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Jun 06 2023
News
Indiana officials quickly extinguish fire started by man in jail's lobby
A man walked into a northwestern Indiana jail on Monday, poured an accelerant on the floor and lit it, starting a small fire that was quickly extinguished, a sheriff said. Surveillance video at the Lake County Jail in Crown Point shows the man entering the lobby of the jail shortly before noon and walking around it, pouring the accelerant from a container and lighting it into a trail of flames
Fox News (Online News)Apr 17 2024
News
Trump meets with Polish president in NYC, touts ‘very good and personal relationship’ with the US ally
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday met with Polish President Andrzej Duda in Manhattan, touting his close personal relationship with the NATO-nation leader who has called for more international support for war-torn Ukraine. “He’s doing a fantastic job,” Trump said of Duda, referring to him as “my friend,” as they walked into the lobby of Trump Tower. “We had four great years together.
New York Post (News)Apr 16 2024
News
Newest tenant at Nashville's iconic 'Batman Building' co-created Overwatch, Call of Duty
• The video game developer has office locations in Orlando and Chicago. It plans to expand to Austin, Texas. • The 'Batman Building' at 333 Commerce St is an iconic part of Nashville's skyline. The lobby and public areas of the building were recently remodeled. Middle Tennessee's tech industry is in growth mode. Same goes for the entertainment and media sector. At the crux of that growth is
The TennesseanApr 25 2015
Opinion
A Better Way to Rein In Lobbying
CORPORATE influence is an old problem in American democracy. But in the last decade or so, corporate spending to influence Congress and federal agencies has reached a new, and probably unsustainable, level.
Corporations and their trade associations now spend about $2.6 billion a year in reported lobbying, and probably as much on unreported lobbying. That is more than the funding for the
New York Times (News)Apr 16 2024
News
Weedkiller manufacturer seeks to squelch claims it failed to warn about cancer
DES MOINES, Iowa — Stung by paying billions of dollars for settlements and trials, chemical giant Bayer has been lobbying lawmakers in three states to pass bills providing it a legal shield from lawsuits that claim its popular weedkiller Roundup causes cancer. Nearly identical bills introduced in Iowa, Missouri and Idaho this year – with wording supplied by Bayer – would protect pesticide
Portland Press HeraldApr 16 2024
News
Wake’s recently launched and touted high school flag football faces an uncertain future
The future of Wake County’s high school flag football program is uncertain, just months after more than 500 female athletes took to the gridiron. Wake County school administrators have not included funding to pay for women’s flag football coaches in next year’s school budget. But school board member Sam Hershey lobbied Tuesday to restore flag football funding, suggesting changing the budget
The News & ObserverApr 14 2024
News
Hope Eccles is comfortable at altitude and wants all of Utah to be there, too
A young boy with tussled locks and designer ski gear strolls through a hotel lobby that could easily be mistaken for a gallery at the Tate — open, modern and punctuated by sharp lines and pops of color. Accompanied by a nanny at least five decades his senior, the boy gazes about as the woman shleps bags of various sizes. This isn’t the set of a Wes Anderson film. At least, not yet. I’m in the
Deseret NewsFeb 21 2023
News
Lobby lawmakers to back LEARNS Act, Sanders urges supporters
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders urged supporters to lobby lawmakers to back her education overhaul Tuesday. Speaking at event for home school parents and students at the Capitol, Sanders said her proposed LEARNS Act, “will go a long way to assisting Arkansas families that decide to home school their kids.” Lawmakers filed Sanders’ bill Monday, unveiling specifics of a long-awaited
Arkansas Democrat-GazetteJul 05 2023
News
Powder found in West Wing lobby confirmed as cocaine, Biden briefed on investigation
The powder found over the weekend in the White House’s West Wing lobby has been confirmed as cocaine following two tests. President Biden thinks it is “incredibly important” for the Secret Service to determine how it got there, officials said Wednesday. U.S. Secret Service agents found the powder during a routine White House sweep on Sunday, in a small, clear plastic bag on the ground in a
Boston HeraldJul 05 2023
News
Powder found in White House's West Wing lobby tests positive for cocaine
WASHINGTON (AP) — A white powder discovered in a lobby area of the White House's West Wing that prompted a brief evacuation Sunday evening tested positive for cocaine in a laboratory analysis, three people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. Officials who found the powder in a small plastic envelope in the heavily trafficked part of the White House initially suspected illegal drugs, but
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