Illinois State Fair political days notes and quotes Capitolnewsillinois.com
Pictured left to right are Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, Republican Attorney General nominee Thomas DeVore, Democratic Attorney General Kwame Raoul and House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs. (Capitol News Illinois photos by Jerry Nowicki) Friday, August 19, 2022 2022 hopefuls come out in force for one of the state’s biggest campaign stages By JERRY NOICKI Capitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Along with fried foods, carnival rides and an 800-pound cow made of butter, the Illinois State Fair is known for its political theater. For the Statehouse press corps, it means we clear our schedules by at least…
Read More »Political Events: August 20, 2022 | Local news
The Dems established the Roberts Rules training The Smith County Democratic Club has established training on Robert’s Rules of Order. The training is scheduled for 1-3pm Monday at the Tyler Chamber of Commerce, 315 N. Broadway Ave. The training will address the fundamentals of parliamentary procedures. Social distancing and masks are encouraged. Participants will receive a certificate of attendance. Grassroots America hosts BLEXIT director Grassroots America will host the director of Black Exit from the Left, or BLEXIT, on Tuesday. Brian Bledsoe is the director of the group co-founded by Candace Owens and launched in 2018. BLEXIT is a conservative…
Read More »Fighting for representation at the state level
GREENSBORO, NC – More than seven million North Carolinians are registered to vote. What you need to know A lawsuit aims to allow unaffiliated voters to be on the State Board of Elections Currently, the largest group of voters registered as unaffiliated members of the State Board must belong to one of two parties with more registered voters. Earlier this year, for the first time, more voters chose to be unaffiliated than to register as a Democrat or Republican. One of those unaffiliated voters is Tyler Daye. When he first registered, Daye was a member of one of the two…
Read More »POLITICAL GATHERING: Public, candidates want to do more for teachers | news
Two independent investigative journalism outlets, Oklahoma Watch and The Frontier, recently reported that Gov. Kevin Stitt is withholding $18 million in federal coronavirus relief aid earmarked for education. Many Cherokee County residents want the money to be put to good use and want to find solutions to solve the teacher shortage. Charles Arnall, a Democrat running for the Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 4, has been in education for 35 years. A former high school principal in Chouteau, he returned to the classroom last year to better witness firsthand the types of challenges teachers face. Currently, he is a math…
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CDC director says it’s ‘frustrating’ when health decisions are ‘political’
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shared how “frustrating” it is when health decisions are politically driven. “It’s frustrating when people make decisions based on health through a political lens.” Walensky told Fox News’ Dr. Marc Siegel. “We’ve done everything we can, and I continue to put my head down to steer the ship to govern. What I think with science is the fundamental science that leads the way. Our policies are driven by science and they, of course , must be interpreted in the context…
Read More »Trump is largely absent from New York’s congressional races
At first, it looked like former President Donald Trump would have a role in New York’s 2022 Republican contests for Congress almost as soon as he left the White House. In June 2021, one of Trump’s first political targets after the presidency was Rep. John Katko, who was the first House Republican to announce that he would vote to impeach Trump after the January 6 Capitol riot. Not long after that vote, the Onondaga County Conservative Party announced that it would not endorse Katko in 2022. That party’s chairman, Bernie Ment, received a letter from Trump that read, “Big move:…
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Trump thinks the Mar-a-Lago quest will help him in 2024. Some allies aren’t so sure.
The day after federal agents searched Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump told a group of conservative lawmakers that “being president was hell,” according to three people at the meeting. But to some he seemed ready to have the job again. “He shouldn’t have been deterred,” said Rep. Randy Weber of Texas, one of a dozen Republican House members who met with Trump on Aug. 9. He described Trump’s mood immediately after the search as “very upset. , but measured.” Everything that has transpired since that meeting in Bedminster, New Jersey, and since federal agents seized a trove of top secret…
Read More »Soft-on-crime policies have put the lives of all Americans at risk: Fox News Political Analyst Gianno Caldwell
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Fox News political analyst Gianno Caldwell claimed Democrats’ white-collar policies on crime “have put all of our lives at risk” on “Your World” Friday. CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL ‘FAILS’ CITIZENS WITH SOFT STANCE ON CRIME, TOP RESPONDENT SAYS CALDWELL: The soft-on-crime policies and sentiments that have encouraged criminals have spread like a plague. When I look at the 2021 numbers in Chicago as an example, the homicides were almost three times greater than… Los Angeles… which is a very large city and more than five times the size of New York. Wow! 90%…
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