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Montana seeks to revive signature restrictions for ballot petitions, including on abortion rights
5 months ago

Montana seeks to revive signature restrictions for ballot petitions, including on abortion rights

Associated Press  

— Montana officials asked the state Supreme Court on Thursday for an emergency order to block a ruling that allowed signatures from inactive voters to count on petitions for several proposed November ballot initiatives, including one to protect abortion rights. A judge said Tuesday that Montana’s Secretary of State wrongly changed election rules to reject inactive voter signatures from three …

Election State Montana Voter Signature Signatures Inactive Voters
Tornadoes Tear Through Southeastern U.S. As Storms Leave 3 Dead
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Tornadoes Tear Through Southeastern U.S. As Storms Leave 3 Dead

Huff Post  

A storm damaged mobile home is surrounded by debris at Pavilion Estates mobile home park just east of Kalamazoo, Mich. on May 8, 2024. A tornado ripped through the area the evening of May 7. oey Cappelletti via Associated Press COLUMBIA, Tenn. — Forecasters warned a wave of dangerous storms in the U.S. could march through parts of the South …

Weather Storm National North Carolina Service South County
California to return 40 acres in Inyo County — including historic hatchery — to Paiute people
1 year ago

California to return 40 acres in Inyo County — including historic hatchery — to Paiute people

LA Times  

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife will be returning more than 40 acres of Inyo County land to the Indigenous Paiute people in early in 2024, including a decades-old fish hatchery located along historic Route 395. Newsom, who prompted the land transfer by supporting an effort to address local tribe issues, the Tribal Based Nature Solutions Program, described the …

California Land Transfer Paiute Paiute People Dahlberg County Including Historic Hatchery
First, dry Santa Ana winds and a red flag warning. Then get ready for rain
1 year, 1 month ago

First, dry Santa Ana winds and a red flag warning. Then get ready for rain

LA Times  

Santa Ana winds will sweep through Southern California on Wednesday and Thursday, heightening wildfire risk, according to forecasts by the National Weather Service, which has issued a red flag warning. Relative humidity Thursday is expected to drop to the single and low double digits, which, along with the accompanying Santa Ana winds, caused the agency to issue a red flag …

Weather Rain Los Angeles Santa Ana Winds Southern California Ventura County
Man in custody after baseball bat attack hurts 2, including intern, at congressman’s Virginia office
1 year, 7 months ago

Man in custody after baseball bat attack hurts 2, including intern, at congressman’s Virginia office

Associated Press  

FAIRFAX, Va. — A man with a metal baseball bat walked into the northern Virginia office of U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly on Monday, asked for him, then struck two of his workers with the bat, including an intern in her first day on the job, police and the congressman said. The veteran Democratic congressman, who wasn’t in the office at …

Congress Office Attack Man Virginia Washington County
Nearly 200 prison employees arrested on job-related charges
2 years, 4 months ago

Nearly 200 prison employees arrested on job-related charges

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Nearly 200 Georgia state prison employees have been arrested for job-related crimes since the beginning of 2020, according to a list obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. There were 21 arrests for battery, including four employees arrested at Rutledge State Prison in Columbus for beating a handcuffed prisoner. Nine employees were arrested for sexual assault, including four assaults of …

Georgia Prison Employees State Arrested Melvin Nearly 200
Supple but strong, Linyi's willows bring work and wealth
2 years, 6 months ago

Supple but strong, Linyi's willows bring work and wealth

China Daily  

Wickerwork has been a tradition in mountainous area for almost 1,500 years In a memorial hall commemorating the heroic mothers of Yimeng, the women who voluntarily cared for soldiers and their children in this mountainous part of Shandong province during the liberation struggles of the 1930s and 40s, an old wicker basket occupies a place of pride. "Wickerwork is a …

Work County Yang Linyi Willow Linshu Wickerwork
Texas county official to resign after problems with primary
2 years, 9 months ago

Texas county official to resign after problems with primary

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — The election administrator in Texas’ most populous county submitted her resignation Tuesday following problems with last week’s primary, including about 10,000 mail ballots that weren’t counted the day of the election, issues with voting machines and a lack of poll workers. Longoria said she took responsibility for the problems during last Tuesday’s election in Harris County, where Houston …

Voting Election Texas County Resign Voting Machines Hidalgo