Month: May 2023

This was supposed to be a month for Gov. Kathy Hochul to tout her budget accomplishments, a spending plan that voters have generally given favorable reviews. A Siena College poll released Tuesday found voters like a $1 billion increase in mental health care programs, an increase in the state’s minimum wage and applaud changes to the controversial bail law of the state But Hochul is still not fully enjoying the fruits of the budget work, with a favorable rating of 40%. “Voters like all these things, they think they’re going to be good for New York,” Siena College pollster Steve…

Gov. Glenn Youngkin largely avoided politics Tuesday as he spoke to just over 300 new graduates of the Virginia Military Institute, a campus that has been overshadowed by controversy in recent years, including in recent weeks. In a speech that focused on the values ​​instilled in cadets at the state-supported military college, Youngkin called for VMI’s mission to guide graduates into careers in the military or private sector. “You live by a code,” Youngkin said. “A code that incorporates words like integrity, character, respect. A code that opposes prejudice, hatred and oppression.” The governor’s speech was marked by frequent bursts…

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged with domestic assault after allegedly breaking a woman’s leg Monday. Antonio Hazlett, 36, is charged with first degree domestic assault and resisting arrest. He is being held in the Boone County Jail without bond. A court date has not yet been announced. According to the probable cause statement, Boone County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a report of a domestic disturbance. Deputies were let into the home by a witness and a disturbance was heard upstairs. Officers saw the victim leaning against a bed. He appeared to be in significant pain,…

Bill Perkins was remembered Tuesday as a Harlem giant. And his death was mourned before a competitive primary for the City Council position he held twice. What you need to know Bill Perkins, a lifelong Harlem resident who served in various offices, has died at age 74, his wife Pamela Green Perkins said Tuesday. Perkins had served Harlem as a city councilman and state senator. Kristin Richardson Jordan, who had unseated him, will serve out the remainder of her term but will not seek another re-election. Inez Dickens, Al Taylor and Yusef Salaam remain in the competitive race to represent…

PEORIA (25News Now) – Pekin’s new mayor said she is beginning the search for a permanent city manager to “come to our beautiful city” after the city council voted 4-3 Monday night to remove the recently appointed interim administrator for inappropriate conduct. One council member who voted against the firing called the action a “political witch hunt.” Mayor Mary Burress told 25News that the city’s human resources director and an employment attorney investigated allegations that interim city manager Bruce Marston displayed “inappropriate behavior” toward employees he was managing . Marston is keeping his job as Pekin’s chief financial officer, which…

The opioid epidemic continues to rage with the latest New York State Department of Health report released in January showing that opioid overdose deaths totaled more than 4,700 people in 2021, a 14% increase from 2020. More than 100,000 people die each year from opioid overdoses in the United States. “The biggest thing now, and say maybe 20, 30 years ago, is people who disconnect from treatment or decide to leave, or are asked to leave because they don’t follow the plan or the rules, they die. now” , Robert Kent told Capital Tonight. “Street drugs will kill them. They…

An Arkoma man was killed in a late-night hit-and-run Saturday night, according to police, who are asking for the public’s help in finding the suspect. John Aaron Pemberton was walking near the intersection of Main and Young streets around 11 p.m. Saturday. when he was beaten and killed. Family members told 40/29 News that Pemberton, 40, was legally blind and walked everywhere in Arkoma. Police Chief Michael Ivy said Pemberton was carrying a flashlight when he was fatally struck. “He was still on when he was killed. Paramedics and officers arrived on the scene,” Ivy said. “We have witnesses who…

A motion by the US securities regulator to seal controversial documents from Hinman’s speech has been denied, a move seen as a victory for the Ripple and crypto community. The US Securities and Exchange Commission filed the motion to seal the documents on December 22, 2022, arguing that its mission overrode the “public’s right” to access documents that are “not relevant” to the decision of the Court’s summary judgment, among other arguments. However, in the most recent order, US District Court Judge Analisa Torres ruled that the documents are “court documents” subject to a strong presumption of public access. Fragment…