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May 30 2023
News
Texas becomes the largest state to ban DEI programs on college campuses
Monday marked the end of the 88th legislative session in the Texas Legislature. A regular session is 140 days long. One of Governor Abbott’s priorities was to ban all public universities in the state from having diversity, equity, and inclusion offices or employees. Commonly called DEI, Senate Bill 17 puts a stop to the practice. The state will audit the schools to make sure they don’t work
HotAir
Oct 15 2022
Headline Roundup
Warnock and Walker Face Off in Debate Ahead of Georgia Senate Election
Republican Herschel Walker and Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock faced off in a televised debate on Friday night to make their case to Georgia voters in one of the most-watched and most-covered Senate races of the midterm season. The debate focused on candidate controversies, national politics and policies, and hot-button issues such as abortion and inflation.
Key Quotes: On abortion,
The Hill
Washington Examiner
NBC News (Online) 
Apr 19 2023
News
Tennessee Lawmakers Pass Bill Protecting Firearms Industry From Lawsuits Over Crimes Involving Guns
Gun control advocates raise signs in the gallery of the Tennessee House chamber in Nashville, Tenn., on April 6, 2023. (George Walker IV/AP Photo) Members of the Tennessee state Senate voted on Tuesday in favor of a bill that would protect gun and ammunition manufacturers and sellers from civil liability when their products are used to commit crimes. The Republican-controlled Tennessee Senate
The Epoch Times
May 30 2023
News
North Carolina lawmakers wager on sports betting, again
North Carolina may become the 29th state to approve sports betting outside casinos, setting professional sports teams up for a windfall in the coming years. Why it matters: The effort to legalize sports betting in North Carolina has been a highly contentious battle that transcends party lines, centering on whether the economic benefits it brings the state outweigh the societal costs of
Axios
Jun 01 2023
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Outspoken Michigan election official won’t run for swing congressional seat
Barb Byrum, a former state representative and current head of elections in one of Michigan’s largest counties, says she will not run for the crucial local congressional seat that saw America’s most expensive race last year. The Democratic nomination next year in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District, centered around Lansing, is up for grabs after incumbent Elissa Slotkin announced this spring
MLive.com
May 02 2023
News
AOC says Feinstein should resign, won’t primary Gillibrand in 2024
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York is calling on Sen. Dianne Feinstein to resign, the latest sign of pressure the California Democrat faces from her own party to step down amid her extended absence from the Senate.
The 89-year-old Feinstein “should retire. I think criticisms of that stance as ‘anti-feminist’ are a farce,” Ocasio-Cortez posted on Bluesky, a new social
CNN (Online News)
Apr 13 2023
News
ABC Skips Dems Trying to Shove Struggling Feinstein Out the Door
While the broadcast networks have largely turned a blind eye to the reported “rapidly deteriorating” mental state of Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein (CA), the pressure has been turned up for them to report something after some of her Democratic colleagues have made public pleas for her to resign after being absent for two months as she reportedly recovers from shingles. But while CBS
NewsBusters
May 19 2023
News
Exclusive: Pentagon accounting error overvalued Ukraine weapons aid by $3 billion
The Pentagon overestimated the value of the ammunition, missiles and other equipment it sent to Ukraine by around $3 billion, a Senate aide and a defense official said on Thursday, an error that may lead the way for more weapons being sent to Kyiv for its defense against Russian forces.
The error was the result of assigning a higher than warranted value on weaponry that was taken from U
Reuters
Apr 17 2023
News
DeSantis Strikes Back in Disney Self-Governance Battle
Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state legislature will file a bill that aims to undo steps the Walt Disney Co. took to undermine the authority of a new state-appointed oversight board, intensifying the battle between a likely presidential contender and one of the state's largest employers.
DeSantis announced the bill at a news conference at Lake Buena Vista on Monday.
Newsmax (News)
May 17 2023
Analysis
Five takeaways from elections in Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Florida
Tuesday saw a number of key races in Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Florida, which underscored former President Trump’s grip on the Republican base and Democrats’ relative strength in suburban areas, among other storylines.
In one of the night’s marquee races, Trump’s endorsed candidate in the Kentucky GOP gubernatorial primary, Daniel Cameron, prevailed against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s
The Hill