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City Council

Can Portsmouth EDC ‘discover’ $200 a week housing? | #citycouncil

All members of the Portsmouth City Council have a job that adds hundreds of hours of unpaid work. They serve with other citizens on a wide variety of committees in the everyday process of making our community the best it can be. Four years ago, for my most recent term on the Council, I was sent to one of those […]

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 […]

Mayor

Mayor Eileen Dondero Foley and Portsmouth’s sister cities

Eileen Dondero Foley. Portsmouth’s mayor for 16 years. City councilor for 18 years. New Hampshire state senator, 14 years. School Board, 12 years. Plus serving as Portsmouth city clerk in the 1940s and early 1950s. A lifetime of dedication serving the people of her community. Eileen’s final year as mayor was 1997. Those not in Portsmouth before then missed out on seeing […]

Alabama

Alabama ruling reminds Republicans abortion is the 2024 issue | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Republicans up and down November’s ballot were always going to be on the back foot when it comes to access to abortion and other reproductive health issues. Now they have to answer questions about in vitro fertilization and access to contraception as well. A ruling this month by Alabama’s Supreme Court made clear just how […]

Alabama

Haley supports the Alabama IVF ruling. She actually misunderstands it | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley is applauding a legal decision in Alabama that, if applied nationally, could affect family planning for hundreds of thousands of patients who undergo in vitro fertilization to get pregnant. After the Alabama Supreme Court ruled last week that the embryos created during IVF are “extrauterine children,” Haley told NBC News […]

City Council

Keating out at city council, leaving Ohio cities GOP-less. Buckle up | #citycouncil

A sampling of reader feedback about some recent columns and comments: On Liz Keating’s departure as the last Republican on Cincinnati city council: “I sincerely wish Ms. Keating all the very best in her future endeavors. Her common sense will certainly be missed, especially by the voting, taxpaying population of ‘other backgrounds.’ I don’t hold […]

Alabama

Phil Williams on casino gambling in Alabama | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Have you ever sat through something that just made you squirm? That awkward, please-make-it-stop sensation as someone was speaking, acting or singing? I was once at church on a beautiful Sunday morning. Everyone was in good spirits until a man began to sing a solo. To say it was awful would be a compliment. […]

Alabama

Elaine Harris Spearman looks at leadership | #elections | #alabama

“Many are called, few are chosen.” Matthew 22:14. This is of course a biblical expression that is interpreted to mean that God invites or calls many people to follow Him, but only a few accept and obey His terms. Many may be invited, but none are able to simply come on their own. They must […]

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