Giorno: 7 Aprile 2023

North Carolina House budget approved, now heads to Senate

Republican lawmakers say their proposed North Carolina budget addresses inflation with big worker raises while spending cautiously, after the state House approved the two-year plan Thursday. The chamber voted 78-38 for the plan, which now goes to the Senate for consideration. The proposed budget would spend $29.8 billion during the fiscal year starting July 1 […]

VP Kamala Harris to make surprise Tennessee visit after 2 Democrats expelled from House

Vice President Kamala Harris will be traveling to Nashville, Tennessee on Friday to meet with Democratic lawmakers who have been expelled from the General Assembly. Harris will meet with Democratic Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, two state lawmakers who were removed from the assembly after leading protests on the House floor following the Covenant […]

GOP gubernatorial candidate Keck proposes using sports betting revenue for school safety

Republican gubernatorial candidate Alan Keck has proposed a new purpose for tax revenue collected from sports wagering in Kentucky, saying the bulk of the money should be used to bolster school safety. Keck, the mayor of Somerset in southern Kentucky, offered his plan Thursday for redirecting future sports betting revenues into school safety initiatives — […]

Tennessee Democrats say House expulsion vote ‘looked like a Jim Crow-era trial’

Members of the Tennessee Black Caucus on Friday condemned the expulsion of two Black Democratic lawmakers by the Republican majority this week, likening Thursday’s vote to a “Jim Crow-era trial.” “This was a kangaroo court,” caucus chairman Rep. Sam McKenzie told reporters at a news conference held in front of the state Capitol building in […]

Probe of Missing Jan. 6 Secret Service Texts Widens

A probe into misconduct allegations by the chief watchdog for the Department of Homeland Security has expanded and is now looking into his role in missing Secret Service text messages from the day of the Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021, The Washington Post is…

Supreme Court Justice Thomas: I Sought to Comply With Disclosure Guidelines

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Friday responded to a media accusation that he failed to report personal hospitality extended by real estate magnate and Republican donor Harlan Crow, saying he was advised at the time that he did not have to report it. The…

Riley Gaines ‘Ambushed’ by Trans Activists

Riley Gaines, a former NCAA All-American swimmer, shot video of herself being ambushed by transgender activists and claims she was hit by one of them.

Salmon Fishing Banned on Much of West Coast

A federal regulatory group has voted to officially close king salmon fishing season along much of the West Coast after near-record low numbers of the fish, also known as chinook, returned to California’s rivers last year.

Indian man rigged music system with explosives that killed groom of former lover: reports

A man in India has been arrested for allegedly gifting a music system rigged with explosives that killed the groom of his former lover, according to reports. On Saturday, one day after the wedding, the groom, identified as 25-year-old Hemendra Merawi, and his brother, 30-year-old Rajkumar, were inside a home unwrapping the system. When they […]

Buenos Aires locals bemoan homeless encampments overrunning major airport

At the start of the long Easter weekend, the airport in Argentina’s capital is eerily quiet before dawn, hours before it will fill with travelers. About 100 people who sleep inside the facility are getting ready to start their day. One of them is ?ngel G?mez, who has been living in the Jorge Newbery International […]