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A Wisconsin Lawmaker Asked How You Can Stop the Virus When You Can’t See It
(Permanent Musical Accompaniment To This Post)Being our semi-regular weekly survey of what’s goin’ down in the several states where, as we know, the real work of governmentin’ gets done, and where to live outside the law, you must be…
Boris Johnson should resign over partygate, says veteran Tory
Boris Johnson should resign over the “embarrassment” of Partygate, a veteran London Tory has said.Bromley councillor Nicholas Bennett, who served as a junior minister in Margaret Thatcher’s government, told the Standard that allegations…
Trailblazing Arab lawmaker shakes up Israeli politics
By TIA GOLDENBERG
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Mansour Abbas broke a longstanding taboo when he led his Arab party into Israel's governing coalition last year. The bold move appears to be paying…
Biden Concedes Social Policy Bill Is Stalled as Immigration Plan Falters
But doing so would require the vote of every Democratic senator, making Mr. Manchin’s objections fatal. His concerns have already prompted led Democrats to strip yet another climate provision from the package, this time a plan to…
‘Kind of a centrist but very pragmatic’: After year in Senate, Mark Kelly touts
If NASA and the Pentagon operated like the U.S. Senate, America would have never reached the moon and would have a dismal record in warfare, Sen. Mark Kelly said in a bleak assessment of his new workplace.“The United States Senate…
Holcomb ‘frustrated’ with Hoosiers’ absurd reasons for refusing vaccination
Tom Davies
| Associated PressGov. Holcomb talks about COVID-19, vaccines, abortion, legislationHere Gov. Eric Holcomb talk about issues of the day.Kelly Wilkinson, Indianapolis StarWith Indiana's COVID-19 hospitalizations doubling in…
U.S. Sanctions Aimed at Russia Could Take a Wide Toll
WASHINGTON — The most punishing sanctions that U.S. officials have threatened to impose on Russia could cause severe inflation, a stock market crash and other forms of financial panic that would inflict pain on its people — from…
Gathering for holidays? Consider most vulnerable, health commissioner says
New Yorkers who are holding holiday gatherings should consider the potential effect it could have on the most vulnerable person, state Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett said Friday in an interview with Capital Tonight.
Potentially…
Model legislation targets banks that divest from fossil fuel companies
A version of the ALEC bill has already been signed into law in Texas. December 22, 2021, 8:23 PM• 7 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleThe right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council, otherwise known as ALEC,…
What does US Congress hope to accomplish as lawmakers return?
President Joe Biden’s cornerstone Build Back Better tax and spending plan remains short one vote as legislators return to work in the United States Congress Monday.
Maverick Democrat Senator Joe Manchin has refused to go along with…