Month: June 2023

The 2022 election was the first to use new voting districts drawn from updated census data. These districts usually last a decade, but could be short-lived in some states. Court challenges could force lawmakers or special commissions to draw another set of maps before the 2024 elections for representatives in Congress and state capitols. That means voters who just moved into new U.S. House or state legislative districts could be grouped with different communities when they go to the polls next time. Here are some places where voting districts could change and the reasons why. RACE IN REDISTRICTION The U.S….

BOSTON – A Boston police officer was shot during a patrol incident near Clifford Park in Roxbury Friday night, Boston Police Commissioner Micheal Cox said. Police sources tell Boston 25 that the officer was hit in the foot and back. According to Cox, the officer approached a “robbery in progress” in the area of ​​44 Cedric Street when the armed suspect shot the officer multiple times. Cox said two other officers were injured during the incident, but not by gunfire. “This just shows all the difficult work that our officers deal with on a daily basis,” Cox said during a…

Supporters of a measure that would expand Medicaid coverage to include gun violence prevention programs are making a final push for the proposal in the final hours of the legislative session. Lawmakers are potentially wrapping up their work this weekend as they look to wrap up the legislative session for the year. Under the proposal, a Medicaid beneficiary who has been involved in or injured by community violence and received a health care referral would be eligible. A coalition of advocacy organizations in a letter late Friday urged Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to bring the bill to the floor for…

LONDON (AP) – He was the mayor who basked in the glory of hosting the 2012 London Olympics and the man who led the Conservatives to a landslide election victory on his mission to “get the Brexit”. But Boris Johnson’s time as prime minister was marred by his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and a steady stream of ethics allegations, from booze-fueled government parties flouting lockdown rules. Here is a timeline of events related to Johnson’s political career: 2001-2008: Served as Member of Parliament in the House of Commons representing the Henley constituency. 2008-2016: Acts as Mayor of London, overseeing…

When Donald Trump’s impeachment was revealed Friday afternoon, congressional Republicans generally had a response: to circle the wagons around the former president and target anything related to President Joe Biden. Many House Republicans denounced the impeachment as “weaponization“of the federal government against Biden’s presumptive most likely challenger for the presidency in 2024, suggested the indictment as election interference, political assassinationor called it a “sad day” in American history, apparently seeking to discredit the Justice Department and the The Biden administration in general. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy tried to frame the impeachment as a double standard, arguing that Biden and former…

Despite the accusations, the political pundit says Trump loyalists won’t be swayed While former President Donald Trump has a long legal road ahead of him, one political expert doesn’t think there will be much of a short-term impact on his presidential campaign. “The charges are serious, but I don’t know if they will dislodge his loyal supporters who have stuck with him for the long haul,” said Larry Jacobs, a politics professor at the University of Minnesota. On Friday, US Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith announced details of the latest charges against the former president. “An indictment was…

meIf nothing became Boris Johnson more than the way he left No 10, nothing says more about the political rot he accelerated than the list of honors he leaves behind and his announcement on Friday night that he was leaving parliament after being informed that he faces an ignominious suspension. . To scan the list that was perhaps his last act in front-line politics is to relive the era of cronyism and mismanagement he inflicted on the country. He redefined the very idea of ​​honors as a reward for public service, replacing them with the kind of cheap favor you…

The 2022 election was the first to use new voting districts drawn from updated census data. These districts usually last a decade, but could be short-lived in some states. Court challenges could force lawmakers or special commissions to draw another set of maps before the 2024 elections for representatives in Congress and state capitols. That means voters who just moved into new U.S. House or state legislative districts could be grouped with different communities when they go to the polls next time. Here are some places where voting districts could change and the reasons why. RACE IN REDISTRICTION The U.S….