by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, April 5.
- Wisconsin primary giving a scare to both Clinton, Trump
- Dear GOP: Ignoring manners does America a nasty disservice (“Insults, invective and coarseness have been charged with a political significance.”)
- Trumpanomics: Fantasies over facts (“Trump’s budget is awash in glaring contradictions. The math doesn’t work.”)
- Bernie Sanders’s false claim that he has released his full federal tax returns
- Sanders is losing the pillow fight with Clinton (“The ‘Clinton-Sanders debate’ debate”)
- Clinton, Sanders to meet for Brooklyn debate
- Republicans and Voter Suppression (“voter-ID laws are a destructive solution to a nonexistent problem”)
- Sanders reshapes Obama’s 2016 plans (“Despite his rising approval ratings, the president’s role in the campaign is on hold — possibly for months.”)
- Robby Mook: To Hillary Clinton supporters: The facts on where the race stands
- It’s so much worse than Trump: The history of the modern GOP is a history of racism, bigotry and dog-whistles (“The party of Lincoln? Sure, in 1858. Today’s GOP wants to pretend Trump is an outlier. They should look in a mirror”)
- Cruz Is Fuming Because Kasich Won’t Bow Out
- Virginia considering car alternatives for I-66 travel
- McAuliffe vetoes bill permitting parents to block sexually explicit books in school (“The GOP-backed law would have allowed parents to “opt out” their children from reading certain books.”)
- Don Beyer says 97 percent of scientists believe humans contribute to global warming (“Mostly true” rating should be just “true,” but we’ll take it from PolitiFiction)
- Editorial: Will winds of change blow along Virginia’s coast? (“Innovation can pay off. And our state can be a gateway to U.S. commercial development of offshore wind power. We hope that happens.”)
- State Sen. John C. Miller, D-Newport News, dies at 68 (“State Sen. John C. Miller, D-Newport News, died Monday morning, apparently of a heart attack. He was 68.”)
- State lawyer says voter registration letters from non-profit are causing “significant voter confusion”
- Vote Tuesday will decide whether Virginia Beach will keep moving forward on light rail
- The 10th District Committee Refuses to Recognize Del. Mark Berg as Frederick GOP Chairman (Gotta love it when crazy people fight, huh?)
- John Whitbeck misfires on Merrick Garland’s gun record (Shocker.)
- Gov. McAuliffe signs bill to reverse anti-FOIA ruling by Supreme Court of Virginia
- Editorial: Beach Council should say yes on light rail
- Franklin County proposed budget shows no tax increases
- The Cleveland Indians demote Chief Wahoo. Mr. Snyder should take note.
- Biting chill and wind today, winter-like lows through most of the week
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