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Jun 04 2021
News
Biden off-loads another hot-button political issue onto VP Harris — this time it's 'voting rights'
Vice President Kamala Harris will now be leading the charge on two areas of major policy concern for the Biden administration — first the border crisis, and now, voting rights.
President Joe Biden announced this week that Harris, despite fierce criticism over her handling of the ongoing immigration crisis at the southern border, would lead the administration's efforts on the important
The Blaze
Nov 07 2023
Opinion
Gabe Amo could be the new face of Rhode Island politics
Amo proved himself by using a national network tied to his stints working for Presidents Biden and Obama and former governor Gina Raimondo to raise more than $1 million for his campaign, while his relentlessly positive message here at home proved to be stickier than know-it-alls like me were predicting. When Gabe Amo entered the race to represent Rhode Island’s First Congressional District
The Boston Globe
Nov 08 2023
News
MAP: Who won each RI city and town in Tuesday’s special election for Congress
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Democrat Gabe Amo held Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District for his party in Tuesday’s special election by running up huge margins in friendly territory, even as Republican Gerry Leonard won three communities for the GOP. Amo received 65% of the vote across the 19 communities of the 1st District, which stretches from Woonsocket to Newport, while Leonard received
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Oct 20 2023
News
GOP Drops Jim Jordan as the House Speaker Circus Drags On
After a week of fits and starts in Jim Jordan’s bid for House Speaker, Republicans huddled behind closed doors on Friday afternoon and voted for the Ohio lawmaker to step aside. The caucus’s decision to strip Jordan of the “Speaker designee” title came on the heels of him falling short, once again Friday morning, of the votes needed to win the gavel. Jordan started the day projecting
Vanity Fair
Nov 06 2023
News
Hundreds of Everett Providence nurses prepare to strike
EVERETT, Wash. — Workers at Everett’s Providence Regional Medical Center say they have had enough. Today the union announced plans to picket for five days after negotiations fell through last Friday. The strike will last from Tuesday, November 14 until November 19, and will include the hospital’s 1,300 contracted nurses. Last month, nearly 97% of those nurses voted to authorize a strike after
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Oct 03 2023
News
Buh-Bye Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
As of 4:28pm, seven Republicans have voted to remove Kevin McCarthy as Speaker. This means that the Democrats will decide whether he stays or goes. House begins voting on whether to remove McCarthy as speaker The House is now voting on whether to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker. Lawmakers will be called to vote in alphabetical order, similarly to how it was done in January, when he was
Daily Kos
Nov 07 2023
News
Kentucky governor election 2023: Latest info in race between Beshear, Cameron
LEXINGTON, Ky. (FOX 56) — It’s Election Day, and voters in Kentucky will soon decide between Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican challenger Daniel Cameron for governor. The latest FOX 56 News/Emerson College poll showed Beshear and Cameron in a dead heat. The poll, released on Nov. 3, asked 1,000 likely voters or people who have already voted and revealed an equal split of support,
Fox 56 WDKY
Oct 21 2023
News
The Republicans gunning for House speaker after Jim Jordan chaos
The race to become the next speaker of the House of Representatives has been flooded with potential alternative candidates, following Jim Jordan's failed bid to win the support of his party on Friday. Ohio Rep. Jordan fell short of the required votes to become the next speaker after three rounds of voting throughout the week. His loss followed a heated week on Capitol Hill as he and his allies
Newsweek
Oct 19 2023
News
City Council confirms Anne Kirkpatrick as New Orleans police chief
Anne Kirkpatrick is the superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department following the City Council’s historic confirmation vote on Thursday, the culmination of a contentious process that has unfolded over the last year with unexpected twists and turns. The 6-1 vote was the council’s first to confirm a city official, a new power that voters gave to the council in a charter amendment last
The Times-Picayune
Nov 02 2023
News
Portland leaders approve massive government makeover while cementing their power during transition
Portland’s voter-approved overhaul of city government reached a major milestone Wednesday after city leaders signed off on a sweeping bureaucratic makeover — though not before making some significant, last-minute changes.
The City Council voted 4-1 to direct Portland’s chief administrative officer, Michael Jordan, to execute a wholesale reorganization of how the city will operate within
The Oregonian