policy ending under the Biden administration. On Jan. 22, 12 Mexican state police officers allegedly participated in the mass murder of 19 people, including migrants from Guatemala , who were only miles away from the Texas border. The smugglers, along with the migrants, were shot and burned beyond recognition. They were discovered piled on top of one another in a charred pickup truck near Camargo, Mexico , near the Rio Grande River. The investigation is ongoing but authorities in Mexico suspect that the smugglers didn’t pay the local cartel 's pisos , a sort of tax imposed for using their territory to move people across. In the end the migrants paid the ultimate price. REP. JOHN KATKO: BIDEN'S BORDER CRISIS – HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED IN RECORD TIME, AND WHERE THIS … [Read more...] about Sara Carter: Lethal cartels control border – they make billions on drugs, trafficking while migrants suffer
Sen. Rick Scott says GOP will flip at least four Dem Senate seats in 2022
close Video Sen. Rick Scott: GOP will flip some Dem Senate seats in 2022 Sen. Rick Scott, R. Fla., spoke to Fox News at the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando. ORLANDO, Florida – Sen. Rick Scott predicted on Friday that the Republican Party will flip blue Senate seats to red in at least four states in the 2022 midterms , after earlier this week declaring that the civil war within the GOP is "canceled." "I think we've got opportunities across the country," Scott, R-Fla., said in an interview with Fox News. "Clearly, we're going to pick up Georgia. We're going to pick up Arizona. We're gonna pick up New Hampshire, we're going to pick up Nevada. But I think we have opportunities all across the country. There's 14 Democrat seats up and I think we can get quite a few of them." TOM COTTON SAYS TRUMP HAS 'BIG ROLE' IN GOP'S FUTURE, JOE BIDEN TRYING TO 'UNRAVEL' TRUMP ACCOMPLISHMENTS Scott is the chairman of the … [Read more...] about Sen. Rick Scott says GOP will flip at least four Dem Senate seats in 2022
Democrats Removed Pro-Life Protections From Massive COVID Bill, GOP Lawmakers Say
Republican lawmakers introduced an amendment Thursday that would apply the Hyde Amendment to the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill. “Unfortunately, House Democrats did not include Hyde Protections in the $1.9 trillion reconciliation bill,” Republicans Reps. Jackie Walorski, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, and Virginia Foxx said in a statement. Lawmakers have previously quarreled over COVID funds going to abortion groups. In May, Republicans accused Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of removing protections in her $3 trillion coronavirus bill preventing cash flow to Planned Parenthood. Republican lawmakers introduced an amendment Thursday that would apply the Hyde Amendment to the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill. The amendment to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 prohibits the gigantic relief bill from using any federal funds for abortions. The bill is more than twice as large as the stimulus plan produced during the Great Recession and almost half the cost of the United … [Read more...] about Democrats Removed Pro-Life Protections From Massive COVID Bill, GOP Lawmakers Say