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City Council

Columbus City Council cancels Ramadan dinner after CAIR-Ohio’s objection | #citycouncil

The Columbus City Council has canceled an annual interfaith Ramadan dinner scheduled for Thursday after a large Muslim advocacy organization withdrew support. The Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations announced on Tuesday that it would not attend this year’s annual “iftar” dinner because the city council has not passed a cease-fire resolution for […]

Alabama

Live updates from the polls | #elections | #alabama

Note: This story will be updated throughout the day. Super Tuesday, the biggest day for presidential primaries, only comes around once every four years. Today, voters in Alabama will be among those in 15 states and one territory heading to the polls to cast their primary votes for the 2024 election — plus numerous local elections […]

Arkansas

What you need to know, who is on the ballot

If you’ve been watching the news lately, you’ve probably been hearing a lot about Super Tuesday — especially if you live in a state like Arkansas that participates in it. Like the name might lead you to believe, it’s a pretty big deal. It can make or break campaigns and is an important mile marker […]

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 […]

Mayor

Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval spent the weekend in Dubai at COP28

Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval spent the last few days in Dubai. Yes, Dubai. Pureval attended the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference in the United Arab Emirates as part of a delegation of mayors from across the country, including Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther. The trip was paid for by Bloomberg Philanthropies, according to Pureval’s spokesman Jack Willingham. […]

Mayor

Paterson NJ Mayor Andre Sayegh will attend

PATERSON — Mayor Andre Sayegh is planning to spend the weekend nine time zones away, attending a United Nations conference about climate change in Dubai, on the Persian Gulf. City officials said Sayegh’s trip is being paid for by Bloomberg Philanthropies. Sayegh’s wife, Farhanna, will accompany him at her own expense, officials said. The annual U.N. climate conference will […]