Day: October 26, 2022

Arkansas

“Worst state in the country for voters,” Arkansas election expert Josh Price says

This time two years ago, Pulaski County Election Commissioner Joshua Ang Price was gearing up for what would unfold into a nightmare scenario of close-call races, marathon meetings and even an accusation of physical assault by an election worker against the Republican woman serving as commission chair at the time. Price is no longer on […]

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California

California House District 3 voter guide: Jones vs. Kiley

Jones grew up on his family’s farm in Michigan before earning law and medical degrees from Duke University. After the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, he joined the Navy and served as a flight surgeon for a Marine helicopter squadron in Iraq. Afterward, he got a master’s degree in public administration and served for a […]

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California

California vaccination requirements could add COVID

In summary The U.S. Centers for Disease Control decided to list COVID-19 among the vaccines it recommends for children, but each state decides whether to adopt those guidelines. It’s unclear what California will do, given the past controversies over children’s vaccines and the COVID vaccine in particular. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s […]

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City Council

City Council Approves Accessory Dwelling Unit Text Amendments  • Atascadero News | #citycouncil

Council also OK’d the addition of a viewing sidewalk around the historic Wrestling Bacchantes statue ATASCADERO—The Atascadero City Council met for their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 6 p.m. The hybrid meeting was held in the City Council Chambers. Mayor Pro Tem Heather Newsom was absent from the meeting. The night’s agenda […]

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Mayor

Race for Charleston Mayor heats up in West Virginia’s capital city

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — One of the biggest races that people were voting on Wednesday in the city of Charleston is for the Capital City’s mayor. Incumbent Mayor Amy Goodwin is seeking a second term, but she has opposition. Charleston’s current mayor is a Democrat, but in a state that has gone heavily red in […]

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Alabama

How 2 Supreme Court Cases Could Send Our Voting Rights Back To 1964 | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Mississippi civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer once said our nation fell woefully short of a government “of the people, by the people and for the people.” Two cases before the United States Supreme Court this fall could deliver a final blow to our hard-won voting rights, reverting us to the “with the handful, for the handful, […]

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Alabama

Bessemer Cutoff district attorney race on November ballot | #elections | #alabama

BESSEMER, Ala. (WIAT) — We’re less than two weeks away from the November elections and one of the races in Jefferson County is for the Bessemer Cutoff district attorney. Bessemer Cutoff District Attorney Lynneice Washington and Bill Veitch are vying for the seat. Washington has served as Bessemer’s cut-off district attorney since 2016. She previously […]

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California

California Awards Eight Communities $48 Million to Help People Living in Encampments Transition to Housing

Eight communities are receiving grants to fund comprehensive efforts to serve unsheltered people living in encampments and support their pathway to safe and stable housing SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency awarded $48 million in grants to eight California communities to fund comprehensive, compassionate, and innovative […]

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Arkansas

Arkansas voters cast at least 60,000 ballots in first two days of early voting

Arkansas voters cast at least 60,000 ballots in first two days of early voting – Arkansas Times On October 26, 20224:58 pm Early voting in Arkansas started on Monday, and at least 60,311 ballots were cast in the first two days, according to preliminary data from the Secretary of State’s office. The data was not […]

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Alaska

Alaska Thunderfuck invites anti-LGBTQ members of Congress to D.C. show | #alaska | #politics

Alaska Thunderfuck has invited anti-LGBTQ and anti-drag members of Congress to her show in D.C. this Saturday at the Howard Theatre. “The world and the community of drag is a place where we welcome people, and I think for people to see that firsthand, it’s transformative,” Thunderfuck told the Washington Blade during a recent telephone […]

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