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Alaska

US denies request from 100 tribes | #alaska | #politics

The U.S. government rejected an emergency request from 100 tribes and communities in Western Alaska for a zero-bycatch limit on salmon, which would have effectively halted the nation’s largest Bering Sea pollock fishery. Bycatch is the unintentional capture of marine life by commercial fishermen. A directive from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and […]

Alabama

Alabama 2nd Congressional District race: Figures vs Dobson | #elections | #alabama

Democrat Shomari Figures and Republican Caroleene Dobson will face off in November for Alabama’s newly drawn 2nd Congressional District seat. The two candidates won their respective runoffs Tuesday, setting the stage for a general election campaign that Democrats are closely eyeing. A Democratic win would give the party an additional seat in the state’s congressional […]

Mayor

Paterson mayor seeks visitors, so he wants to hire a PR firm

PATERSON — In his ongoing efforts to generate positive publicity about Paterson, Mayor Andre Sayegh is looking to hire a private public relations firm. Sayegh’s City Hall staff already includes a $71,400 public information officer and a $90,000 chief of staff whose last job was working as a press assistant for Sen. Cory Booker. Exactly […]

Alabama

Rep. Lori Trahan talks IVF experience ahead of Biden SOTU | #elections | #alabama

The daily injections, the multiple surgeries, the constant visits with doctors, the emotional, physical, financial, burden—and the frequent heartbreak: Rep. Lori Trahan, Democrat of Massachusetts, remembers those days painfully well. She is one of hundreds of thousands of women who turn to IVF, or in vitro fertilization, every year as the “last hope” to start […]

Arkansas

Will Trump win? Local races on ballot

Voters across 15 states, including Arkansas, are heading to the polls today to cast ballots in the Republican and Democratic presidential primaries — along with many other state and local races for General Assembly, U.S. Congress and county-level contests. More delegates in the presidential nominating process are at stake today than on any other single […]

Alabama

House Democrats launch new attack on GOP after Alabama IVF ruling | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

WASHINGTON – The House Democrats’ campaign arm is going on the offensive against Republicans on in vitro fertilization following the Alabama Supreme Court’s controversial ruling that frozen embryos should be considered children. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is circulating a memo, first shared with USA TODAY, attacking vulnerable House Republicans for being “all talk, no […]

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

Senate Republicans reject national protections | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

WASHINGTON – Republican lawmakers came out in droves over the weekend to say they support in vitro fertilization in the wake of an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos should be considered children. But Senate Democrats plan to test that support, putting up legislation on Wednesday to outlaw limitations on “assisted reproductive technology” such […]

Mayor

Governors and mayors want Biden’s border visit to bring real change

On the same day President Joe Biden announced he’s headed to the southern border this week, the New York City Fire Department discovered 40 West African migrants cramped into a small Queens basement behind a furniture store sleeping in dangerous conditions. It was the latest troubling scene from a migrant humanitarian crisis that has forced […]

Mayor

Stockton mayor candidates in 2024: A voter guide

It’s almost that time again, time to vote. On Tuesday, March 5, San Joaquin County residents will be voting during the primary for who will represent Stockton as its mayor. Six candidates are on the ballot. Some of the mayor’s duties include making recommendations to the City Council on policy and programs that require the […]