When and Where to Watch Key Debates in the Midterm Elections | #alaska | #politics
Read: “Hassan’s challenger, Don Bolduc, goes on the offensive, but stumbles into contradictions” Wednesday, Oct. 26: Alaska Representative Mary Peltola of Alaska, a Democrat, debated her challengers, including former Gov. Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III, both Republicans. Ms. Peltola, who won a special election this summer after the death of Representative Don Young, painted […]
Read More
Transit, budget, land use & more on agenda for Monday’s Burien City Council | #citycouncil
On the agenda for Monday night’s (Nov. 7, 2022) Burien City Council meeting – transit-oriented development, budget, employee policies, emergency management plan, land use decisions and more. The meeting starts at 7 p.m., and can be viewed in person at City Hall, on Comcast TV channel 21, virtually via Zoom, or online here. Download the […]
Read More
San Antonio’s Mayor Ron Nirenberg Blocks Drake After No Mention Of The City On Major Distribution
Getty Images A new Drake album wouldn’t make it without a Houston shoutout. The rapper’s new album “Her Loss”, which is a collaborative project with 21 Savage, fell on Friday with 16 tracks and many authors and producers credited throughout. There is also a backlash for dubious words that many presume to target Megan Thee […]
Read More
After being tested as governor, Newsom seeks another term
SACRAMENTO — Four years ago, Gavin Newsom delivered an election-night acceptance speech that promised to make California “a place of opportunity, safety and affordability for everyone,” ending a gubernatorial campaign stuffed with audacious policy goals. Less than 36 hours later, as acting governor, he was leading the state through a trio of tragedies that took more […]
Read More
Alabama at a crossroads | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Given the remarks made by Coach Tommy Tuberville three weeks ago at a GOP campaign event near Lake Tahoe, Nevada, that were condescending, boorish, racist, and disparaging to people of color and the unemployed, it is completely obvious this wastrel has proven himself grossly incompetent and incapable of leadership in the Senate. Tuberville–dubbed “Coach Toober” […]
Read More
California’s Anti-Vaping Ballot Question Isn’t For Protecting Children
Los Angeles Times‘ columnist George Skelton usually is a sensible guy. But not his latest piece, which calls Proposition 31—a referendum on a law that bans the retail sale of flavored tobacco, including most vaping and smokeless nicotine products—one of the “easiest ‘yes’ votes you’ll ever find.” That’s because, in his view, it benefits children. […]
Read More
Romano Mazzoli, Who Oversaw Major Immigration Reform, Dies at 89 | #alaska | #politics
Romano L. Mazzoli, the son of an Italian immigrant who as a Democratic representative from Kentucky teamed up with a conservative senator from Wyoming to champion the last major attempt at comprehensive immigration reform, died on Tuesday at his home in Louisville, Ky. He was 89. Charlie Baker, his former chief of staff, confirmed the […]
Read More
California tenants are fighting rent increases and want a crackdown on bad landlords: ‘My babies don’t feel safe’
Kim Carlson’s apartment has flooded with human feces multiple times, the plumbing never fixed in the low-income housing complex she calls home in the San Francisco Bay Area suburb of Antioch. Her property manager is verbally abusive and calls her 9-year-old grandson, who has autism, a slur word, she said. Her heater was busted for […]
Read More
Congressman Clyburn endorses Tim Lewis for Dorchester Co. City Council | #citycouncil
DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – Congressman James Clyburn has endorsed Tim Lewis for Dorchester County Council District 1 in the 2022 election. Rep. Clyburn announced Friday night that he is supporting Tim Lewis in the upcoming election. “Tim is the person we need to lead Dorchester County progressively in the 21st century,” said Congressman Clyburn. […]
Read More
Mayor’s message | City wants to hear from residents – Santa Cruz Sentinel
The Housing Element is one of the 10 state-mandated elements of our city’s general plan that we started updating this summer, and will continue into next year. It identifies policies and programs to meet existing and projected housing needs for all segments of the community, including various household types, special needs populations, and all income […]
Read More