Public school teachers in Denver began their first strike in 25 years on Monday in an effort to increase educators’ pay. Hundreds of teachers took to the Denver streets on Monday morning, many carrying signs and chanting, video footage of the strike shows. Students also walked out of a number of high schools to join […]
Two South Carolina sheriff’s deputies are reportedly expected to be charged with manslaughter after a police van in which they were traveling was overtaken by flooding from Hurricane Florence, killing two mental health patients. Stephen Flood and Joshua Bishop, both Horry County sheriff’s deputies, are accused of abandoning the two female mental health patients when the […]
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) told his staff Friday he will not resign over a racist photo from his medical school yearbook or his admission he wore blackface for a dance competition in 1984, according to The Associated Press. A senior official told the AP that Northam met with his Cabinet on Friday and said […]
The New Mexico House late Thursday voted to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes, a deal that could make the state the 11th in the nation to allow adults to consume the drug recreationally. The House passed the bill without any Republican votes, and several moderate Democrats also voted against the measure. But the bill’s prime sponsor, […]
One of the top Republican lawmakers in Virginia served as managing editor of a 1968 yearbook at Virginia Military Institute that contained racist photos and slurs, The Virginian Pilot reported Thursday. Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment (R) oversaw the 1968 edition of The Bomb, an annual publication at VMI. The yearbook contained multiple photos of individuals posing in blackface […]
A pair of Nebraska state senators on Tuesday filed a ballot initiative for official review that would give citizens of the state the chance to vote on legalizing medical marijuana. State Sens. Anna Wishart (D) and Adam Morfeld (D) submitted their proposed language on behalf of Nebraskans for Sensible Marijuana Laws, a political committee working […]
An activist who exposed her breast outside the Virginia state Capitol to express support for the Equal Rights Amendment was ordered held without bond until her March 21 court date before the judge later reversed his decision. Michelle Renay Sutherland, 45, was arrested on an indecent exposure charge on Monday, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond Judge Lawrence […]
Rep. Jennifer WextonJennifer Lynn WextonWhy block citizenship to immigrants who defend America? House Dems introduce bill providing paid family leave for federal employees How gun control activists learned from the NRA MORE (D-Va.) tweeted Wednesday afternoon that she believes the woman who accused Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D) of sexual assault. “I believe Dr. Vanessa […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantisRonald Dion DeSantisFlorida bill repealing ban on smokable medical marijuana headed to governor’s desk GOP turns Venezuela into Florida attack line Matt Gaetz makes rare break with Trump: ‘Climate change is real’ MORE (R) outlined his $625 million a year plan to restore and protect Florida’s water resources during two events Tuesday. […]
The South Dakota House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill that would ban public schools from teaching about gender dysphoria through the seventh grade. The measure passed the House by a vote of 39-30 and now heads to the state Senate, according to the Associated Press. The bill’s sponsor, state Rep. Tom Pischke (R) […]