MAMARONECK VILLAGE — A petition that opposes proposed affordable housing redevelopment of a Prospect Avenue municipal parking area has more than 1,650 signatures. The parking area, known as Hunter Tier parking lot and garage, is close to downtown Mamaroneck Avenue’s lineup of restaurants and stores. Village officials last year sought plans to create affordable housing […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – State Rep. Justin Jones (D-Nashville) will remain on the ballot after a Republican candidate challenged the validity of the signatures on his qualifying petition to run again for the Tennessee General Assembly. Republican candidate for District 52, Laura Nelson, led the push to have Jones removed. DEA proposal to reclassify marijuana […]
TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A Travis County judge issued an order Friday appointing a prosecuting attorney to represent the state in a petition to remove Travis County District Attorney José Garza. In the order, Judge Dip Waldrip appointed the Office of the Bell County Attorney and the Honorable Jim Nichols to represent the state. […]
Former President Donald Trump is trying again on Wednesday to fight his upcoming criminal hush money trial in New York, asking an appeals court to intervene. The Appellate Division First Department docket shows Trump is filing another petition against Judge Juan Merchan, the New York judge overseeing the case. The documents associated with Wednesday’s petition […]
Since at least 2016, a brave, determined, and stalwart group of psychologists and other mental health professionals have been trying to warn the public about Donald Trump’s obvious unwellness and pathological behavior. Based on mountains of public evidence of Trump’s behavior and what he has encouraged in others, these mental health experts concluded that the […]
An effort to recall Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson over his joining the Republican Party failed this week, the city secretary announced Wednesday. Former Dallas City Council candidate Davante Peters launched a petition in early January calling for Johnson’s removal after the mayor announced he was leaving the Democratic Party to join the GOP. In a […]
CHILLICOTHE — The Chillicothe Ross League of Women Voters is passing around a petition in the community to try and end gerrymandering in Ohio. The league is a local nonpartisan group that aims to educate voters during elections. Bart Henshaw with the league said she believes that gerrymandering is wrong, no matter which party is […]
Feb. 29—GOSHEN — A man who was sentenced in 2023 for a murder that occurred Feb. 14, 2022 is returning to Elkhart County Circuit Court. Samuel Byfield was sentenced to 55 years in prison, after pleading guilty but mentally ill. In August 2023, he filed for post-conviction relief and was appointed a state public defender. […]
China’s biggest private property developer Country Garden is facing a liquidation petition, which has been filed in Hong Kong by a creditor. Country Garden failed to repay HK$1.6bn ($204.5m; £161.2m), according to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange filing. The firm, which defaulted on its overseas debt in October, says it will “resolutely oppose” the legal […]
Feb. 19—The Effingham County Board is set to vote on a request annex a subdivision located near Effingham Country Club, Prairie Ace Estates, into the Effingham/Effingham County Enterprise Zone during its meeting Tuesday, Feb. 20. In a 5-2 vote Thursday, the Effingham County Tax and Finance Committee recommended that the board approve the petition for […]
A Florida man accused of forging signatures on petitions to get a new political party officially recognized in Kansas has been arrested. George Andrews, 30 of Dade City, Florida, was arrested on Feb. 10 and has been charged with two counts of election perjury and 28 counts of election forgery for allegedly forging signatures on […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Senate Democrats spent hours Tuesday blocking Republicans from voting on legislation to make it harder for voters to change the state’s constitution. The resolution up for debate would increase the threshold needed to approve a referendum. The initiative petition process is how recreational and medical marijuana became legal. Democrats filibustered for […]