Earlier this year, the West Virginia Republican Party Executive Committee voted to limit the party’s Primary Election to only Republican voters beginning in 2026. That means the May 14th Primary is the last time West Virginia voters with no party affiliation will be allowed to play a role in who the Republicans nominate. Independents will
A scuffle erupted in Georgia's parliament as the leader of the opposition punched an MP.
MISSOURI — A bill designed to regulate the retail of vaping products in Missouri continues to move its way through the legislative process. It's called House Bill 2211, introduced by Representative Lane Roberts of Joplin. The goal of the bill is to mandate every manufacturer of vapor products to receive marketing authorization and regulations from []
Judge Upholds Georgia's Voter Citizenship Verification Requirements Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal judge has dismissed a legal challenge to Georgia’s voter citizenship verification requirements, keeping in place the state’s process of cross-checking citizenship status to determine voter eligibility and handing a win to election integrity advocates. A file image of voters standing in line to cast their ballots during the first day of early...
The newly drawn map passed in the 2024 Special Legislative Session, created a second Black majority out of Louisiana's six districts to comply with the Voting Rights Act. Because 1/3 of voters in Louisiana are Black, the Act requires that the district be drawn to reflect that representation.
ORLANDO, Fla. >> An appellate court on Monday granted Disney’s request for a two-month pause in a federal lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his appointees to Walt Disney World’s governing district after the two sides reached a settlement on separate litigation in state court.
(The Center Square) – The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors appointed Junelle Cavero Harnal to represent Legislative District 11 in the Arizona House of Representatives following the resignation of former Rep. Marcelino Quiñonez, which could change the dynamics of the chamber on abortion policy for Wednesday's floor session. The Phoenix Democrat could be sworn in on Wednesday morning, prior to the 10 a.m. floor session, according to a House Democratic caucus spokesperson. This...
It’s not every day that a sitting lieutenant governor faces a criminal investigation, which makes the latest developments in Georgia awfully interesting. The Associated Press reported: If it seems as if this story has been percolating for a long while, it’s not your imagination. My MSNBC colleague Ja’han Jones noted last summer, for example, that Georgia’s Republican lieutenant governor had reportedly been identified as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 2020 fake electors scheme, but a state...
BELLINGHAM, Washington — Rather than allowing party-specific primaries, Washington state has one general statewide primary in August. The top two finishers of every race, regardless of party, are placed on the ballot in November. The hopefuls that political handicappers are expecting in the general election for governor are Democratic state Attorney General Bob Ferguson and […]
UPDATE (4/9/24): Pineview Mayor Brandon Holt has been suspended by executive order of Georgia Governor Brian Kemp following his indictment on theft charges. Kemp issued the order on Tuesday as a result of Holt being charged with multiple felony counts of theft by taking on March 11. The indictment was reviewed by a commission appointed by the governor, which found
When a group of crossover voters was asked during a focus group about Vice President Kamala Harris, their assessments were brutal: If she is helping Biden, you don’t see it. She rubs me the wrong way. She was picked because she is a demographic. The big things she had, she failed. The comments, fair or not, represent a problem for President Biden and for Harris, echoed in interviews with voters here in Arizona, a key swing state where Harris spoke on Friday. More than three years into the oldest...
Longtime professional wrestler Ric Flair has been in plenty of feuds over his long and celebrated career. But his newest feud has put ESPN’s Alan Hahn in the 16-time World Champion’s crosshairs. Hahn called LeBron James “an old man” at some point over the past year. And Flair has yet to forget. That led to