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The Tap: Friday, May 27, 2016

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The Tap covered election news, public policy, and other noteworthy events from February 2016 to February 2022.

Review of the day

The excerpts below were compiled from issue #18 of The Tap, which was published on May 28, 2016. READ THE FULL VERSION HERE.

Federal

  • Donald Trump changed his mind and released a statement that he will not debate Bernie Sanders as previously stated. “Based on the fact that the Democratic nominating process is totally rigged and Crooked Hillary Clinton and Deborah Wasserman Schultz will not allow Bernie Sanders to win, and now that I am the presumptive Republican nominee, it seems inappropriate that I would debate the second place finisher,” the statement read.
  • FILING DEADLINE: Wyoming congressional filing deadline
    • Wyoming’s At-Large Congressional District election is the only congressional election in Wyoming in 2016. Incumbent Cynthia Lummis (R) is not running in 2016. Nine Republicans have filed in the race, including Liz Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney. Additionally, two Democrats have filed for the race. Ballotpedia will have the official list of primary candidates early next week. The race is rated safely Republican in the general election.
  • President Barack Obama became the first U.S. president to visit Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park, a site that honors the victims of the world’s first atomic bombings. In a speech he said, "Why do we come to this place, to Hiroshima? We come to ponder the terrible forces unleashed in the not so distant past. We come to mourn the dead ... their souls speak to us and ask us to look inward. To take stock of who we are and what we might become." Obama also called for a “world without nuclear weapons.‎" He did not apologize for the bombings that led to the end of World War II.
  • The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, siding with environmental groups, held that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) incorrectly concluded that a wind turbine site in Oregon would not be occupied by the sage grouse during winter months. The sage grouse, a ground-dwelling bird that had been considered for placement on the federal list of endangered species under the Endangered Species Act prior to September 2015, occupies 12 Western states, including Oregon, and receives a level of protection from the BLM. The court found that the BLM did not adequately consider the potential impact a wind energy project in Oregon would have on the species. Environmental groups brought the challenge under the federal National Environmental Policy Act. The Ninth Circuit’s decision effectively reversed a previous federal ruling that allowed the project in southeastern Oregon to move forward.

State

Local

  • New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) signed a pair of bills intended to bail out Atlantic City from its looming bankruptcy. The New Jersey State Legislature approved the bills on May 26, 2016. The measures will provide the city with a bridge loan sufficient to cover expenses through 2016, while requiring the city government to create a five-year plan to fix its finances. Failure to develop this plan will result in a takeover of the city by the state government, according to the legislation. Bloomberg Businessweek stated that in Atlantic City, “the tax base has tumbled by more than two thirds since 2010 as gaming competition increased in nearby states” and “a third of its parlors closed in 2014.”

Preview of the day

The excerpts below were compiled from issue #17 of The Tap, which was published on May 21, 2016. READ THE FULL VERSION HERE.

Federal

  • FILING DEADLINE: Wyoming congressional filing deadline
    • Wyoming’s At-Large Congressional District election is the only congressional election in Wyoming in 2016. Incumbent Cynthia Lummis (R) is not seeking re-election in 2016. Several Republicans have declared their candidacy, including Liz Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney. The race is rated safely Republican in the general election.

State




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