Ocean City Council backs ‘parents bill of rights’ as opposition to new curriculum persists | Education | #citycouncil
OCEAN CITY — More than 100 people gathered across from City Hall on Thursday in opposition to state education standards that take effect this year. With speakers and prayers, parents, religious leaders and some students objected to the standards, particularly to elements related to sexuality and gender. Sex education has been mandated in New Jersey […]
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2 arrested in California after ‘cache of illegal material’ to manufacture ghost guns recovered, police say
By Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — Two men were arrested and a “substantial cache of illegal material” to manufacture ghost guns was recovered in Southern California on Thursday, police said. About 200 ghost gun frames, handgun slides, two assault weapons, a rifle, firearms magazines, ammunition and numerous parts and tools for manufacturing ghost guns were […]
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Orange mayor’s father celebrates 100th birthday with family, proclamations – Orlando Sentinel
A crowd of scores gathered at Food For Thought on Saturday applauded and cheered as Freddie Demings was wheeled into the ballroom along a red carpet to his table to begin celebrating his 100th birthday. Nearly 50 guests were made up of his children, including Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren along […]
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Alabama Republican Party launches new minority outreach effort | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
The Alabama Republican Party today announced the formation of a minority outreach team to try to increase the number of Black people who are active in the party and run for office. The state GOP holds every statewide elected office in Alabama and three-fourths of the seats in the Legislature. But none of the statewide […]
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Menlo Park City Council holds study session on Community Campus on September 13 | #citycouncil
by Contributed Content on September 10, 2022 On Tuesday, Sept. 13, the Menlo Park City Council will hold a study session about the Menlo Park Community Campus project, focused on the results of a recent citywide survey about residents’ recreation and community programming needs. The City Council will review the survey findings to help inform […]
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Mayor’s message | Santa Cruz examines objective standards – Santa Cruz Sentinel
The City of Santa Cruz, just as many other cities in the state, is developing objective standards for the review of multifamily housing and mixed-use development applications. This effort is largely in response to California state legislation that requires jurisdictions to adopt objective standards and to implement them in a streamlined review of qualifying housing […]
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Senate Democrats attack ‘MAGA Republicans’ in the battle over a same-sex marriage bill | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Senate Democrats, who will soon bring up a bill to legalize gay marriage, are bashing GOP opponents of the measure as Trump-supporting MAGA extremists. They’ve doubled down on the line after President Biden called former President Donald Trump and those who support his Make America Great Again agenda “an extremism that threatens the very foundations […]
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California’s ban on gas-powered vehicles: Huge victory in the 50-year war for the electric car
The California Air Resources Board’s recent decision to phase out all sales of gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035 marked the culmination of a 50-year struggle by CARB to clean up California’s vehicular pollution, which has long been the largest source of the state’s infamous and sometimes horrendous smog syndrome, and is now its biggest contribution to […]
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$15.1 million raised in the race for California attorney general – Ballotpedia News
The general election for the attorney general of California will take place on November 8, 2022. In total, candidates running for California attorney general have raised $15.1 million, received $140,000 in loans, and spent $20.3 million between Jan. 1, 2021, and Jun. 30, 2022. The top-two primary for this race was held on June 7, […]
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Kamala Harris sharpens attacks on Republicans: ‘We refuse to let extremist, so-called leaders dismantle our democracy’ | #alaska | #politics
In her speech Saturday, Harris said that the “threats we face as a nation are great — threats to our freedom, threats to our very democracy — and we need to speak truth about that.” Referring to the US Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, the vice president said: “Right now, extremist, so-called […]
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