Edmonds City Council Finance Committee to meet Tuesday | #citycouncil
The Edmonds Ctiy Council’s Finance Committee, which didn’t meet earlier this month, is holding a special meeting starting at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31. The full Edmonds City Council won’t meet Tuesday because those meetings are generally not held on the fifth Tuesday of the month. Among the items on the finance committee agenda are […]
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Former Bay Area mayor and cannabis entrepreneur convicted of child molestation
A former Sebastopol mayor, Robert Jacob, was convicted of six felony crimes involving the sexual abuse of a child this month. Jacob, 45, pleaded no contest to the half-dozen counts in Sonoma Superior Court on Jan. 20, capping a decade-long descent for the onetime cannabis entrepreneur and local politician, who was selected mayor by his […]
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Republicans give extreme anti-labor N.C. Rep. Foxx power over workers – People’s World | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Rep. Virginia Foxx speaks with reporters during a news conference on Capitol Hill Nov. 3, 2021. | Alex Brandon/AP WASHINGTON (PAI)—Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., gives the appearance of being somebody’s kindly grandmother, gray hair, wire-rimmed glasses and all. But when she talks about workers and unions, the new—and former—chair of the House Education and Labor […]
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At California gun fair, few speak of recent massacres
With ammunition, rifles and bullet-proof vests on display, business is brisk at a Los Angeles area gun show — so much so you’d never know a mass shooting unfolded nearby just days ago. Thousands of people turned out this weekend in the city of Ontario in California to view dozens of stands at the trade […]
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Governor Sanders activates Arkansas National Guard in response of protest | KTVE
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Sarah Huckabee Sanders has authorized the Arkansas National Guard to keep major highways operational and safe according to a tweet. On Friday night, protesters shut down the I-55 bridge at the Memphis-Arkansas border in protest of the death of Tyre Nichols. “We are praying for Tyre Nichols’ family and all […]
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Minnaar running for Carmel City Council’s Northeast District seat • Current Publishing | #citycouncil
Shannon Minnaar describes herself as a good listener, a skill that’s been helpful during her service on several local boards. She also believes it’s an important trait for a city councilor, a role she is seeking in Carmel’s Northeast District. “The thought of being able to sit down and listen to what people have to […]
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How Mayor of Kingstown Breaks the Mold of Prison Shows
This article contains spoilers for Episodes 1 and 2 of Mayor of Kingstown Season 2. Taylor Sheridan‘s Mayor of Kingstown, currently streaming on Paramount+, stars Jeremy Renner as a consultant who helps inmates and their families navigate life inside the multiple prisons in a small Michigan town. It’s not the first gritty drama to explore […]
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Roy S. Johnson: In your quest to climb, Gov. DeSantis, stop stepping on Black people | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
This is an opinion column. Leave me alone. Leave us alone, Ron DeSantis. Leave Black people out of your failing-grade mess. Out of your cold, steely-eyed glare. Out of your hardened heart. Leave us out of your ignorance. You want to be president, cool. You want to be the new flagbearer for the fearful right; […]
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Tech time arrives for Muss
WACO, Texas — It took 21 games, but University of Arkansas Coach Eric Musselman finally picked up his first technical foul of the season. It happened with 5:44 left in the first half of No. 17 Baylor’s 67-64 victory over the Razorbacks on Saturday at the Ferrell Center. Bears freshman guard Keyonte George drove the […]
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El Paso City Council to consider item to ‘deprioritize’ investigating abortion | #citycouncil
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – The El Paso City Council will consider an agenda item at its meeting Tuesday, Jan. 31, to “deprioritize” police investigations into pregnant women and medical providers who are suspected to have undergone or to have performed an abortion. The item was placed on the agenda by City Reps. Alexsandra Annello, […]
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