Month: June 2023

Police in Colchester are investigating a shooting that left one man injured Wednesday morning. Police received the call around 6 a.m. from Winchester Apartments in Colchester. The victim’s condition is currently unknown. Police say this is an isolated incident. They believe the victim and the assailant knew each other. This is a developing story. Will update when more information becomes available. COLCHESTER, Vt. — Police in Colchester are investigating a shooting that left one man injured Wednesday morning. Police received the call around 6 a.m. from Winchester Apartments in Colchester. The victim’s condition is currently unknown. Police say this is…

Putin appeals to Russian public after Wagner riot For free real-time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox, sign up for our breaking news emails Sign up to our free emails for breaking news The 10 people killed in a Russian attack on a restaurant in the city of Kramatorsk with a supersonic Iskander missile are among the 10 twin girls and a boy, Ukrainian authorities said. A man accused by Kiev of collaborating with Moscow has been arrested over the strike in the Donetsk region that killed 14-year-old Yulia and Anna Aksenchenko, along with a boy and a…

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker isn’t the target of much criticism, at least not from the ones that matter. The Republicans obviously screw it up. But mostly they talk to themselves. By adopting failed tactics and poor candidates in recent years, they have consigned themselves to statewide irrelevance for the foreseeable future. Even when they are right, Republicans are ignored. A few weeks ago, when Pritzker and Democratic lawmakers were preparing the budget that will take effect on July 1. GOP lawmakers warned the cost of provide free medical care to illegal immigrants exploded and become unaffordable. From a bogus initial…

WASHINGTON – House Republicans are using the powers of their majority to carry out Donald Trump’s quest for revenge against his political adversaries, reinforcing the accused former president’s 2024 campaign message that he is a victim of a vast conspiracy of “villains” to be. downcast The battle to avenge Trump began on the first day of the new Congress, and has turned nearly six months into the Republican majority, led by Trump’s staunchest allies in the conference and usually getting a hand from Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Republican of Calif. They are fighting forerase” their dismissals. They have punished their most…

This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of major Supreme Court decisions this June. We’re working to change the way the media covers the Supreme Court. Sign up for our pop-up newsletter to receive our latest updates and support our work when you join Slate Plus. Last weekend marked the one-year anniversary of Dobbs, the decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and ended abortion rights in the United States. The intervening 12 months have brought story after story of the horror this has had on women and families everywhere. the country, with polls showing that ordinary Americans generally support abortion…

Democrat Destiny Drake West has entered the 6th District congressional race. West campaign photo. The former Del. Rep. Neil C. Parrott (R-Washington) hopes the third time’s the charm. Parrott, the GOP candidate for Congress in the 6th District in 2020 and 2022, announced Tuesday that he has created an exploratory committee ahead of a possible 2024 run. “My wife and I are talking and praying about running for election in 2024,” Parrott said in a statement. “We are exploring the race and are very grateful for the huge amount of support we received in 2022 and for so many people…

Denham Springs Main Street is soliciting building restoration grant applications from downtown commercial building owners and/or business owners. Offered through Louisiana Main Street, this grant opportunity offers grants ranging from $2,500 to $10,000 to be used for restoration projects of historic commercial structures located in Louisiana’s Main Street Districts . Restoration projects can be inside and outside the commercial structure. The district boundaries are Railroad Avenue-Hummel Street-Benton Street to Railroad Avenue. Applications received from Denham Springs Main Street building and/or business owners will compete statewide for funding with applications from other Main Street districts. To be eligible for Main Street…

Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images The annual cascade of Supreme Court decisions this week will be make plenty of headlines, but polls show Americans of all political stripes are increasingly concerned about the lack of an ethics code for the high court. Chief Justice John Roberts has said more than once that the court is working on a code of ethics for itself, but so far, crickets. Meanwhile, investigative journalists are finding that the conduct of the Supreme Court is rich ground to plow. Last week, ProPublica reported that Justice Samuel Alito failed to disclose…