The checks and balances between California (Surfing) governor’s veto was overturned. Researchers at the state Senate Office of Research report there have been 8,710 vetoes in the last four decades, but none have been overridden by the Senate and Assembly. That period of unquestioned gubernatorial power has spanned the tenure of six governors — three California (Surfing)’s government leadership was split between Democrats have held a majority of seats in…
AUSTIN — It was almost midnight and Bryan Hughes, the usually unshakable state senator from East Texas, paced his Austin hotel room.
His cellphone buzzed with text messages. Every few seconds, he pressed the screen to refresh the U.S. Supreme Court website.
There, on the eve of Sept. 1, Hughes would soon learn whether the country’s strictest abortion ban, a driving goal of his career, would live or die.
This…
CANANDAIGUA, NY — Psst … we’ll let you in on a little secret about Certified Master Chef Dale Miller’s appearance at Aubergine, where Miller will be hosting free, live cooking demonstrations followed by a meet and greet between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16.
Miller is one of only 68 certified master chefs in the country and brings with him years of extensive training and experience as a…
It appears that former 8chan administrator and QAnon mega-celebrity Ron Watkins is considering a run for Congress in Arizona.
Watkins, who many believe may be the source of the conspiracy theory after he appeared to out himself as Q to the documentary filmmaker Cullen Hoback earlier this year, apparently filed a “statement of interest” form Wednesday with the Arizona Secretary of State to run as a Republican in the state’s…
The clash of seasons continues with temperatures above average in the East and below average out West. That is about to change and CNN Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri has the details.
Today is Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. Let’s get caught up.
Here are today’s top stories, celebrity birthdays and a look back at this date in history:
TOP STORIES
Police walk at the scene after an attack in Kongsberg, Norway, Wednesday,…
The strangest thing about the case of Tina Peters, Mesa County’s gone-completely-rogue clerk, is that it’s not strange at all.
Sure, it’s weird. I mean, it’s beyond weird that any public official would ally herself so directly, and so publicly, with the gone-completely-nuts MyPillow Guy, Mike Lindell, who has attempted to turn her into a martyr, and minor celebrity, for the Big Lie cause.
As we all know, Lindell whisked…
Today, Raman faces a much more serious challenge: Every 10 years, the city redraws the council districts to reflect demographic changes in the most recent census. In meetings with the public, the redistricting commission is currently presenting its redrawing of the map, a vast majority of which will remain more or less the same, reflecting a relatively stagnant period in the city.
Only two of the city’s 15 districts may…
WANTED: one honest, decent, middle-class politician who doesn’t want to be a rich celebrity.
Just imagine Bronx-born, feminist Democratic Rep. Bella Abzug showing up to a $35,000-a-plate dinner in a dress that cost more than some people in her district made a year? And then staying for the pathetic vegan dinner to hobnob with the unimaginably wealthy celebrities and other “elites”?
That’s what Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez did at the…
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