Republican lawmakers introduced a bill on Thursday in the Wisconsin legislature that would criminalize first-time drunken driving offenses in the state. Rep. Jim Ott and Sen. Alberta Darling introduced a bill that would classify first-time offenses as a misdemeanor punishable by up to $500 in fines and 30 days in jail, the Associated Press reported. Wisconsin is […]
A Wisconsin high school is ending its annual cheerleading awards for girls based on their body shapes and sizes following several complaints from parents and a former coach. The Associated Press reported Wednesday that coaches at Tremper High School in the Kenosha Unified School District gave awards like “Big Booty,” ″Big Boobie” and “String Bean” to cheerleaders. The American Civil […]
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Chicago’s largest homeless shelter broke its own rule of accepting only long-term visitors and took in 800 people Tuesday night as the temperature dropped to minus-23 degrees. The unprecedented number of overnight guests at Pacific Garden Mission came amid frigid temperatures and high winds across the Midwest. Philip Kwiatkowski, the shelter’s president, told the Chicago Sun-Times […]
A state lawmaker in Tennessee is proposing a bill that would require parents and other visitors to follow a dress code when visiting schools. Tennessee state Rep. Antonio Parkinson (D) said that he has been receiving calls from parents concerned with how other parents are inappropriately dressed, CBS affiliate WREG reported Monday. “I’ve heard some concerns from […]
Texas’ Senate Committee on Finance on Monday unanimously approved a bill that seeks to give every teacher in the state a $5,000 raise starting next year, according to The Dallas Morning News. Senate Bill 3, which was sponsored by state Sen. Jane Nelson (R), would require school districts in Texas to give full-time classroom teachers […]
Casting himself as a key figure opposing President Trump, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo invoked the name of Trump’s immigrant grandfather in a Tuesday speech at Ellis Island. “This is the harbor where Fredrick Trump arrived from Germany, and whose grandson would become President of the United States,” Cuomo said at his third inaugural address, rattling off a […]
Baltimore’s top prosecutor filed a petition Thursday to vacate nearly 4,000 convictions for marijuana possession, saying the rare move is necessary to “right an extraordinary wrong.” State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby employed a rarely used petition called “writ of error coram nobis,” according to the Associated Press. The petition allows a court to reopen a case […]
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) on Tuesday used his State of the State address to call for expanding voting rights to younger residents and felons. “Let’s open the doors to our democracy even wider,” he said. “Let’s work together to allow residents to register to vote online and at the polls on Election Day. Let’s […]
Sen. Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward CruzO’Rourke to announce White House run Thursday morning: report O’Rourke strongly signals he’s entering Dem primary in Vanity Fair interview Texas Dems warn of ‘land grab’ if Trump’s emergency order survives MORE (R-Texas) on Tuesday urged fellow senators to take swift action in passing his bill to make Joaquín “El Chapo” […]