The Portland Clean Energy Fund has raised a billion dollars for climate change action via a retail tax on large corporations in the city. Other cities are starting to shape similar funds.
Frank first won election to Congress in 1980 and served until 2013.
Video from the incident shows teens throwing furniture while customers took cover. One person involved in the fight hit someone in the head with a highchair.
Often voted the “brainiest,” “funniest” and “most eloquent” member of the House, he was also the first to come out voluntarily and helped normalize being openly gay in public office.
The Massachusetts Democrat led a sweeping overhaul of the financial industry and was one of the first openly gay members of Congress.
Barney Frank, the longtime Democratic congressman who brought new visibility to gay rights, has died. He was 86.
While Trump continues to rack up victories on his vengeance tour, general election opponents are waiting in swing districts and swing states. Can front-line GOP candidates navigate these choppy waters?
Michael Caputo, a former official of the first Trump administration, says he was targeted by an FBI investigation into allegations that the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia to interfere with the 2016 presidential election.