Laphonza Butler won’t run in California’s 2024 U.S. Senate race
Labor leader and prominent Democratic activist Laphonza Butler, who was appointed to fill Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s term after the veteran California politician died, announced Thursday that she would not run for a full Senate term in 2024. Despite her successful career steeped in politics, Butler had never held public office and was relatively unknown to […]
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Sally Long Dog, New York City’s first dog mayor, visits City Hall
Sally Long Dog, New York City’s first dog mayor, visits City Hall – CBS New York Watch CBS News Sally Long Dog is on a re-election campaign, and it’s nothing to bark at. The first dog mayor of New York City was at City Hall and spent some time with Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday. […]
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Laphonza Butler Will Not Run for Dianne Feinstein’s Senate Seat in 2024
Laphonza Butler, who was appointed less than three weeks ago to fill the Senate seat left vacant by Dianne Feinstein’s death, said on Thursday that she would not run next year for the office, clearing the way for an open race in California that features three Democratic congressional members and a former Major League Baseball […]
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Supreme Court ducks, leaving Louisiana redistricting stuck in uncertainty : NPR | #elections | #alabama
The Supreme Court Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images The Supreme Court Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday backed away from a confrontation with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and its efforts to delay the redrawing of Louisiana’s congressional map ahead of the 2024 election. The case […]
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Study shows art and culture pump $300 million-plus into Arkansas economy
This image released by the New York City Ballet shows principal dancer Sterling Hyltin taking her final bow with New York City Ballet after performing as the Sugarplum Fairy in George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker,” in New York on Dec. 4, 2022. (Erin Baiano/New York City Ballet via AP) LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A recent study […]
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Judge blocks California school district policy to notify parents if their child changes pronouns
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Parts of a controversial Southern California school district policy that require school staff to tell parents if their child asks to change their gender identification will remain halted after a judge granted a preliminary injunction Thursday to block them until a final decision is made in the case. The ruling by San Bernardino […]
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Dillingham City Council hires Kim Johnson as city manager | #citycouncil
By Christina McDermott, KDLG News Published: 19 minutes ago Dillingham’s city hall building. August 1, 2023. Fund appropriations and projects are discussed throughout the year at Dillingham City Council meetings. (Christina McDermott /KDLG ) Dillingham’s city council hired Acting City Manager Kimberly Johnson for a three-year contract last week. The contract puts Johnson in the […]
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Meeting of the Mayor Forum sees Issues from Rehoboth Beach to Crisfield raised by the cities
OCEAN CITY, Md- Leaders from Crisfield, Ocean City, Salisbury, Cambridge, Dover, and Rehoboth Beach met up to address shared challenges and goals at the annual meeting of the Mayor conference in Ocean City. Rising Costs Cities say project operations and costs are up across the board, Salisbury Mayor Jack Heath says operations costs for the […]
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Judge rules California assault weapons ban unconstitutional
A federal judge Thursday overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons, finding it has no equivalent in early American history and is therefore unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez, of San Diego, found that modern semiautomatic rifles such as the AR-15 are common household items used for self-defense by millions of law-abiding citizens in the […]
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A new hackathon is helping to make elections more secure | #elections | #alabama
Most hackathons don’t take five years to schedule, but this one was for a good cause and worth the wait. Last month a group of hackers and vendors came together in a suburban Virginia office to try to improve the operations of various election computing devices. It comes at a moment in time when trust […]
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