April 6, 2024 - We Find All The BS In Politics

Alabama

Alabama Sen. Katie Britt cites friendship with Democrats in calling for more respectful discourse | National | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Katie Britt says she counts some Democratic colleagues among her best friends in the Senate and says such cross-party relationships are essential to governing. But she says it’s become increasingly difficult amid a widening political divide fueled by social media. The Alabama Republican made the comments Tuesday during a […]

City Council

Brooklet City Council Works Through Budget, Sewer and Personnel | #citycouncil

Brooklet city council held a called meeting at 10 A.M. on Saturday April 6, 2024. Mayor Nicky Gwinnett led a prayer and the pledge of allegiance, after which the council adopted the agenda, amending it to move the budget discussion to the item 6 position. There was approval to a call for an election to be […]

Mayor

Guatemala Probing Killing Of Indigenous Town’s Mayor

Guatemalan authorities were investigating on Saturday the death of the mayor of an Indigenous town after his body was found in his home in what authorities called a “crime scene.” The body of Daniel Chavajay, 33, was found Friday, prosecutors said. He was mayor of San Juan La Laguna, located on Lake Atitlan, about a […]

Arkansas

ARKANSAS A-Z: Black residents formed Ralph Bunche neighborhood | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The community first called Gravel Hill — later Southside and now the Ralph Bunche community — is one of the oldest historically Black neighborhoods in Saline County. In 1894, the Rhinehart family bought land on the western end of what is now Palm Street in Benton. They settled there, and the Gravel Hill Community was […]

Alabama

Alabama DEI law is the latest GOP effort to gloss over America’s past | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

When you think of the Civil Rights Movement, you probably think about Alabama. The state is associated with the worst of the Jim Crow Era, but also the people who stood against it. It’s a shame that Alabama’s legislators would rather not talk about these things. Last week, the Alabama Legislature passed SB129, a law […]

California

‘Only the beginning,’ ex-manager warns

Another California small business and its workers have seemingly suffered at the hands of the state’s newly enacted $20 minimum wage. “It’s a shock,” Monica Navarro, former assistant general manager at Fosters Freeze in Lemoore, said Wednesday on “The Bottom Line.” “It would have been nice to have a notice, so we could go get […]

City Council

Cristina Arriola announces campaign for reelection to city council – Times Herald Online | #citycouncil

Thanks for Reading! Don’t miss this deal Get Standard Digital access to enjoy this article and more 6 months for $1 Already a subscriber? Login Cristina Arriola (Courtesy of Stephen Jacobsen) Vallejo City Councilmember Cristina Arriola announced the launch of her re-election campaign with an opening ceremony later this month. The launch for Arriola’s campaign […]

Mayor

This Texas Chili’s location just got its very own day

(NEXSTAR) — On Friday, one local Texas celebrity received a major honor — yes, the fabled Chili’s location at West 45th Street and North Lamar Boulevard got official recognition from Austin Mayor Kirk Watson himself. “Now, Therefore, I, Kirk Watson, a particular fan of the Santa Fe Salad with grilled chicken and Mayor of the City […]

Arkansas

ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: 4 singers do ‘Simply Sondheim’ at Pulaski Tech | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

MUSIC ‘Simply Sondheim’ Singers Dan Drew, Katie Sweeney, Michaela Groth and Shane Heidecker perform more than 30 songs by Broadway hit-maker Stephen Sondheim for “Simply Sondheim,” 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Center for Humanities and Arts Theater at the University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College, 3000 W. Scenic Drive, North Little Rock. The songs come from […]

Arkansas

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