Religion

Alabama

The emerging Republican theocracy – People’s World | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Credit: Robert Reich In a case centering on wrongful-death claims for frozen embryos that were destroyed in a mishap at a fertility clinic, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled last Friday that frozen embryos are “children” under state law. As a result, Alabama in-vitro fertilization (IVF) clinics are ceasing services, afraid to store or destroy any embryos. The […]

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Alabama

Alabama IVF ruling spurs a GOP reckoning on conception bills | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

The split over how states should handle fertility treatments could force some abortion opponents in Congress to reckon with their support of long-standing abortion bills. The Alabama Supreme Court’s Feb. 16 ruling that frozen embryos used in in vitro fertilization or IVF are humans has ignited a firestorm over how to address personhood laws in […]

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Mayor

1,000 weddings later, Charlottesville’s mayor-turned-officiant Dave Norris still loves a good love story

Norris That’s the question Dave Norris likes to ask couples who are preparing to get married. There’s a reason Norris inquires about their love stories and he’s especially fascinated when two people first connected by chance. “All the factors that went into that, all the different coincidences that brought them together at that moment, and […]

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Arkansas

Arkansas Gears Up for Difficult Abortion Amendment Campaign

Wednesday marked the beginning of a campaign for what promises to be one of the country’s most hard-fought abortion rights battles. Arkansas’s Republican attorney general, Tim Griffin, has certified a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment on abortion that could appear on the November ballot. His decision gives the organizers, Arkansans for Limited Government, the go-ahead to begin […]

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Mayor

Bloomington mourns Mayor Frank Shorthose

How Time Flies is a daily feature looking back at Pantagraph archives to revisit what was happening in our community and region.  100 years ago Jan. 7, 1924: Business will be suspended this afternoon during the hours of the funeral rites for Mayor Frank Shorthose. His body is set to lie in state in the Consistory […]

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Mayor

From the Mayor: Looking forward to a new year in Oneonta | Columns

I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas. I can’t think of a better place for the holiday than Oneonta. So, on this, the day after, I’d like to share this Hill City-centric version of a familiar poem, titled “A Visit from St. Oney Claus” (with apologies to Clement Moore): ‘Twas the night AFTER Christmas, when […]

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City Council

Ashtabula ‘s manager, city council members and city solicitor take Oath of Office | Local News | #citycouncil

ASHTABULA — City Manager Jim Timonere, City Solicitor Cecilia Cooper and four city council members were sworn into their roles Thursday night at the Municipal Building. Mistress of Ceremonies, Ward 4 Council person Jodi Mills, welcomed the crowd to the ceremony. The Rev. Steve Sargent, associate pastor at Hiawatha Church of God in Christ in […]

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City Council

Nauvoo City Council approves temple visitors center site plan | Daily Democrat, Fort Madison, Iowa | #citycouncil

NAUVOO, Ill. _ The Nauvoo City Council voted 6-0 Tuesday, Nov. 14, to approve the revised site plan application for the Nauvoo Temple Visitors Center. But, to borrow a sports metaphor, the contest was much tighter than the final score. Elder Jeremiah Morgan, who introduced himself as an Area Seventy for The Church of Jesus […]

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City Council

Church parking lot permit request removed from Mattoon City Council meeting agenda | #citycouncil

MATTOON — A church has removed its permit request for a parking lot from the agenda of the Tuesday, Nov. 21, Mattoon City Council meeting after the city’s planning commission recommended denying this request. Other proposals still on the agenda for the meeting at 6:30 p.m. in City Hall, 208 N. 19th St. include plans […]

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City Council

Letter to the Editor: City council asked to learn from Proposition 480 failure | Letters | #citycouncil

Friends of Flagstaff’s Future and Flagstaff Community First have sent a clear message to the city council to involve the community more into its decision making that would have a major impact on our community. “Instead, NAH leaders said they will begin finding a new location for the proposed campus should 480 fail, either in […]

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