A surprise motion to censure Winnetka Park District Commissioner Colleen Root passed Thursday night despite residents praising her work representing them amid the Elder/Centennial beach project controversy. The 5-2 vote saw Commissioner Cynthia Rapp joining Root against the censure. The measure limits Root’s scope as a commissioner, only allowing her to attend meetings and vote […]
Oklahoma County Republicans on Saturday censured U.S. Sen. James Lankford over his work on a failed border security deal. The overwhelming vote to censure the senior Republican senator came at a party convention in Oklahoma City. “The people have spoken,” the county party chair, Ken Warner, told The Oklahoman. “It’s really because he’s said he’s […]
The Texas Republican Party on Saturday censured House Speaker Dade Phelan “for lack of fidelity to Republican principles and priorities” in yet another example of intraparty warfare heading into the March primary election in which the embattled leader of the Legislature’s lower chamber is at the center. In a terse news release, the state party said it was […]