RICHMOND – Most of the Hopewell City Council are pushing back against bills from their state lawmakers that were sparked by the city’s contentious back-and-forth with the Youngkin administration over state intervention into Hopewell’s finances. Five of the seven councilors sent a letter Tuesday to the House and Senate committees that vet municipal-related legislation. In […]
Members of the Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union (MCOFU) sent a letter to Governor Healey on Thursday, saying in part they’re “deeply troubled” by the planned closure of MCI-Concord in June. The medium-security men’s prison reportedly employs 300 MCOFU members and houses over 300 inmates. “With the planned closing we are concerned over how this […]
The Chiefs and Royals say they’ve developed a letter of intent with the Jackson County Sports Complex Authority that represents agreement on “virtually all of the principal terms” for their stadium proposals in the county. It illustrates a step forward with one body. But will it be a step far enough with another — you […]
Texas is refusing to comply with a cease-and-desist letter from the Biden administration over actions by the state that have impeded U.S. Border Patrol agents from accessing part of the border with Mexico. In a letter to the Department of Homeland Security, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton rejected the Biden administration’s request for the state […]
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Sunday told Texas to stop impeding U.S. Border Patrol access to a portion of the U.S.-Mexico border that state National Guard took over last week. In a letter to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, obtained by NBC News, Department of Homeland Security General Counsel Jonathan Meyer said a combination […]
A representative of the European Commission has sent the Polish government a letter expressing their concern about the ongoing blockade of the Polish-Ukrainian border, the Polish media outlet RMF24 reported on Jan. 8, citing representatives of the commission. Polish truckers have been blocking three crossings with Ukraine since November 2023 in protest of the EU’s […]
The Lee County NAACP is calling on local prosecutors to bring criminal charges against the Fort Myers police officer who fatally shot Dunbar resident Christopher Jordan last month, citing an anonymous letter accusing the department of a coverup. While speaking in front of the Fort Myers Police headquarters downtown, Lee County NAACP President James Muwakkil […]
In Claudine Gay’s resignation letter on Tuesday, Harvard University’s first Black — and now former — president cited the fear of being “subjected to personal attacks and threats fueled by racial animus” while battling allegations of plagiarism and her congressional hearing comments related to the Israel-Hamas war. But Gay and DEI — or diversity, equity […]
Poland has received a letter from the European Commission demanding that the indefinite embargo on duty-free imports of certain agricultural products from Ukraine be lifted. Source: Czesław Siekierski, the Minister of Agriculture of Poland, reported this to the Polish media Quote from Siekierski: “We have received a letter from the European Commission demanding that the […]
Rickey Smiley is remembering his eldest child, Brandon Smiley, for the light he carried and the lasting impact he left on his family. The 32-year-old tragically passed away from fentanyl and ethanol toxicity at his Alabama home in January. This holiday season marked Rickey’s first without his firstborn. A day after Christmas, the radio personality […]
The student who gunned down 14 people and injured a further 25 in Prague last week before killing himself admitted the murder of a man out walking with his baby a week previously, a police spokesman said on Wednesday. A letter admitting the motiveless double murder had been found during a search of the house […]
In a gray box inside my closet, I have a thick pile of love letters I plan to keep forever. Most are from ex-boyfriends trying to win me back post-breakup. I fantasize about sharing them with a granddaughter when I’m 90 and exaggerating the romance of my youth. “In my day, I broke a lot […]