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How much does gas cost in your hamlet? Here in the Los Angeles Basin the price of gas is now over $4 per gallon.  One year ago, it was just $2.89.  Could this be an example of what Fed Chair Jay Powell calls “temporary inflation?” Maybe so.  Certainly, supply will increase to meet demand.  At the time of this writing, the latest Baker Hughes rig count shows 430 active drilling rigs.  That’s 13 more rigs than the prior week.  But 234 less than one year ago. We have a hunch that Lo...

eye on the news Should Public Transit Be Free? No—and the progressive push to eliminate fares will hurt poor and minority riders most. Public safety Economy, finance, and budgets Should public transit be free? Massachusetts representative Ayanna Pressley thinks so. Her Freedom to Move Act offers $5 billion in grants to entice the nation’s transit systems to go fare-free. To qualify for grants, transit agencies would also have to improve safety and quality, particularly in l...

Even our -- its just part of the whole issue that every four years they care or that people care about what new hampshire has to say. i think that one of the things that is a shame in that process is there is a group that is as active every four years because theyre influential. theyre big in the towns theyre from. but you said dont move vote, but move act. because you have a lot of people that engage with the process every four years and are sort of gone for the in between period. then you have...

Electronically. the one sent by mail went to the state of georgia, to someone in basic training. were confident and were following up. there were a total of... 34 ballots that -- that were late delivered in the 26 municipalities. >> reporter: why would the romney campaign take legal action against and you sue you? >> well, this is a very sensitive subject. this is something that... you know, everybody takes very seriously. congress, you know, enacted the move act in 2009, so 2010 was the first t...

Absentee balances, and that has some people, including the military voter protection group, theyre look into this now because theyre a little concerned. look at that, very small number of people who apparently want to vote in this election. >> steve: whats interesting about it is the move act of 2009 was supposed to make sure that this never happened. as soon as somebody goes to a new barracks they were spot supposed to get the voter registration stuff and automatically wind up with the absentee...

Consideration for vet rans rather than looking at the larger problem and saying how to get everyone oversea to register. >> brian: in 2008 before the move act, you had 16 percent nevered ball on thes. look at 2010. 29 percent never received their ball on thes and 2012 number could be worse . >> it could be worse and it is really frustrating. i was with the office in be you of and i was in guantanamo bay, imagine of afghanistan taking on an enemy and requesting absentee ballots . >> brian: what c...

Viagra. talk to your doctor. see if americas most prescbed ed treatment is right for you. >> western telling you a little bit about this yesterday. 10 states are trying to get an exemption from the move act law and four of them are expected to have hotly contested races in november. races that could come down to just a few votes. >> so are the waiver requests a political move? well, fox news correspondent james rosen has more. >> good morning, guys. you know, with some democratic strategists and...

Tonight looks at a relatively new law designed to ensure troops stationed overseas receive the ballots on time. and how the obama administration is enforcing it. >> reporter: armed insurgents provide enough for fighting men and women overseas to worry about, but the falls jam packed election calendar is ambushing them. because ten states all sought waivers exempting them from complying with a new law, move act that requires all states to mail absentee ballots to overseas military voters 45 days ...

Tonight looks at a relatively new law designed to ensure troops stationed overseas receive the ballots on time. and how the obama administration is enforcing it. >> reporter: armed insurgents provide enough for fighting men and women overseas to worry about, but the falls jam packed election calendar is ambushing them. because ten states all sought waivers exempting them from complying with a new law, move act that requires all states to mail absentee ballots to overseas military voters 45 days ...

Died -- not you family will never get to face her accused killer in court. the case is set for trial in march of 2011. we are still awaiting a response from the d.o.j. of two former attorneys within the agency saying the justice department is giving advice that could prevent some troops from getting their chance to vote, taking advantage of a loophole that could prevent troops from getting their absentee ballots. this seems like such a fundamental right that you would want to make sure this grou...