Polito hoping Senate will pass muni-reform bill

Polito hoping Senate will pass muni-reform bill

With the clock running out on formal House and Senate sessions, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito on Tuesday called on the Senate to follow the House's lead and take up the administration's municipal modernization bill.

"The municipal modernization bill has a tremendous amount of support in the Legislature, you could see the unanimous vote in the House," Polito told the News Service on Tuesday. "I'm hopeful that the Senate will make it a priority before recessing at the end of the year because it is an integral part of helping communities succeed and we can't do it with just dollars of investment alone."

Dump Trump movement preparing fight at GOP convention
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Dump Trump movement preparing fight at GOP convention

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The "dump Trump" movement is gaining followers among delegates to next month's Republican National Convention, an effort that could tarnish Donald Trump's coronation even if it ultimately fails.

Several hundred Republican delegates are organizing to oppose Trump at the convention. That's not enough delegates to topple Trump. But it's more than enough to create turmoil at an event that is typically used to bring a political party together in support of a presidential candidate.

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