Arkansas Crisis Center to hold Together for Tomorrow event for suicide prevention
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Arkansas Crisis Center will be holding their Together for Tomorrow event next month as part of a collective effort to prevent suicide in the Natural State. The ACC’s board president Josh Gonzales stopped by KARK 4 News to discuss what they are doing to help combat mental health issues and […]
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First Lady Jill Biden visiting Southern California this weekend – NBC Los Angeles
First Lady Jill Biden is coming to Southern California for a four-day visit to make appearances at events in Los Angeles and Rancho Mirage. The First Lady’s agenda includes delivering remarks at political fundraising events and a dinner at the Human Rights Campaign. Dr. Biden will also participate in a gathering as a part of […]
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Pioneer who helped save California coast and San Francisco Bay dies at 93
Kayakers paddle along Newark Slough at the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge on Sunday, July 2, 2023, in Fremont, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) In the 1950s and 60s, San Francisco Bay was a different place. It was polluted daily with millions of gallons of poorly treated sewage. Almost all the […]
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EC City Council President responds to Sacred Heart Hospital closing | #citycouncil
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) – Eau Claire City Council President, Emily Berge, released a statement today on the closing of Sacred Heart Hospital. Today is a sad day for Eau Claire and the greater Chippewa Valley. With only an 8 week notice we are losing hospital access as well as other medical care which we […]
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Mayor Adams heading to Texas this weekend as economic toll of migrant surge weighs on NYC
Metro By Craig McCarthy Published March 22, 2024, 6:19 p.m. ET Mayor Eric Adams is heading to the southern border this weekend — just two days after dozens of migrants rushed a border wall in El Paso, Texas. The jaunt south, his second such trip to the Lone Star State since the start of the migrant […]
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Arkansas unemployment dips in February for first time since June | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Statewide unemployment dipped to 3.6% in February, reversing three consecutive months of the rate holding steady at 3.7% and producing the first monthly decline since June. U.S. unemployment, by contrast, ticked up to 3.9% in February from 3.7% in January. Arkansas’ civilian labor force declined by 260 in February, the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services […]
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California governor expands state of emergency to 11 counties for early February storms
SACRAMENTO – California’s Governor Gavin Newsom expanded a state of emergency to 11 counties on Friday, including Sacramento and Sutter counties, for the powerful storms that pounded the state in early February. Other counties added on Friday are Alameda, Butte, Glenn, Lake, Mendocino, Monterey, San Francisco, Santa Cruz and Sonoma counties. Newsom also requested a […]
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Alaska judge to expedite ruling on campaign ethics violations by ranked choice voting opponents | #alaska | #politics
Division of Election workers process signature booklets to repeal Alaska’s new voting system in Anchorage on Jan. 12, 2024. (Loren Holmes / ADN) An Alaska judge will rule months before the November election on the legality of a decision by state campaign regulators to punish opponents of Alaska’s voting system. The review follows an appeal […]
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Newsom expands State of Emergency in Southern California, requests Presidential Major Disaster Declaration
Gov. Gavin Newsom and other officials at the State Operations Center in Mather on Feb. 4, 2024. (Office of the Governor of California) California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday extended the state of emergency he had previously declared in response to February’s winter storms to include 11 more counties. The proclamation now also covers Alameda, […]
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Arkansas attorney general, others petition Washington lawmakers to tighten restrictions on hemp, Delta-8
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – As lawmakers in Washington look ahead to the next Farm Bill, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin and more than a dozen other attorneys general across the country are urging Congress to take a closer look at hemp-derived products like Delta-8. The group of attorneys wrote a letter to Congress arguing that […]
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