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Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney drops Virginia Governor bid, will run for Lieutenant Governor
With the gubernatorial Primary still more than a year away, there’s still time for another Democratic candidate to emerge.
Daily Archives: April 23, 2024
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Judge conducts hearing on request to hold Donald Trump in contempt for social media posts
Judge Juan Merchan did not immediately rule but repeatedly signaled his exasperation with the Trump team.
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North Carolina legislature reconvenes to address budget, vouchers as big elections approach
The legislature’s chief duty in even-numbered years is to adjust the second year of the two-year government operating budget that’s already enacted.
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North Carolina disability rights group sues over mental health failures in jails
‘Under the 14th Amendment’s Due Process Clause, a person who is mentally ill and has been charged with a crime cannot be held more than a reasonable period of time to discern whether the person detained will be capable to proceed to trial.’
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Joe Biden to spotlight threat to Florida abortion rights during Tampa campaign stop
Democrats expect the issue to deliver Florida’s electoral votes for the President in November.
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Bill allowing parents to be fined for child’s criminal offenses heads to Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee
If the parents or legal guardians are unable to pay, the judge could order them to perform community service instead.
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‘Catch-and-kill’ to be described to jurors as testimony resumes in Donald Trump’s hush money trial
Prosecutors are also expected to tell a judge that Trump should be held in contempt over a series of posts on his Truth Social platform that they say violated an earlier gag order barring him from attacking witnesses in the case.
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Mississippi lawmakers move toward restoring voting rights to 32 felons as broader suffrage bill dies
‘There comes a point in time where individuals who have paid their debt to society, they’re paying taxes, they’re doing the things they need to do, there’s no reason those individuals shouldn’t have the right to vote.’
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Bill Lee says Volkswagen plant workers made a mistake in union vote
‘I think it’s unwise to put your future in somebody else’s hands.’
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Seattle hospital won’t turn over gender-affirming care records in lawsuit settlement with Texas
AG Ken Paxton had asked the hospital to produce records identifying medication given to children who live in Texas and the number of Texas children who received treatment, among other requests.