GOP Senate runoff among Tuesday’s elections | #elections | #alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – Runoff election day will be here soon. Voters can choose the winners of races that did not have a clear winner in May’s primary election, and the Republican U.S. Senate race will be on Tuesday’s ballots. U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks wants to make the move from congressman to a senator, and […]
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Constant pulls out of Alaska U.S. House race, endorses Peltola | #alaska | #politics
Anchorage Assembly member Christopher Constant when he filed paperwork to run in the special election to fill Rep. Don Young’s seat in Congress at the Division of Elections office in Anchorage on Thursday, March 31, 2022. (Emily Mesner / ADN) Democratic candidate Chris Constant has become the first to pull out of the regular U.S. […]
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Anti-Vaccine California Doctor Sentenced To Prison For Storming Capitol
Topline Known for spreading anti-vaccine rhetoric and COVID-19 misinformation, former emergency room doctor Simone Gold was sentenced to two months in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. TOPSHOT – Supporters of US President Donald Trump protest outside the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, … [+] in Washington, DC. – Demonstrators […]
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Thousand Oaks City Council green-lights huge T.O. Ranch development | #citycouncil
The Thousand City Council Tuesday night unanimously green-lighted the T.O. Ranch development, the largest mixed-use project in the city’s history. The council approved the project a week after the city Planning Commission unanimously recommended that it does. The project, which will help address the city’s housing shortage, was proposed more than two years ago. “This project fits […]
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Transcript: Mayor Eric Adams Delivers Remarks at New York City and New Jersey’s FIFA 2026 World Cup
June 16, 2022 Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer, Economic and Workforce Development: Thank you, lieutenant governor and let me just echo your sentiments and saying welcome to all of you and welcome world! I first want to thank all of our incredible colleagues in New Jersey for your partnership on this bid and all of you who […]
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Have Monday off? Why Alabama, Mississippi, and 30 other states don’t. | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Nashville, Tenn. Recognition of Juneteenth, the effective end of slavery in the U.S., gained traction after the police killing of George Floyd in 2020. But after an initial burst of action, the movement to have it recognized as an official holiday in the states has largely stalled. Although almost every state recognizes Juneteenth in some […]
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Governor Hutchinson Announces Tax Appeals Commission to Resolve State Tax Disputes : Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson
Press Releases « Go Back For Immediate Release 06.16.2022 Governor Hutchinson Announces Tax Appeals Commission to Resolve State Tax Disputes LITTLE ROCK – In the 2021 Regular Session of the 93rd General Assembly, legislators passed Act 586 “The Tax Appeals Commission Act”. This new act directed the state to create, within the Department of Inspector General, […]
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California won’t immediately list Joshua tree as threatened
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California won’t be listing the iconic western Joshua tree as a threatened species for now after the four-member Fish and Game Commission couldn’t reach agreement Thursday on how best to protect the plant from climate change. After deadlocking on whether to list the species under the California Endangered Species Act, commissioners decided […]
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California has some of the worst air quality in the country. The problem is rooted in the San Joaquin Valley
FRESNO, Calif. — The ongoing effects of climate change have left much of the western United States to suffer from worsening air quality in recent years, with more than 40 percent of people in the country now living in places that earned failing grades for unhealthy levels of particle pollution or ozone, according to the […]
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Jim Zeigler picks up endorsement of Alabama Republican Assembly for Secretary of State | #elections | #alabama
Image source: Jim Zeigler The group that calls itself “the Republican wing of the Republican party” has endorsed Jim Zeigler for Secretary of State in this Tuesday’s Republican runoff. The Alabama Republican Assembly, a 25-year-old statewide organization, says “Zeigler has been a watchdog for taxpayers.” He faces off against State Rep. Wes Allen on Tuesday. […]
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