The Maine election official who disqualified former President Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot said on Monday that politics did not influence her decision. Last week, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, ruled that Trump was barred from running for president in her state because he allegedly …
Read More »Wisconsin Assembly greenlights $545M Brewers stadium overhaul
Wisconsin legislators edged closer Tuesday to passing a compromise plan to spend more than half-a-billion dollars in public money to help cover repairs at the Milwaukee Brewers stadium, pushing the proposal through the state Assembly and on to the Senate. The chamber voted 69-27 to approve the package. The Senate …
Read More »Santa Fe mansion tax approved by voters in landslide
Voters have approved a tax on mansions to pay for affordable housing initiatives in New Mexico’s capital city of Santa Fe. Uncertified election results on Wednesday show that nearly three-fourths of ballots were cast in favor of the new tax on home sales of over $1 million, in a city …
Read More »Kentucky-born country star Tyler Childers to perform at Gov. Beshear's inauguration
A country music star will perform at Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s second inauguration, while health care workers and public school educators will serve as grand marshals of the parade as details of the daylong ceremonies on Dec. 12 came into focus on Thursday. Other inaugural events in Kentucky’s capital city …
Read More »Louisiana ending inshore shrimp season Monday, with some exceptions in state's east
The fall inshore shrimp season closes Monday in all state inside waters except for a few locations east of the Mississippi River, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said. 4 NEW WHOOPING CRANES ADDED TO EXPERIMENTAL LOUISIANA FLOCK The pending closure, at sunset, does not apply to Lake Pontchartrain, …
Read More »Ruby-red Kentucky begins new legislative session with budget talks, policy clashes on horizon
Kentucky lawmakers returned to work Tuesday for a 60-day session that’ll be dominated by negotiations over the next state budget, with Republican supermajorities in both chambers once again shaping Bluegrass State policies even as voters have extended an era of divided government by reelecting Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear. Both the …
Read More »Kentucky Republicans introduce 'three-strikes' measure amid broader crime crackdown effort
Republican lawmakers in the Kentucky House unveiled a three-strikes measure on Tuesday that would keep people locked up after being convicted of a third violent felony. The proposal is part of a broader anti-crime bill designated as a priority for Republicans in the 60-day session. The measure surfaced during the …
Read More »Jay Jones scandal looms large over his hometown for Sears–Spanberger clash as area Dems vouch for AG nom
HAMPTON ROADS, Va. – The scandal over Virginia Democratic attorney general nominee Jay Jones’ texts envisioning the murder of a rival overshadowed the state’s top-of-the-ticket race as Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears and Abigail Spanberger descended on Jones’ backyard in Hampton Roads, Virginia, for their gubernatorial bout Thursday. Earle-Sears — who …
Read More »Spanberger campaign still selling Jay Jones co-branded merch amid scandal; GOP calls it full endorsement
Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger’s campaign store continues to sell merchandise co-branded with the rest of the statewide Democratic ticket – which includes scandal-plagued attorney general nominee Jay Jones. The store, accessed by Fox News Digital on Wednesday morning, still markets a “Spanberger-Hashmi-Jones logo tee” shirt for $25 and …
Read More »Students for Life pushes to make Charlie Kirk's birthday a national free speech holiday
Students for Life of America wants to make Charlie Kirk’s birthday a national holiday. “It should be a national holiday, the Charlie Kirk Free Speech Day, where, across the country, we recognize that even if you disagree with others on a college campus or in the workplace, that as Americans, …
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