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Apr 05 2024
News
Nebraska push on winner-take-all electoral votes takes another hit in legislature
The renewed, Donald Trump-backed effort to change how Nebraska allocates its Electoral College votes faced another roadblock Friday as the legislature looks to wrap up its session. Speaker John Arch said on the floor Friday morning that amendments attaching entire bills to other measures will no longer be accepted, as the unicameral body is running out of time to process legislation before its
NBC News Digital
Mar 24 2024
Opinion
AOC’s Green New Deal proposal will hurt the working class
Flanked by her fellow progressive legislators, House New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez unveiled a sweeping set of proposed reforms yesterday under the banner of a “Green New Deal” for public housing, reviving a favourite if outworn slogan of the Left.
On the heels of President Joe Biden’s announcement of housing affordability as a policy priority in his State of the Union
UnHerd
Apr 19 2024
News
Speaker Johnson's foreign aid package lives on with rare help from Democrats, teeing up weekend vote
House Speaker Mike Johnson leaned on significant help from Democrats to advance his $95 billion aid package on the House floor Friday, setting up final passage Saturday as he faces an increasingly disgruntled right flank threatening to oust him.
More than 160 House Democrats voted with the GOP to advance the four-part measure, which includes aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan along with
Washington Times
Feb 14 2024
News
Husband dies, wife injured in vehicle crash on Outer Banks' Ocracoke Island
Warren Howard Frantz and his wife Janet were traveling north on Highway 12 to catch the 11 a.m. ferry to Hatteras Island when their vehicle crashed, officials said. OCRACOKE, N.C. — A man was killed and a woman was injured in a crash on the Outer Banks' Ocracoke Island Tuesday morning, a spokesperson for Hyde County, North Carolina confirmed to 13News Now. According to the spokesperson, 61-
WVEC 13
Apr 03 2024
News
Wisconsin voters ban Zuckerbucks after effectively overriding their Democratic governor's past vetoes
Wisconsin has joined 27 other states in making it more difficult for ideologues with deep pockets — such as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg — to financially meddle in elections. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed multiple efforts to keep so-called "Zuckerbucks" out of elections in the Badger State. The state's Republican-controlled legislature figured lawmakers would give their
The Blaze
Apr 01 2024
News
Florida Supreme Court allows one of nation’s strictest abortion bans to take effect
Florida’s conservative Supreme Court ruled Monday that the state’s constitution does not protect abortion rights, allowing one of the country’s strictest and most far-reaching abortion bans to take effect in 30 days. But in a separate decision, the high court also ruled that an amendment to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution can go on the November ballot, for a vote that
Washington Post
Apr 03 2024
News
Florida's abortion fight is headed to voters after court allows for a 6-week ban
Florida's abortion fight is headed to voters after court allows for a 6-week ban TALLAHASSEE – Democrats in the Southeast are setting up abortion as a major election issue after the Florida Supreme Court released two opinions Monday that could change the landscape of abortion access in the region. At the same time Florida justices triggered a six-week abortion ban by upholding the state's 15-
NPR Fact Check
Apr 04 2024
News
Nebraska Rejects Change to Its Electoral College Rules
Although there was support from three heavyweight Republicans in former President Donald Trump, Gov. Jim Pillen and Sen. Pete Ricketts, the Nebraska state legislature overwhelmingly declined to support a revised "winner-take-all" system in their electoral college rules Wednesday evening. Nebraska and Maine are the only two states who assign their electoral votes by Congressional district. In
Newsmax (News)
Apr 02 2024
News
Poll: Most Americans want Supreme Court to reject Trump immunity claims
A slim majority of Americans support the Supreme Court’s recent decision to keep former President Donald Trump on the ballot, according to a poll released Wednesday, but they are largely unconvinced that he should be granted immunity from prosecution. The Marquette Law School poll found that 56% backed the high court’s decision last month to keep Trump on Colorado’s presidential ballot despite
CNN Digital
Apr 01 2024
News
Eli McCann: LDS General Conference — a time for protests, proselytizing and ... bagpipes
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, controversy swept Salt Lake City and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when locals complained about a deal between the two entities to sell a portion of Main Street. The idea was to allow the church to develop it into a small plaza connecting two of its large downtown properties. There were various iterations of the arrangement through the years
The Salt Lake Tribune