Legislators plan to meet the day after Thanksgiving for a final update from the Parnell administration on the proposed natural gas pipeline. But they won't be allowed to attend unless they sign a secrecy pledge.
Perry's legal team had argued that the two felony charges against the governor must be voided because special prosecutor Michael McCrum did not properly take an oath of office when he began working on the case, negating every act performed over the past 15 months _ including the indictment accusing Perry of abusing the powers of his office.
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock is the frontrunner to become the next chairman of the Democratic Governors Association, an appointment that would put him at the center of the party’s effort to bounce back from a 2014 election season that saw Republicans tighten their grip on the nation’s statehouses.
But notably absent from this week's GOP confab in tony Boca Raton, Fla., is Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, often ballyhooed as a candidate for the U.S. Senate or vice president.
