Tag: State News

‘Racial Justice,’ ‘Intersectionality’ at Heart of New Chicago Mayor’s Transition Report

July 7, 2023
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Almost two months after he ascended to the fourth floor of City Hall, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson offered a victory lap for the left-wing activists, unions, politicians, and donors who helped get him elected. His transition committee issued a 223-page mayoral transition report drawing on the work of 11 committees and subcommittees and almost 400…

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Delivery Companies, Including Doordash, Uber, Sue New York City Over Minimum Wage Law

July 7, 2023
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Multiple food-delivery services filed a lawsuit against New York City on July 5 seeking to block a new law establishing higher minimum wages for food-delivery workers, including app-based delivery workers. DoorDash and Grubhub filed a joint lawsuit against the city in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, while Uber, the parent company of Uber…

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Ruby Princess Cruise Ship Carrying 4,000 People Crashes Into San Francisco Pier

July 7, 2023
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A Princess Cruises ship carrying nearly some 4,000 people smashed into a pier in San Francisco this week while the vessel was trying to dock, officials said. In a statement, the company said that the ship “made unexpected contact” with the Pier 27 dock at the Port of San Francisco on Thursday. The U.S. Coast…

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DeSantis Defends Controversial Anti-Trump Ad Some Conservatives Complain is Anti-LGBT

July 7, 2023
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After taking criticism for a campaign ad attacking Donald Trump’s performance on LGBT issues, Ron DeSantis defended the video, saying it was “fair game.” He responded to backlash about the ad in an interview on July 5 with Tomi Lahren on her show “Tomi Lahren is Fearless,” a production of the conservative news organization Outkick, owned…

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Police Union Chief Calls for NYC Council Staffer to Be Fired After Anti-Law Enforcement Posts Emerge

July 7, 2023
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The head of the New York City Police officers union has criticized a New York City Council staffer for allegedly encouraging violence against law enforcement officials during protests following the police killing of George Floyd. Ember Ollom, 28, is a digital press aide who was hired by City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams’s office last fall, according to the…

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NY Times, Getty Photographers Sue Kenosha Police Over Alleged Injuries Sustained During 2020 Protests

July 7, 2023
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Two freelance photographers have filed a federal lawsuit against police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, alleging that they were unlawfully shot with rubber bullets during a protest over police racism in 2020. The lawsuits were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin on July 4 by photographers Alyssa Schukar and Scott Olson who claim their civil…

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Iowa Teen Gets Life With Possibility of Parole After 35 Years for Spanish Teacher’s Beating Death

July 7, 2023
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DES MOINES, Iowa—The first of two Iowa teenagers who pleaded guilty to beating their high school Spanish teacher to death with a baseball bat was sentenced Thursday to life with a possibility of parole after 35 years in prison. A judge sentenced Willard Miller after a sentencing hearing that lasted more than seven hours. Willard…

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Newsom Calls for DOJ Probe Into Florida’s Transporting of Illegal Immigrants to California

July 7, 2023
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday penned a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland calling for an investigation into the recent transport of illegal immigrants from Republican-led border states under “deceptive representations.” In the letter, Mr. Newsom and his co-signatories say that illegal immigrants purportedly seeking asylum in the United States have been transported…

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Arizona Adults Can Now Get Birth Control From Pharmacies Without a Prescription

July 7, 2023
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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs announced Thursday that birth control pills and other hormonal contraceptives will be available to people over 18 at their local pharmacy without needing a prescription. Until the latest announcement, women 18 years or older in Arizona seeking contraceptives needed annual prescriptions from a doctor to obtain them. Those under 18 will…

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Proposes Bill to Ban Illegal Immigrants from Voting in Washington DC

July 6, 2023
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Conservative firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has put forward a bill that would impose a citizenship requirement for voter registration in Washington D.C., and effectively ban illegal immigrants from voting. The draft bill, a copy of which has been obtained by The Epoch Times, is titled the “American Confidence in Elections: District of Columbia…

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