tag:White House (presidential residence)

Alabama

How abortion views could impact elections in Illinois in 2024 | #elections | #alabama

Following a flipped seat in the Alabama Legislature, abortion-rights advocates say a roadmap exists for Illinois Democrat challengers in the November election. Marilyn Lands’ victory in deeply conservative Alabama last month overturned a district long held by Republicans, her campaign focusing on the state’s near-complete abortion ban and ensuring protection for in vitro fertilization after […]

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Mayor

Asheville mayor traveling to DC to lobby for homelessness solutions

ASHEVILLE – Mayor Esther Manheimer will travel to Washington, D.C. April 28 with a group of nearly 50 mayors to lobby for federal solutions to address homelessness. The bipartisan group is led by the U.S. Conference of Mayors President Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve, and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Chair of USCM’s Task Force on […]

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Mayor

Dearborn mayor rejects ‘Death to America’ chants at protest

Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud and Arab American leaders this week condemned some controversial chants and remarks made at a rally held Friday at the Henry Ford Centennial Library in Dearborn. A group called Al Quds Committee Detroit held an April 5 protest outside the library along Michigan Avenue in support of Palestinians that featured several […]

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Arkansas

Trump, Biden win primaries in Arkansas

Former President Donald Trump cruised to victory in the Republican primary in Arkansas on Tuesday as he marches toward securing the GOP nomination. President Joe Biden easily won the Democratic primary. The Associated Press called both races shortly after 8 p.m. The polls closed at 7:30 p.m. Trump and Biden carried all of Arkansas’ 40 […]

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Alabama

Kamala Harris slams Alabama court ruling on frozen embryos, IVF | #elections | #alabama

WASHINGTON ― Vice President Kamala Harris slammed the Alabama Supreme Court’s decision that frozen embryos should be considered children under state law, arguing the ruling is already having dangerous consequences for women in the state. “This decision is outrageous − and it is already robbing women of the freedom to decide when and how to […]

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