Posturing . What is your position on state control or management of federal lands in idaho . Well, jim, there has been a lot of talk about it. This is nothing new. We were around during the rebellion. The constitution says every state will be admitted on equal footing and it turns out that some states are more equal than others. My colleagues back east cant even concede when i say two out of three acres are owned by the federal government. Discussions are all well and good. This congress as made up is not going to cut loose of the federal land. Does that mean we cant do anything . Absolutely not. Let me give an example. My rule that took over essentially or dictated the management of the 9. 2 million acres of roadless created a state committee as you know that actually oversees this. And this is idahoens. So the Forest Service is bound by what that committee does. More importantly than that theres a good proposal that the county commissioners have where they want to get a project where
Get four more years leading the state . Or is it time for a change with republican Dennis Richardson . Both candidates have long political records and are trying to position themselves as leaders who can grow the economy. Kitzhaber was an emergency room doctor before entering politics and campaigns on his leadership with health care policy. Goodthink we have done a job together over the last three years but oregon will not be a good place for us to live on less it is a good place for all of us to live. Iskitzhaber salai get elected, he would be the only person in oregon history to serve for terms as governor. To makeon wants sure that does not happen. He is wellknown in salem and has worked to build his image. Im concerned about our state in its future. Im concerned about the ability to work and the ability to have estoreand to have a r our legacy given to us by our pioneer forbearers. You will hear from richardson and kitzhaber as they are pressed on their positions by a panel of jour
Friday for the democratic candidate in the race, mary burke. President clinton caret wisconsin of both as a show when someone try to help boost your candidacy as she runs in a tight race against Governor Scott walker who has won two statewide elections. The candidates and the wisconsin governors race held their second and final debate last week. Tossup and we will show some of the as that voters are seeing in the race and the one hour to base after that. Mary burke lied about her jobs plan. Turns out it was plagiarized. Now she is at it again, attacking the scott walkers record on jobs. Attacks that the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says are false. She is twisting the numbers and its not the first time. The truth in the last year, wisconsin ranked third in jobs growth. Wisconsin gave 100,000 jobs under scott walker. Again 100 jobs under scott walker. We cannot trust mary burke. He made a pledge. 250,000 new jobs. By the end of our first term in office. And asked us to hold him up to it. T
Work week, folks in chicago woke up to subzero cold with the temperature going nowhere but down. Howling winds kicked up waves on lake michigan, creating a wall of ice on shore. In minnesota, it was hazardous to spend more than just a few minutes outside. The thermometer dipped to 20 below in some places. The deep freeze extends through the midwest and winter storms are headed for the deep south. We have a team of correspondents covering this beginning with Dean Reynolds in the very windy city. Dean . Reporter scott, the windchill tonight in chicago is expected to be 40 degrees below zero and the actual temperature is not expected to peak above zero into wednesday in what may turn out to be the longest period of bitter cold in 31 years. The snowplows arrived too late for this Greyhound Bus that slipped off the pavement 50 miles south of chicago in windchills of 20 below. No one was hurt. 40 mile an hour gusts created whiteout conditions and forced road closures like this one in indiana
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