Last month’s mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, have produced a groundswell for change in Congress.
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Testimony about threats rings familiar for election workers in U.S.
Secretaries of state and election clerks around the country say the stories told to the Jan. 6 panel on Tuesday could easily have been their own.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics
Here is how Biden’s proposed gas tax holiday would work
If savings from the 18.4 cents-a-gallon federal tax on gas are fully passed along to consumers, drivers would save about $2.76 for a 15-gallon fill-up.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Ginni Thomas responds to House’s Jan. 6 committee; hearings stretch into July
Among other new evidence, the House’s Jan. 6 committee is reviewing new documentary film footage of President Trump’s final months in office, obtained through a subpoena.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Ukraine expects EU to support its bid to join bloc in ‘crucial moment’
European officials have said that Ukraine has already implemented about 70 percent of the European Union’s rules, norms and standards, but have also pointed to corruption and the need for deep political and economic reforms.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
‘Nowhere I feel safe’: Election officials recount threats
Georgia election worker Shaye Moss and her mother Ruby Freeman told the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack how Trump’s false claims fueled threats.
Posted inElection 2022, Uncategorized
Wilton recount determines Wells winner
In the first count conducted following the Tuesday, June 14, election, Mike Wells won with just one more vote than candidate Cherieann Harrison.
Posted inCommunity, Elections, Local Elections, Maine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Residents approve $13.4 million budget for Pittsfield-area school district
Residents of the three School Administrative District 53 towns — Burnham, Detroit and Pittsfield — voted 240 to 124 last week to approve the district budget.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, News, Politics
Watch live: Jan. 6 panel to hear from officials Trump pressured to overturn election results
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is to testify about Trump’s phone call asking him to “find 11,780” votes that could flip the state to prevent Biden’s election victory.
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House Jan. 6 panel to hear from Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger, others Trump pushed
Embattled Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is scheduled to testify about Trump’s phone call asking him to ‘find 11,780’ votes that could flip the state to prevent Biden’s election victory.