North Carolina election officials reportedly issued a plea in 2017 for federal prosecutors to file criminal charges against people who became the focus of ballot fraud allegations this year. The Associated Press reported Friday that a letter sent from State Board of Elections Executive Director Kim Strach to the then-U.S. Attorney John Bruce of the Eastern District of […]
Nevada Gov.-elect Steve Sisolak (D) is pushing to rename a Las Vegas airport after former Senate Minority Leader Harry ReidHarry Mason ReidBernie campaign 2.0 – he’s in it to win it, this time around Dems wrestle over how to vote on ‘Green New Deal’ Senate confirms Trump court pick despite missing two ‘blue slips’ MORE (D-Nev.), who is battling […]
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) signed legislation on Friday that will make it more difficult for groups to get initiatives placed on the ballot, according to The Associated Press. During the end-of-year lame duck session, Snyder ignored outside pressure to veto the legislation and signed it into law. The bill requires that no more than […]
More than 20 schools in Illinois have reportedly installed new security systems, similar to fire alarms, that will call police in the event of a shooting. Schools have spent thousands of on the new security systems out of a concern for gun violence, The Chicago Tribune reported Sunday. The majority of the schools are outside […]
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on Sunday called on the FBI to investigate violent clashes connected to the right-wing group the “Proud Boys.” In a statement, Cuomo blamed President TrumpDonald John TrumpGary Cohn says Trump trade adviser the only economist in world who believes in tariffs House transportation committee chairman threatens to subpoena Boeing, […]
The northern California wildfire that killed at least 85 people and left hundreds unaccounted for has been fully contained, authorities announced Sunday. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said Sunday that firefighters have been able to fully surround the Camp Fire, the Associated Press reported. The fire, which is one of multiple wildfires […]
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb (R) called on Monday for hate-crime legislation in the state after a synagogue was vandalized with anti-Semitic and Nazi graffiti over the weekend. Congregation Shaarey Tefilla in Carmel was spray-painted with images of a large Nazi flag and Nazi Iron Crosses were found on the building’s shed, according to the Indy Star. Hate-crime […]
Federal prosecutors agreed Thursday to delay their demand that North Carolina election officials turn over millions of voting records to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) until next year. A federal prosecutor agreed to postpone the deadline for the subpoena, which seeks approximately 20 million documents, after the state argued it would be a burden two months before […]
The father of a man who was killed in the 2012 Aurora, Co. movie theater shooting was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives on Tuesday night, unseating a GOP incumbent on a platform that revolved around gun control. Tom Sullivan, whose son Alex died in the mass shooting that killed 12 and injured 70, won the state […]
An aide for New York gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon (D) reached out to the host of an upcoming debate with Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) to pre-empt any effort to chill the room, The New York Times reported Tuesday. Rebecca Katz, a top strategist for Nixon’s campaign, emailed WCBS-TV last week asking that the temperature at the debate […]