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Apr 06 2023
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Gov. Dunleavy announces Alaska child care task force but declines to support immediate funding boost
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said Thursday he did not support a request from child care providers to add millions of dollars to the coming fiscal year’s budget to raise wages for child care providers, instead announcing the formation of a task force that will examine the issue and provide policy recommendations to the governor by the end of the year. Child care, expensive and in short supply in
Anchorage Daily NewsNov 15 2022
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Former Republican President Donald Trump says he’s launching another White House bid
Former President Donald Trump, aiming to become only the second commander-in-chief ever elected to two nonconsecutive terms, announced Tuesday night that he will seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.
“In order to make America great and glorious again, I am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the United States,” Trump told a crowd gathered at Mar-a-Lago, his
CNN (Online News)May 20 2023
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Former US Rep. Mark Walker, a Baptist minister, joins North Carolina GOP governor's race
KERNERSVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Ex-U.S. Rep. Mark Walker formally entered next year's race for North Carolina governor on May 20, saying that he's best suited to win the seat that has eluded Republicans for much of the past three decades, by attracting a diverse set of voters in the otherwise closely divided state. Walker, a former Baptist pastor who rode the Tea Party wave to three terms in
Asheville Citizen-TimesFeb 27 2023
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Mexican protesters see electoral overhaul as a threat to democracy
Juan Manuel Martinez remembers the days when he would vote in Mexico’s elections with no confidence that they were being run fairly.
For decades, the Institutional Revolutionary Party, known as the PRI, remained in power by buying votes or stuffing ballot boxes. Election after election, the same story repeated itself.
“No election was clean, democracy didn’t exist, the government
Los Angeles TimesSep 23 2022
Analysis
How the polls might be wrong (again) this year
It just seems to keep on happening — Democrats get their hopes up from rosy-looking polls, but they get a rude awakening when votes are tallied on election night.
In 2016, Trump’s win shocked the world. In 2020, a seeming Democratic romp turned into a nail-biter. And now, as the 2022 midterms are drawing nearer, polls show Democrats performing surprisingly decently — pointing toward a
VoxApr 20 2023
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Sources: Diamondbacks designate Madison Bumgarner for assignment
Madison Bumgarner was designated for assignment Thursday by the Arizona Diamondbacks, who will eat more than $34 million remaining on the veteran left-hander's contract, sources told ESPN. Bumgarner, who signed a five-year, $85 million deal with Arizona before the 2020 season, has struggled during his four years with the Diamondbacks, posting a 5.23 ERA over 69 starts. Perhaps his worst outing
ABC News (Online)Mar 29 2020
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Bloomberg campaign hit with FEC complaint for $18M transfer to DNC
EXCLUSIVE: A Federal Elections Commission complaint has been filed against former New York City mayor and 2020 presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg for an $18 million transfer from his defunct campaign to the Democratic National Committee.
At the core of the complaint is the tenuous distinction between Bloomberg’s personal finances and those of his presidential campaign. The complaint is
Fox News (Online News)Apr 10 2023
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Missing Florida teacher's car found submerged in canal with body inside
Divers discovered a body inside a vehicle submerged in water near Daytona Beach over the weekend, authorities said. The car belonged to Robert Heikka, a teacher from Port Orange, Florida, who went missing in 2020, according to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office. Volunteers from to local search and rescue crews spotted the vehicle in a canal along Pioneer Trail, about 10 miles south of Port
CBS News (Online)Apr 13 2023
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Minneapolis agrees to pay almost $9M to settle lawsuits involving Derek Chauvin
The city of Minneapolis on Thursday agreed to pay roughly $8.9 million to settle two lawsuits involving former police officer Derek Chauvin, who was charged with killing George Floyd in 2020. In the lawsuits — which stemmed from 2017 arrests — two people alleged that Chauvin pressed his knee into their necks years before the same tactic was fatal during his arrest of Floyd. The city announced
The HillJun 16 2023
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Activists push for referendum to put ‘Cop City’ on ballot in Atlanta
A broad coalition of groups in Atlanta has launched a referendum to give voters a chance to say whether they want the controversial police and fire department training center known as “Cop City” built in a forest southeast of the city.
The effort requires organizers to collect about 70,000 signatures from Atlanta registered voters in 60 days. Then the question of the city canceling its
The Guardian