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First Posted: 1/5/2013
Just-retired Rep. Barney Frank says he’d like to serve as a temporary successor to Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, the secretary of state nominee.
Frank tells MSNBC’s Morning Joe that he’s asked Gov. Deval Patrick to appoint him.
The Democratic governor will be required to fill Kerry’s seat with an interim appointment, while setting a day for the special election between 145 days and 160 days after Kerry’s resignation.
Patrick has said he expects the interim appointee won’t run in the special election.
Frank says he doesn’t want the job for the long term.
Gov. Tom Corbett says he’ll unveil his transportation funding plan before his budget address to the Legislature.
In an interview on WITF’s Smart Talk radio show Friday, Corbett said he would make his recommendations public in January, prior to his annual address to lawmakers on Feb. 5.
Corbett did not disclose details, but said his proposals would embrace the concept of public-private partnerships on transportation-related projects.
Corbett has been working with legislators in both houses on transportation funding issues in recent weeks.
The Republican governor also said the 2013-14 budget will be as tight as ever.
He says his administration anticipates growing public pension costs will consume nearly two-thirds of the projected growth in revenues.
A Colombian firm that makes bulletproof vests is now creating armored clothing for children.
Factory owner Miguel Caballero said he never thought about making protective clothes for kids until requests came in following the deadly attack on Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut last month. We started getting emails from customers asking for protected (clothing) because they were afraid to take their kids to school, Caballero said.
We have received messages from all over the United States, seeking the protective gear, added Giovanni Cordero, the company’s marketing director.
Products include child-sized armored vests, protective undershirts and backpacks with ballistic protection that can be used as shields.
The world’s largest and most powerful atom smasher goes into a two-year hibernation in March, as engineers carry out a revamp to help it reach maximum energy levels that could lead to more stunning discoveries following the detection of the so-called God particle.
With the reopening of its $10 billion proton collider in early 2015, the stage will be set for observing more rare phenomena – and unlocking more mysteries, said James Gillies, chief spokesman for the European particle physics laboratory known as CERN.