Day: May 23, 2022

Alabama

Mitchell, Taylor-Holloway vying for Montgomery school board’s District 6 seat | #elections | #alabama

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – Alabama’s statewide primary election is Tuesday. In Montgomery County, voters will head to the polls to decide on a number of Montgomery County Board of Education races. The Democratic candidates for District 6 are incumbent Claudia Mitchell and challenger Vickie Taylor Holloway. Claudia Mitchell is a product of Montgomery Public Schools […]

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Arkansas

Polls open Tuesday for primary election in Arkansas counties

CRITTENDEN COUNTY, Ark.– Arkansas voters will head to the polls Tuesday for a primary election. Voters trickled into early voting locations in Crittenden County, Arkansas Monday, one in West Memphis and the other in Marion. Voters will choose Democratic and Republican Candidates in federal and statewide races including governor, U.S. Senate seats, and Arkansas Senate […]

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Alaska

Alaska Redistricting Board dissidents hire their own lawyer until Alaska Supreme Court hands them a hard no | #alaska | #politics

The Alaska Supreme Court today denied a request by two radical dissident members of the Alaska Redistricting Board to join a lawsuit as a separate entity from the redistricting board’s three-member majority, which has a case pending before the Supreme Court. The ruling from the court came within an hour after the end of Sunday’s […]

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California

California aims to shield against Texas-style abortion laws

SACRAMENTO, Calif. —  State lawmakers on Monday voted to stop courts in Texas and other states from penalizing abortion providers and volunteers in California, part of Democrats’ plan to make the state a sanctuary for women seeking reproductive care should the U.S. Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade. Texas bans abortions after a fetal heartbeat is […]

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City Council

Springfield City Council highlights 30-day appropriation ordinance | #citycouncil

SPRINGFIELD – After the City Council aired grievances with the “rushed” Elm Street Housing vote in March, the council approved the first step for a new ordinance that requires 30-day notice for any project seeking the appropriation of $1 million from free cash or the stabilization fund during their May 16 meeting. City Councilor At-Large […]

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Mayor

Tontitown Special Election will decide 2022 Mayor

TONTITOWN, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — This May, residents of Tontitown will get the opportunity to select their mayor for the remainder of 2022. The special election comes after the former mayor, Paul Colvin Jr., resigned in December of 2021. Gene McCartney has been serving as acting mayor. McCartney is running to finish his term until the […]

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Alabama

Mitch McConnell group gives $2 million to oppose Mo Brooks’ Senate bid | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

While Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks has been holding “Fire McConnell” town halls on his statewide U.S. Senate campaign, the Republican leader in the Senate apparently wants to make sure Alabama voters don’t hire Brooks. A super PAC affiliated with Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky senator and north Alabama native expected to be restored as majority leader […]

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Alabama

Post Politics Now: Pence appearing in Ga. to campaign against Trump-backed gubernatorial hopeful – The Washington Post | #alabama | #democrats

Post Politics Now: Pence appearing in Ga. to campaign against Trump-backed gubernatorial hopeful  The Washington Post Click Here For This Articles Original Source.

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California

California’s biggest cities 150 years ago

After the completion of the 1860 census and the election of President Abraham Lincoln, America imploded. Eleven southern states seceded from the Union in 1861, instigating four bloody years of the Civil War and fundamentally altering the social history of the U.S. The estimates of deaths caused by the Civil War begin around 600,000, but […]

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Alabama

Forsaken by Trump, Brooks finds a second wind in Alabama senate race | #elections | #alabama

Placeholder while article actions load Two months after former president Donald Trump disowned Rep. Mo Brooks’s Senate bid, envelopes from his campaign showed up in Alabama mailboxes last week touting Trump’s “complete and total endorsement” — an error Brooks’s camp chalked up to an innocent delay. Trump was not in a forgiving mood: “CAN’T DO […]

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