Steube’s office aids constituents In reference to “Constituent can’t reach Steube,” a letter published March 31: As the elected representative for Florida’s 17th congressional district, I take seriously my duty to serve Floridians in Sarasota, Charlotte and Lee counties. I value your opinions and can personally assure you, the phone calls and letters of every single […]
By Koh Gui Qing OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) – When Greg Abel succeeds Warren Buffett at the helm of Berkshire Hathaway, he is expected to preserve the culture at the behemoth even if he does not match the star power of his legendary boss. A 25-year Berkshire veteran, Vice Chairman Abel, 61, is expected by investors […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a defiant statement Sunday, vowing that the demands made by student protesters at the University of Texas at Austin for the school divest itself from companies manufacturing weapons for Israel, and calling for the resignation of UT president Jay Hartzell, will “NEVER happen.” “This will NEVER happen,” Abbott wrote on […]
Father Greg Boyle, a Jesuit Catholic priest who founded the Homeboy Industries gang intervention program in Los Angeles, will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States. Boyle is one of 19 recipients who will be honored Friday at the White House by President Joe Biden. The honorees include […]
Apr. 29—MABEL, Minn. — Rep. Greg Davids, the state’s longest-serving GOP state representative, was defeated by challenger Gary Steuart for the GOP Party’s endorsement to represent House District 26B in southeastern Minnesota during its convention. Davids was first elected in 1991 and has served 16 non-consecutive terms. Steuart, a rural Mabel business owner, said Davids […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday directed the state’s education agency to bypass a revised anti-discrimination law from President Joe Biden’s administration set to go into effect on Aug. 1. Since 1972, Title IX has prohibited discrimination at federally funded schools “on the basis of sex,” but this month the Biden administration announced a […]
NEW YORK — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was in New York City for a Republican gala on Thursday, facing criticism over the busing of migrants to our area. The latest numbers released by Texas officials in March show the state has now transported more than 105,000 migrants to sanctuary cities since 2022, and the topic […]
Police and emergency crews responded to a trailer fire in Wilson County early Sunday that contained bibles, according to the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators believe the trailer, located at the intersection of Old Lebanon Dirt Road and Chandler Road near Global Vision Bible Church led by Pastor Greg Locke, was intentionally set on fire […]
This article was originally published in The Texas Tribune. Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday urged school voucher supporters to make the final push in the May primary runoff elections to bring a pro-school voucher majority to the Texas House. Delivering the opening speech at an annual conservative policy conference in Austin, Abbott declared that the […]
Ras Baraka couldn’t be less like Ron DeSantis or Greg Abbott. A Black Democrat raised by activist poets, he is the mayor of New Jersey’s largest city, Newark, and proclaimed it a sanctuary city in the Trump era, ran a guaranteed income program and expanded opportunities to vote. But he sees a chance to be […]
EAGLE PASS, Texas — Since the start of the Biden administration, Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas has mounted an increasingly brazen challenge to the federal government over immigration, questioning the notion, long upheld by federal courts, that it is Washington, and not border states, that sets immigration policy. Abbott has been able to notch some […]
AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott was blunt when asked about President Joe Biden’s performance at the State of the Union address. “I give it an ‘F’ for failure,” he said Friday in an interview at the governor’s mansion. “There’s a number-one issue in America and that’s securing the border. … It’s an issue on […]