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Oct 15 2023
News
Louisiana elects GOP governor
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry won a majority of votes in the state’s “jungle primary” for governor on Saturday. He will take office in January, replacing Gov. John Bel Edwards, who is leaving office due to term limits. Landry won with an endorsement from former President Donald Trump. The governor-elect supports a state law protecting babies from nearly all abortions. He also backs a
World MagazineOct 14 2023
News
Here's who won the St. John the Baptist Parish race for sheriff
Voters in St. John the Baptist Parish handed Sheriff Mike Tregre a fourth term in office on Saturday, as Tregre handily beat challenger Jarret Vicknair, a retired deputy making his first run for elected office. Tregre took 71% of the vote to 29% for Vicknair, with all 36 precincts reporting. Tregre and Vicknair are both Democrats. Tregre, 57, has served 11 years as the top cop in a parish
The Times-PicayuneSep 28 2023
News
Mass. House approves tax relief package 155-1; Senate approval likely today
BOSTON - A roughly $1 billion tax relief package that has been under debate for some 20 months sailed through the House on Wednesday with a single dissenting vote and lots of self-congratulatory pats on the back. Representatives voted 155-1 to accept a conference committee report that was filed a day earlier, which would roll out a bevy of tax breaks, credits and reforms while reshaping a pair
Telegram & GazetteSep 28 2023
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Las Vegas Hospitality Workers Become Latest Major Union to Authorize Strike Action
The Culinary Workers Union (CWU), which represents tens of thousands of Las Vegas hotel and casino workers, is the latest major union to authorize a strike. It’s the first time in more than three decades that CWU members have voted to walk off the job. On Sept. 26, 95 percent of CWU members who turned out at the Thomas & Mack Center on the University of Nevada–Las Vegas campus voted to
NTDOct 26 2023
Opinion
Mike Johnson Got Elected, But Matt Gaetz Is the Big Winner of GOP’s House Speaker Battle
I want to take a moment to congratulate Rep. Matt Gaetz. You did it, man! “MAGA Mike” Johnson (as Gaetz affectionately calls him) is the new Speaker of the House of Representatives.
In case you’ve forgotten, Gaetz spearheaded the effort to oust then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Oct. 3. But in the intervening days, it was unclear whether McCarthy’s exodus would lead to a Trumpier
Matt LewisSep 21 2023
News
BOE Keeps Rates Unchanged for First Time in Nearly Two Years
The Bank of England has brought the most aggressive cycle of interest-rate rises in more than three decades to a close amid falling inflation and mounting fears of recession. The central bank held its key rate at 5.25%, ending a series of 14 successive hikes since December 2021, when rates were just 0.1%. Five members of the Monetary Policy Committee voted to leave rates unchanged and four
BloombergSep 26 2023
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WGA leaders expected to review proposed labor deal, consider ending strike
Leaders of the Writers Guild of America could decide as early as today whether to accept the terms of a tentative labor deal with Hollywood studios and send the proposal to the union's membership for ratification. The boards of the WGA West and East branches could also decide as early as Tuesday whether to officially end the strike that began May 2, clearing the way for writers to resume
NBC Los AngelesOct 16 2023
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Trump nabs new endorsement as his Iowa campaign ramps up after second-place finish in 2016
ADEL, Iowa — (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday rallied caucus-goers in Iowa's rural Dallas County, where he received the endorsement of the state's attorney general and predicted a landslide victory three months before voting begins in the GOP contest's kickoff state. “Ninety-one days. Are you ready?” Trump asked more than 1,000 supporters packed into a livestock expo barn at the
WHIO 7Oct 16 2023
News
Trump nabs new endorsement as his Iowa campaign ramps up after second-place finish in 2016
ADEL, Iowa — (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday rallied caucus-goers in Iowa's rural Dallas County, where he received the endorsement of the state's attorney general and predicted a landslide victory three months before voting begins in the GOP contest's kickoff state. “Ninety-one days. Are you ready?” Trump asked more than 1,000 supporters packed into a livestock expo barn at the
KIRO 7Oct 16 2023
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Trump nabs new endorsement as his Iowa campaign ramps up after second-place finish in 2016
ADEL, Iowa (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday rallied caucus-goers in Iowa’s rural Dallas County, where he received the endorsement of the state’s attorney general and predicted a landslide victory three months before voting begins in the GOP contest’s kickoff state. “Ninety-one days. Are you ready?” Trump asked more than 1,000 supporters packed into a livestock expo barn at the
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