GOP senators rattled by radical conservative populism | #elections | #alabama
Republican senators say they’re worried that conservative populism, though always a part of the GOP, is beginning to take over the party, becoming more radical and threatening to cause them significant political problems heading into the 2024 election. GOP senators are saying they’re being increasingly confronted by constituents who buy into discredited conspiracy theories […]
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Jackson mayor says DOJ ‘form letter’ about water ‘indicates nothing new’
The Environmental Protection Agency wants a judge to enforce an agreement on how Jackson will fix its water system. The EPA is looking into the quality of the city’s water as well.The water quality tests approved by the Mississippi State Department of Health allowed a citywide boil-water advisory to be lifted. But those approvals were […]
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Louisville mayor, LMPD chief say fixes underway prior to release of DOJ report | News
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — In hopes of getting ahead of the findings from the Department of Justice Investigation, Louisville’s mayor and police chief are outlining the fixes underway. Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and LMPD Chief Erika Shields held a virtual community forum on Saturday afternoon, where they detailed 150 public safety reforms, and what LMPD and […]
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Small Town Texas Mayor Pleads Guilty to Child Obscenity Charge – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Former Athens Mayor James “Monte” Montgomery is headed to federal prison after pleading guilty to child obscenity violations, federal prosecutors say. The DOJ said Thursday that Montgomery, 64, admitted to federal investigators he sent obscene materials to a minor. The Department of Justice said in a statement that the former mayor was arrested on June […]
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Former University of Arkansas Professor Jailed for Lying to Federal Agents About Patents in China
A former professor at the University of Arkansas was sentenced on June 16 to a year and a day in prison followed by one year of supervised release on one count of providing a false statement to the FBI regarding the existence of patents for his inventions in China, according to the Department of Justice. […]
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