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Alabama

Abortion Opponents Are Targeting a Signature G.O.P. Public-Health Initiative | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

At a World AIDS Day event last year honoring George W. Bush, the former President, wearing a suit and tie and a red solidarity ribbon, settled into a chair onstage, microphone in hand. “It takes a lot to get me back to Washington,” he said, “and PEPFAR is it.” Formally known as the President’s Emergency […]

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City Council

City council’s approval of NAH proposal deemed ‘short-sighted’ | #citycouncil

It is difficult to understand how our members of city council could approve the NAH proposal. This seems short-sighted and narrow-minded. This billion dollar project does not come even close to meeting the city’s plan for carbon neutrality by 2030. Token mentions of some solar panels, a few charging stations for EVs and no LEED […]

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City Council

City council called on to put funds toward bike safety | #citycouncil

Gift this article Share this article paywall-free. An open letter to the mayor, vice mayor and Council: Thank you for your unanimous direction to city staff to prioritize funding for a few basic bike projects, namely: the (complete) construction of the Butler Pilot elevation, and the construction of two (dangerous) protected intersections — (Butler/Beaver and […]

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Alaska

The politics of ‘Parity and the Odd Man In’ two decades later | #alaska | #politics

Patrick Reddy Twenty years ago, as the 2002 mid-term elections, the first since the 9/11 attacks, ground to the usual hard-hitting close, Washington Post columnist Michael Kelly observed that the parties were still almost evenly divided and that “the battle between the two great parties for a sustainable post-New Deal primacy” was far from settled. […]

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City Council

Steve Mann: The race to replace Chandler on Lodi City Council seems to be heating up | Opinion | #citycouncil

It’s become a three-way race for Lodi City Council District 2. Summer Pennino and Sandra Vargas have added their names to the list of contenders for the seat that Mayor Mark Chandler is vacating this fall. The pair will join Lisa Craig, who has already indicated her intention to run. Summer is the daughter of […]

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