CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Republican candidate Ted Cruz is promising to roll back what he calls President Barack Obama’s “war on coal” if he’s elected president.
The Texas senator addressed the Republican State Convention in Casper on Saturday. He drew applause promising to protect gun rights and turn federal lands in the West to the states.
Cruz scored 9 of 12 available delegates at Wyoming’s county conventions last month and all 14 delegates up for grabs at the state party convention Saturday.
United Airlines workers have ratified new contracts that will increase their pay and benefits over the next five years.
Airline and union representatives said Saturday that the vote was “overwhelming” in favor of the contracts, which govern about 30,000 employees including airport workers, security officers and other staffers.
The new pacts will increase pay by about 30 percent over five years, raise pension benefits and halt outsourcing of some union jobs.
GUN BARREL CITY, Texas – A customer eating alone at a Texas restaurant left a big surprise behind for an 18-year-old waitress – a $1,000 tip.
Alesha Palmer says she was so stunned she began crying in Vetoni’s Italian Restaurant in Gun Barrel City, a small community about 50 miles southeast of Dallas.
The high school senior said she was serving a couple she knew last weekend and they asked about her college plans. Another customer who was seated nearby got up to leave and approached the restaurant owner. After he left, she asked if everything was all right and her boss showed her the receipt.
Associated Press
