In the wake of last Friday's Paris terror attacks, which were claimed by the Islamic State group, governors from 30 states — all but one of them a Republican — vowed that they would fight the resettlement of Syrian refugees.
Two of his selections today were immediately embraced by conservative groups: Governor Thompson and Ms. Norton.
In New York, where casino operations have been permissible only for Native-American groups, Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to legalize non-Indian casinos as well.
As green job advocate Van Jones put it a few days ago, defenders of the landmark clean energy legislation AB32 put together "a beautiful coalition," including clean tech business leaders, faith-based groups, Governor Schwarzenegger, President Obama, and people from "every political, ethnic, faith, and socio-economic spectrum".
Among them were the group's "governor" in Baghdad, Manaf Abdul Rahim al-Rawi.
This group approached Governor Lewis Morris in late 1745 or early 1746 seeking a charter for a college that would, in time, become Princeton University.
In 1983, the group gave Governor Cuomo a list of seven, two of them women, including Ms. Kaye.
But notably missing from the group was Governor Cuomo, who held a news conference of his own earlier this week announcing that the state would need nearly $33 billion to pay for storm cleanup and an additional $9 billion to prepare for future storms.
In March 2010, the group urged Governor of Puerto Rico Luis Fortuño to delay by at least six months the effective date of a new birth certificate law, which as of July 2010 would invalidate all previously issued birth certificates.
The organization, which has helped governors navigate their new role in the law, said the small group of governors who withheld their signatures illustrates the larger tension around the transfer back to local control.
