Poll workers needed ahead of Alabama primaries | #elections | #alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — From checking in voters and ensuring they’re on the roll to passing out correct ballots, poll workers play a vital role in ensuring Alabama elections run smoothly. The state has 1,980 polling sites, and some probate judges say staffing each one with enough poll workers ahead of the primaries has been […]
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If there’s any glimmer of hope for gun reforms, it’s coming from California
It is hard not to feel hopeless about the political system after 19 elementary school students and two teachers were slaughtered last week in a Texas school, 10 days after 10 people were killed in Buffalo, N.Y. Nationally, our leaders haven’t done anything substantive about gun safety in nearly three decades — mostly because Republicans […]
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Windsor city council to vote on safe injection site on Wyandotte St. Monday | #citycouncil
City council will vote Monday for the Windsor Essex County Health Unit (WECHU)’s application to the province for a supervised consumption and treatment site at 101 Wyandotte Street East. “I expect it to go through pretty swiftly without much discussion because we had the discussion back in January,” said Ward 3 city councillor […]
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The Editorial Board: The mayor didn’t get everything he asked for in his budget, and that’s all right | Editorial
News Editorial Board You can’t always get what you want. But it is hard not to wonder if Mayor Byron Brown proposed a 5% tax increase for this year’s budget in the expectation of an inevitable reduction by the Common Council. The 3.5% he got is still an increase, and it is closer to 5% […]
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Governors diverge on gun control, school security efforts | National Politics | #alaska | #politics
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Many Republican governors are emphasizing a different solution: more security at schools. After the massacre Tuesday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, The Associated Press asked governors across the U.S. whether they believed their states have an obligation to reduce mass shootings and violence committed with guns and, if so, how to do that. […]
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Mo Brooks gets into fiery exchange with ‘Fox News Sunday’ host over 2020 election | #elections | #alabama
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) got into a fiery argument with a “Fox News Sunday” guest host over the 2020 presidential election, which Brooks repeatedly claimed was stolen and riddled with fraud. When Brooks pressed his claims of voter fraud and pushed for tighter election laws, guest host Sandra Smith countered that effort after effort had […]
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Here’s who’s running for L.A. City Council – Daily News | #citycouncil
By Marianne Love Correspondent City of Los Angeles voters have their hands full this election cycle. Eight odd-numbered district seats are up for grabs in L.A. City Council races, with the top two vote-getters facing off on Nov. 8 unless a candidate gets more than 50% of the votes and wins outright in the June 7 primary. […]
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams has the power to stem the rising crime rates
For the 18th time in a little more than two years, yet another New Yorker lost his life in yet another senseless act of deadly violence on the subway. Last weekend’s victim was finance professional Daniel Enriquez, 48. And, as is so often the case, the 25-year-old man charged with his murder, per The Post, […]
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Ex-GOP Chair Slams ‘Unserious’ Republican Response to Mass Shootings | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Michael Steele, former Republican National Committee (RNC) chair, criticized the GOP’s response to mass shootings on Sunday, describing it as “unserious.” A mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday left 19 students and two educators dead. In the wake of the horrific violence, Democrats and some Republican lawmakers have called for […]
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Investors reject climate proposals targeting ExxonMobil, Chevron | #alaska | #politics
Placeholder while article actions load Good morning and welcome to The Climate 202! Today we’re jealous of our colleague Mariana Alfaro‘s adorable dog and work setup. But first: Investors reject climate proposals targeting ExxonMobil, Chevron Nearly two-thirds of investors in ExxonMobil and Chevron on Wednesday rejected proposals for the oil giants to align their climate […]
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