Month: May 2023

Republican concerns are growing that Colorado is falling further into Democratic hands after recent losses and close calls in more conservative parts of the state. The latest blow to the GOP in the Centennial State came this week when Republicans lost the mayoral race in Colorado Springs, marking the first time in decades that a member of the party would not take the helm of the conservative stronghold. That followed a near upset last year when Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) nearly lost her re-election bid in one of the biggest upsets of the Legislature. Colorado’s changing political landscape, which Republicans…

Forty years ago this week: After some complaints from disillusioned political activists, the Denver Democratic Party admitted that it was in fact supporting Denver Election Commission candidates Jack Kintzele and Susan Duncan with a $10,000 donation. Incumbents Sylvia Dennis and Don Nicholson had complained vehemently about Democratic Party interference in what was supposed to be a nonpartisan municipal election. But the match shot up. “Dennis and Nicholson are blatant hypocrites for complaining,” said Denver Democratic Party Chairman Miller Hudson. “Republican election commissioners cry today because Democrats finally have the good sense to copy Republicans.” Hudson told The Colorado Statesman that…

Former Republican Rep. Mark Walker launched a bid for the Republican nomination for governor of North Carolina on Saturday, saying he would campaign on education, economic “freedom” and “protection” for children and families. Walker, who previously served as vice chairman of the House Republican Conference and represented the state’s 6th Congressional District for six years, announced his campaign at a launch event in the city of Kernersville. “We are proud North Carolina — we love our state and our nation, and God calls us to stand up for our friends, our families and our freedoms,” he said. “That’s why we…

Abbott’s AVEIR™ DR i2i™ IDE study is the industry’s first prospective study of the safety and performance of the world’s first dual-chamber leadless pacemaker. The study successfully met all three primary safety and performance endpoints Abbott’s AVEIR DR wireless pacemakers have been submitted for evaluation by the US FDA NEW ORLEANS, May 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Abbott (NYSE: ABT ) today announced the latest results from the i2i™ Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) AVEIR™ Dual Chamber (DR) study, a large-scale study to evaluate the first dual-chamber of the wireless pacemaker world, showing that the wireless pacemaker meets its three pre-specified primary…

CNN — North Carolina Republicans prevailed this week when they passed a controversial abortion ban. Democrats are now rushing to undo it. The decision by the state’s GOP legislative supermajority to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the measure raised the stakes for next year’s election and gave Democrats new impetus to invest up and down the North Carolina vote. At the top of the ticket, President Joe Biden’s campaign is already making plans to focus on the ban, which bans most abortions after 12 weeks, in its bid to win a state last captured by a Democratic presidential…

A recent unusual ruling North Carolina’s highest court has turned the spotlight on the patchwork of state laws and court decisions that determine where voting district maps can be drawn to make elections less competitive and make certain political parties more likely to to win. The practice is known as partisan gerrymandering, which courts have found both Republicans and Democrats have deployed when they had control of redistricting. In 2019, ruled the conservative majority of the US Supreme Court that partisan gerrymandering cases are “outside the reach of the federal courts,” moving the issue to state courts. And national reform…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk praised Republican Sen. Tim Scott Friday evening, just hours after the South Carolina lawmaker officially filed paperwork to run for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. “Great statement from @votetimscott,” Musk wrote in a tweet, which was accompanied by a clip of Scott’s first political announcement of the 2024 campaign. In the video, Scott said American children “are growing up immersed in a culture where everyone is a victim” and stressed the importance of teaching young people about “individual responsibility.” “If you’re healthy, you work. If you take out a loan, you pay it back. If he…

This is a developing story. Click here for an update from the Atherton Police Department. Added a line from this article (Monday 5/1) to acknowledge that an interviewee’s account differs from the comments provided by police and to clarify that this interviewee was not in the room when the student went go retrieve the water gun from the center. office On Friday, police officers handcuffed two students and one of them to the ground just outside MA. Videos of the incident have circulated on social media, racking up thousands of views, with comments expressing both anger and confusion at what…