Month: September 2023

California

California GOP rejects effort to strip abortion, same sex marriage from platform

“They refuse to let us be competitive,” Moran said of conservative members. “They want to fight about battles that the Supreme Court and the Legislature have already fought.” The draft put forth by Moran and others would have also shrunk the platform from 14 pages to four and focused on what proponents said are the […]

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California

In California, GOP divided over McCarthy deal with Democrats

ANAHEIM —  As Rep. Kevin McCarthy was turning to Democrats for help passing a stopgap government funding bill, his fellow California Republicans were busy at the party’s state convention in Anaheim, bantering about the party’s platform and ogling presidential candidates. McCarthy’s deal to fund the government for the next 45 days passed the House with more […]

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City Council

Lynnwood Times candidate interviews for Lynnwood City Council | #citycouncil

LYNNWOOD, Wash., September 30, 2023—In preparation for the upcoming General Election on November 7, 2023, the Lynnwood Times sat down with each of the Lynnwood City Council candidates to help you make an informed decision. Each candidate provided a short bio on themselves which we have included at the end of the article. The Lynnwood […]

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Mayor

Mayor suspends police chief who led raid of rural Kansas newspaper’s office

Front pages hang on a wall at the Marion County Record, which was raided by police, in Marion, Kansas, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Luke Nozicka/The Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images The police chief who led a highly criticized raid of a small Kansas newspaper has been suspended, the mayor confirmed to The Associated […]

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California

Pelosi accompanying Feinstein’s body to California on plane from president’s military fleet

Ting Shen/Bloomberg/Getty Images Nancy Pelosi. Washington CNN  —  Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is accompanying the body of late Sen. Dianne Feinstein on a plane from president’s military fleet to San Francisco, an aide told CNN. Feinstein, who shared a long friendship with Pelosi, the former House Speaker, died Thursday night following months of declining […]

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Alabama

North Alabama Congressmen release statements after House spending bill passes | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

(WHNT) — Congressmen Dale Strong and Richard Anderholt have both issued statements after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a stopgap spending bill Saturday to avert a government shutdown. The bill, which passed with bipartisan support at a 335-91 margin, would keep the government funded at current levels for another 45 days and includes $16 […]

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California

Trump attacks Pelosi and Newsom while rallying California Republicans

Former President Trump, opening up the California Republican Party’s fall convention, assailed Gov. Gavin Newsom, “California radicals” and “tech tyrants” on Friday in a rambling speech that drifted from mandated vaccines for schoolchildren to the quality of his Palos Verdes golf course. The clear front-runner for the GOP’s 2024 presidential nomination told the 1,500 party […]

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California

Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s body is flown home to California

A U.S. military plane was flying the body of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein from Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, D.C., to San Francisco on Saturday, accompanied by the senator’s longtime friend and colleague Rep. Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi boarded the flight for the journey home with the senator’s daughter, Katherine Feinstein, and chief of […]

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City Council

Elk River City Council votes to remove crosswalk at School Street, Irving | Elk River Star News | #citycouncil

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Mayor

City, County officials respond to former Casper mayor’s call to close nearly all Wyoming airports

An airplane at Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport on June 13, 2023. (Mary Stroka/County 17) GILLETTE, Wyo. — Gillette and Campbell County leaders sent a letter to the City of Casper this week expressing displeasure at comments from former mayor Bruce Knell who advocated for closing airports across Wyoming. Knell made the comments in an interview […]

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