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Steven Mnuchin: Stock markets are ‘functioning very well’ (Washington Examiner)
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin downplayed the past few days’ wild stock market plunges and gyrations on Tuesday, saying the economy is poised for long-term growth.
“We’re monitoring the stock markets — they’re functioning very well, and we continue to believe in the long-term impact of the stock markets,” Mnuchin said in questioning before the House Financial Services Committee.
Stocks plunged Friday and Monday, when the Dow Jones industrial average registered the largest-ever one-day decline in terms of points. Stocks also opened steeply down Tuesday before recouping losses. [Read More]
Speed-camera tickets made $62 million for Maryland last year (The Washington Post)
Maryland jurisdictions issued more than 1.5 million tickets for speed-camera violations last fiscal year and most went to motorists in the Washington suburbs, according to a new state report, building on the region’s reputation as a “speed trap” for drivers.
The number of tickets — which generated $62.2 million in revenue — remained essentially unchanged from the previous year, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic, which did an analysis of the figures published by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. [Read More]
Doritos to make chips that don’t crunch for women (Fox 5 DC)
Love Doritos, but think they’re just too noisy?
It turns out the company that makes the cheesy chips is formulating a new version that’s a little quieter.
Indra Nooyi, the CEO of PepsiCo, told WNYC’s Freakonomics last week that Frito-Lay — a subsidiary of the soda giant — would release a “low-crunch” female-friendly version of the tortilla chip because, she claims, women would prefer to eat politely in public. [Read More]
Age requirements sought after 6 teens run for governor (Yahoo)
Candidates would be required to be at least 18 to run for statewide offices in Kansas under legislation drafted in response to six teenagers entering the race for governor.
The Kansas House Elections Committee is considering whether to set an age requirement for running for governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state treasurer and state commissioner of insurance.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the committee could vote on the plan Monday. Candidates for governor and lieutenant governor would also have to live in Kansas for four years before seeking office. [Read More]
Democratic AGs swarm Trump administration with lawsuits (Fox News)
Nancy Pelosi. Chuck Schumer. The Russia probe. The “deep state.” Of all the obstacles that could potentially thwart the Trump agenda, add to that tempest the flood of lawsuits now being plotted by blue-state attorneys general who have made no secret of their disdain for the administration’s policies.
The Democratic Attorneys General Association (DAGA), a political fundraising group, touts the AGs as “the first line of defense” against Trump’s agenda.
“The Trump administration has trouble understanding the rule of law and that’s the reason Democratic attorneys general are filing lawsuits and winning them,” Sean Rankin, DAGA’s executive director, told Fox News. [Fox News]
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