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Ryggs Johnston goes from a tiny Montana town to Australian Open champion: Analysis
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Ryggs Johnston goes from a tiny Montana town to Australian Open champion: Analysis

Associated Press  

A pair of Americans delivered command performances halfway around the world during Thanksgiving week. Five months into his professional career, in his second start as a European tour member, Johnston won golf’s fifth-oldest championship at the Australian Open to get his name on the Stonehaven Cup along with Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player, and more recently Jordan Spieth, …

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Generation Z, review: gory state-of-the-nation satire pits zombie pensioners against 20-somethings
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Generation Z, review: gory state-of-the-nation satire pits zombie pensioners against 20-somethings

The Telegraph  

Don’t be put off by the title of Generation Z if you’re not in that age range. Actually, your sympathies may lie with the OAPs who gain a new lease of life when they are infected with a virus that makes them spring from their care homes and start biting off people’s noses. All names that will mean nothing to …

Pro-Trump Georgia election board wants legislature to clear path for mass voter challenges
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Pro-Trump Georgia election board wants legislature to clear path for mass voter challenges

Raw Story  

Georgia State Election Board officials will seek assistance from the state Legislature to establish clearer guidelines for maintaining accurate voter lists following a tense debate Tuesday over mass voter challenges. State Election Board Executive Director Mike Coan presented findings of an investigation into voter challenges in several metro Atlanta counties, revealing systematic denials, particularly of challenges filed in large batches. …

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After months of rewriting rules, Georgia election board meets once more before November
2 months, 2 weeks ago

After months of rewriting rules, Georgia election board meets once more before November

Raw Story  

An investigation into allegations that several county election boards are failing to properly investigate challenges disputing voter eligibility is on the agenda of the controversial Georgia State Election Board on Tuesday. The State Election Board will hold its final scheduled meeting Tuesday ahead of the Nov. 5 general election, where rules adopted by three members loyal to former President Donald …

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‘Improving’ Justin Herbert misses Chargers’ first practice ahead of Steelers game
3 months ago

‘Improving’ Justin Herbert misses Chargers’ first practice ahead of Steelers game

LA Times  

Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert was not seen at practice during the media viewing time Wednesday. Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert missed practice Wednesday after suffering an ankle injury during Sunday’s win over the Carolina Panthers. Herbert “got rolled up on” during the 26-3 victory, but he was able to finish the game, throwing for 130 yards on 14-of-20 passing with two …

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New rules from GOP-majority election board could cause disarray in battleground Georgia
3 months, 2 weeks ago

New rules from GOP-majority election board could cause disarray in battleground Georgia

CNN  

Atlanta CNN — The once-wonky Georgia State Election Board has burst into the limelight this year as a new Republican majority – made up of a retired obstetrician, a former state senator who put out feelers for a Trump administration job and a right-wing media personality – push ahead with new rules that could create chaos in November. But she …

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Illinois law banning concealed carry on public transit is unconstitutional, judge rules
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Illinois law banning concealed carry on public transit is unconstitutional, judge rules

Associated Press  

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A federal judge has ruled that an Illinois law banning the concealed carry of firearms on public transit is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Iain D. Johnston in Rockford ruled last Friday with four gun owners who filed a lawsuit in 2022 contending that their inability to carry weapons on buses and trains violated their Second Amendment right …

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GA election officials pass 'election deniers' rule they said was illegal back in May
3 months, 3 weeks ago

GA election officials pass 'election deniers' rule they said was illegal back in May

Raw Story  

The members of the Georgia State Election Board could not have been clearer. “You run counter to both the federal and the state law,” said Ed Lindsey, a Republican board member and attorney who practices election law, to the woman who proposed the rule. “I went and I talked to the lawmakers,” she said, “and they didn’t see anything wrong …

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'Political theater': Dems call for removal of Trump loyalists on Georgia Election Board
3 months, 3 weeks ago

'Political theater': Dems call for removal of Trump loyalists on Georgia Election Board

Raw Story  

Several Democratic Georgia lawmakers, religious and civil rights leaders implored Gov. Brian Kemp Monday to remove three Donald Trump loyalist State Election Board members accused of holding an illegal meeting and enacting illegal election rules over the last several weeks. The fallout from a July Georgia State Election Board meeting continues to play out with the recent filing of a …

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Georgia election board’s right-wing faction revisits Fulton’s 2020 presidential election
4 months, 1 week ago

Georgia election board’s right-wing faction revisits Fulton’s 2020 presidential election

Raw Story  

A trio of conservative members of the Georgia State Election Board agreed Wednesday to further investigate Fulton County’s 2020 presidential election law violations despite warnings from fellow board members that their decision was illegal. In a 3-2 vote Wednesday, right-wing GOP Georgia election board members Rick Jeffares, Janice Johnston and Janelle King voted to report findings from the Fulton investigation …

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GA board’s right-wing faction demands further investigation of Fulton’s 2020 election
4 months, 2 weeks ago

GA board’s right-wing faction demands further investigation of Fulton’s 2020 election

Raw Story  

A trio of conservative members of the Georgia State Election Board agreed Wednesday to further investigate Fulton County’s 2020 presidential election law violations despite warnings from fellow board members that their decision was illegal. In a 3-2 vote Wednesday, right-wing GOP Georgia election board members Rick Jeffares, Janice Johnston and Janelle King voted to report findings from the Fulton investigation …

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In a 2020 flashback, Georgia’s GOP-aligned election board wants to reinvestigate election results
4 months, 2 weeks ago

In a 2020 flashback, Georgia’s GOP-aligned election board wants to reinvestigate election results

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Four years after the 2020 election, a newly GOP-aligned election board in Georgia is pushing to reinvestigate the state’s largest county for its handling of the vote. Georgia’s State Election Board voted 3-2 Wednesday to ask state Attorney General Chris Carr to investigate the Fulton County government, seeking to reopen an inquiry closed in May. Fulton County’s election …

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Georgia election board says counties can do more to investigate election results
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Georgia election board says counties can do more to investigate election results

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Georgia’s State Election Board voted Tuesday to require county election officials to make a “reasonable inquiry” before certifying election results to the state, signaling that fights about approving election results could intensify this November in the South’s premier battleground state. “Why one would not want to assume there is some oversight?” asked State Election Board member Janice Johnston, …

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Georgia election board rolls back some actions after a lawsuit claimed its meeting was illegal
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Georgia election board rolls back some actions after a lawsuit claimed its meeting was illegal

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — The Georgia State Election Board, which has become embroiled in conflict over how the state administers elections, voted Tuesday to redo some of its actions amid a lawsuit accusing it of meeting illegally. The board voted 5-0 on Tuesday to debate again on Aug. 6 a pair of proposed rules sought by Republicans that three members advanced on …

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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Tennessee’s state primaries
4 months, 3 weeks ago

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Tennessee’s state primaries

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. Among the notable current or aspiring lawmakers on the ballot are a member of the conservative U.S. House Freedom Caucus who’s drawn a strong primary challenge and a Democratic state representative who was almost expelled from office following a demonstration in the chamber on gun control. The state’s senior U.S. …

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Trump-friendly panel shapes Georgia’s election rules at long, often chaotic meetings
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Trump-friendly panel shapes Georgia’s election rules at long, often chaotic meetings

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — The Georgia State Election Board, which once toiled in relative obscurity, now hosts raucous meetings where public comment spans several hours and attendees regularly heckle its members. Months after Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger defended the 2020 election results, lawmakers from his own party removed him as chair of the State Election Board in a move …

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Watchdog sues Georgia election board charging Republican faction violated laws
5 months ago

Watchdog sues Georgia election board charging Republican faction violated laws

Raw Story  

A government watchdog organization is accusing the Georgia State Election Board of violating the Georgia Open Meetings Act by holding a meeting on short notice to advance election rule changes ahead of the Nov. 5 election. American Oversight filed a lawsuit Friday in Fulton County Superior Court accusing conservative appointed election board members Rick Jeffares, Janice Johnston, and Janelle King …

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‘Should never have come to this’: What’s next as Henry steps down in Haiti?
9 months, 1 week ago

‘Should never have come to this’: What’s next as Henry steps down in Haiti?

Al Jazeera  

Experts say Haitians need to lead political process after PM Henry’s resignation, as uncertainty and tensions swirl. The leaders of Haiti’s armed groups, one of whom had said the country would face a “civil war” if Henry did not resign, have yet to comment on the prime minister’s announcement. The resignation came after a group of Caribbean nations known as …

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Denver's hospitals are at risk of COLLAPSE because of migrant crisis, with one health system providing $17M of unpaid care in just three months
10 months, 1 week ago

Denver's hospitals are at risk of COLLAPSE because of migrant crisis, with one health system providing $17M of unpaid care in just three months

Daily Mail  

Denver's hospitals are at risk of collapsing due to out-of-control immigration, with one healthcare system providing $17 million in free care in just three months. The city's main public hospital, Denver Health, has already plunged deep into the red after patients received $136 million in treatment they couldn't pay for, bosses warned. It comes as the Colorado city's Mayor Mike …

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Denver nears its breaking point as migrants and the cold pile in
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Denver nears its breaking point as migrants and the cold pile in

CNN  

Denver CNN — This is what an overwhelmed city can look like: a preschooler sleeping under a bridge for a month; crowds lining up each night to get food and shelter; and the mayor calling out for help. “The federal government could provide next to no support to cities if all these folks have work authorization, because they’d be supporting …

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Delaware judge limits scope of sweeping climate change lawsuit against fossil fuel companies
11 months, 1 week ago

Delaware judge limits scope of sweeping climate change lawsuit against fossil fuel companies

Associated Press  

— A judge has rejected several claims lodged by Delaware’s attorney general in a lawsuit alleging that the fossil fuel industry has downplayed the risks of climate change. While refusing to dismiss come claims, Superior Court Judge Mary Johnston ruled, for example, that the federal Clean Air Act preempts the state’s claims seeking damages for injuries resulting from out-of-state or …

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Victoria Park MP Hannah Beazley to replace Bill Johnston in WA cabinet reshuffle
1 year ago

Victoria Park MP Hannah Beazley to replace Bill Johnston in WA cabinet reshuffle

ABC  

It took Hannah Beazley four attempts and eight years to follow her family's well-worn path into politics, but her rise through the ranks since has been far quicker, with the first-term MP on Thursday promoted to state cabinet. Despite Labor's internal workings effectively giving the cabinet seat to Ms Beazley after the right faction met on Monday afternoon, it had …

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WA's Mines, Petroleum and Energy Minister Bill Johnston resigns from state parliament
1 year ago

WA's Mines, Petroleum and Energy Minister Bill Johnston resigns from state parliament

ABC  

Western Australia's Energy Minister Bill Johnston has announced he is stepping down from cabinet next week and will not seek re-election in the 2025 state election. Key points: Bill Johnston has announced his resignation from Roger Cook's cabinet He will serve as the member for Cannington until the 2025 election Premier Cook described him as a "giant of the Labor …

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Big city mayors get audience with administration officials to pitch a request for help with migrants
1 year, 1 month ago

Big city mayors get audience with administration officials to pitch a request for help with migrants

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Biden administration officials hosted big city mayors at the White House on Thursday to discuss how to manage a growing number of migrants, one day after those leaders sent a letter asking for more federal help. Denver Mayor Mike Johnston and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson met with White House chief of staff Jeff Zients and Homeland Security Department …

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