Apr. 2, Headlines - The state of Florida will allow non-violent convicted felons recover
their right to vote. Recently the state gave back voting rights to 75,000 people
with felony records with an additional 95,000 people still on a waiting list.
Those in the program must have completed their prison term, probation and
parole and make any payments the court orders.
Some churches in the area are
hosting rights-restoration sessions. Currently, 5.3 million U.S. citizens
are unable to vote because of felony convictions including four million people
who are no longer in prison
On the campaign trail at an AFL-CIO meeting in Pennsylvania,Hillary Clinton tells the union members she will support labor and manufacturing.
"..we've got to shift a lot of these tax breaks and give aways away from
industries like the oil industry and back into manufacturing."
Clinton says she will create three million new jobs by increasing investments
in the nation's infrastructure. The infrastructure improvements would span
a 10 year period and would include emergency initiatives like fixing bridges
and long term investments like highway and transit systems.
Barack Obama campaigned about a mile from Clinton, stressing the need for
independence from foreign oil.
News Corporation Owner, Rupert
Murdoch's daughter, Elizabeth
will host a fundraiser for Barack Obama in London. The entrance fee -
$1,000. $2,300, the personal donation limit, for the VIP party. Rupert Murdoch,
who owns Fox News, held a fund raiser for Hillary Clinton in 2006 for her
Senate campaign.
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