A Republican-authored bill that would require websites hosting pornography and other “material harmful to minors” to verify the age of users was unanimously passed by the Indiana Senate’s Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Senate Bill 17 would mandate that internet users provide proof that they are over 18 before accessing adult content online — for instance, […]
Georgia prosecutors probing Donald Trump’s effort to subvert the 2020 election got an early boost in the spring of 2022. It came from another set of investigators who were way ahead of them: the House Jan. 6 select committee. Committee staff quietly met with lawyers and agents working for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis […]
A North Dakota lawmaker has been stripped of his committee assignment as calls have grown for him to resign after he blasted police with vulgar, homophobic, and anti-migrant language during a traffic stop in which he was arrested on a drunken driving charge. In a letter requested by The Associated Press, Republican House Majority Leader […]
WASHINGTON — Hunter Biden arrived on Capitol Hill on Wednesday morning to attend in person congressional committee meetings called to hold him in contempt of Congress — setting up an unprecedented standoff on live television between the son of the president and House Republicans who have long sought his testimony as part of their impeachment […]
Ukraine’s parliamentary Anti-corruption Policy Committee has identified several problematic provisions in a new bill on conscription that could give rise to corruption risks, MP Anastasia Radina, the head of the committee, said on Facebook on Jan. 8. To mitigate these risks, she outlined the following areas that need improvement: 1. Reject the imposition of the […]
The city of Hagerstown is seeking five members of the community to serve on the CDBG Citizen Advisory Committee for a two-year term beginning in early 2024. The CDBG Citizen Advisory Committee reviews applications for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding for nonprofit public services and recommends allocations to the mayor and council based on […]
Jan. 8—The Delaware County Public Safety Committee discussed building concerns and ambulance service during its monthly meeting Jan. 8. The committee could not vote on anything because it lacked a quorum. Andes Town Supervisor Wayland “Bud” Gladstone and Masonville Town Supervisor Betty Scott attended. Roxbury Town Supervisor Allen Hinkley was absent, and Board Chair Tina […]
Following a meeting on Jan. 8, the Ukrainian parliament’s Anti-Corruption Policy Committee noted possible corruption risks in the government’s mobilization bill, the committee’s head, Anastasiia Radina, told Ukrainska Pravda. The parliamentary body nevertheless recognized the need for mobilization in Ukraine, the lawmaker added. As the military seeks to replenish its ranks amid the full-scale war […]
During its meeting on Monday, 8 January, the Ukrainian Parliament’s Committee on Anti-Corruption Policy recognised the government’s draft law on mobilisation as containing corruption risks. Source: Anastasiia Radina, Chair of the Committee, in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda Details: The official said the committee concluded that conscription was necessary in Ukraine but some draft law […]
Members of the Michigan Republican State Committee voted Saturday to remove the state party chair, Kristina Karamo, saying it is time to “stop the bleeding,” and a change at the top is needed to improve GOP performance in the Nov. 5 election. Mark Forton, chairman of the Macomb County Republican Party, said he has long […]
A resolution to recall MP Mariana Bezuhla, a member of the ruling Servant of the People party, from the deputy head position of the parliamentary Committee on National Security was registered in the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, on Jan. 6. The document was submitted by representatives of the National Security Committee. Read also: ‘Objective component […]
An 11-member committee of local leaders announced its recommendations for an advanced nuclear power plant in Pueblo during a Jan. 5 press conference at Colorado State University Pueblo. The Pueblo Innovative Energy Solutions Advisory Committee (PIESAC) was established by Xcel Energy to solicit recommendations for clean energy generation following Xcel’s planned closure of the coal-fired […]