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Aug 01 2023
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6 Candidates To Run For Washington Township Board of Education
LONG VALLEY, NJ — Six people have filed petitions seeking election to the Washington Township Board of Education in 2023, according to the Morris County Clerk's office. The deadline for candidates to file petitions to run for school board seats in the November general election in New Jersey was Monday, July 31. The candidates for Long Valley's seats are: Current board members Jason
Patch.comAug 07 2023
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Man accused of kidnapping and killing Nevada 18-year-old dies by suicide in jail while awaiting trial
(CNN) — The man accused of killing Naomi Irion, the 18-year-old who vanished in March 2022 from a Walmart parking lot in Nevada, has died by suicide, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Troy Driver, 43, “was in custody on murder charges and awaiting trial, for the murder of Naomi Irion,” the release said. He was “in a maximum security jail cell and had no contact with
KESQ 3May 13 2023
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Ron DeSantis' chances of beating Donald Trump as rivals both head to Iowa
Former President Donald Trump and Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis will both visit the state of Iowa today amid continued speculation that DeSantis intends to enter the 2024 presidential race. While Trump launched his own campaign shortly after the 2022 midterm elections, DeSantis is widely expected to announce his own bid for the 2024 Republican nomination. Recent polls show the
NewsweekAug 01 2023
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8 Candidates File To Run For School Boards In Haddon Twp., Haddonfield
HADDON TOWNSHIP, NJ — The candidate fields are set. Both Haddonfield and Haddon Township will have contested school-board elections this fall.
Each school district will have four candidates running for three available seats on their respective boards of education.
Hinkle, Kendall and Williams are incumbents — Hinkle currently serves as board president.
Monday marked the
Patch.comAug 10 2023
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Ohio’s new Issue 1: In November, it will truly be about abortion
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohioans will likely vote on another Issue 1 in November – but it won’t impact how citizens amend the state constitution. Issue 1’s solid defeat on Tuesday – 57% to 42%, according to unofficial election results – cleared a hurdle for the abortion rights amendment slated for the November election. As the state’s first — and currently — only, statewide initiative certified
NBC 4 WCMHAug 12 2023
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Georgia prosecutor will present witness testimony to grand jury as another Trump indictment appears imminent
The Fulton County indictment would cap off a yearslong investigation into the former president’s efforts to change the outcome of the Georgia election, which Joe Biden narrowly won. In the weeks after Election Day, Trump spread falsehoods online about the outcome, made a personal call to a state official asking to overturn the will of the voters and plotted using fake electors to falsify
PoliticoJun 29 2023
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Supreme Court Bans Affirmative Action At WI Colleges
The University of Wisconsin-Madison, which is the state's most selective institution, has said it considers race and ethnicity as part of a holistic review of applicants, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. University spokesperson John Lucas previously declined to speculate to the newspaper on how policies could change, but noted diversity strengthens universities and benefits
Patch.comAug 13 2023
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John Scott dead: South Carolina state senator dies at 69
South Carolina State Sen. John Scott, a Democratic lawmaker who had been an elected leader for over 30-years, has died at the age of 69-years-old at the Medical University of South Carolina hospital. Scott's cause of death currently remains unknown, though he had reportedly experienced some trouble with blood clot issues earlier this year. Scott was first elected to the state House in 1990,
Washington ExaminerJul 06 2023
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Arkansas’ general revenue surplus hits $1.161 billion in fiscal year 2023
Arkansas' general revenue surplus reached $1.161 billion in fiscal year 2023 that ended June 30, the state Department of Finance and Administration reported Wednesday. The fiscal year 2023 surplus is state government's second-largest general revenue surplus in any fiscal year, behind only the $1.628 billion surplus accumulated in fiscal 2022 that ended June 30, 2022. State government's third-
Arkansas Democrat-GazetteAug 14 2023
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Trump goes up against toughest prosecutor yet in Georgia indictment
Former President Donald Trump has been indicted in Georgia, accused of attempting to overturn the 2020 election, marking the fourth time that prosecutors have laid criminal charges against him in the last four months and putting him up against his toughest prosecutor yet. A grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, indicted Trump on racketeering and conspiracy charges, District Attorney Fani
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