WaPo: “At least 24 cases of measles have been detected in Gaines County, Texas, the state’s Department of State Health Services (DSHS) said this weekas it warned that additional cases were likely given the highly infectious nature of the disease. None of the 24 infected individuals had been immunized with the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine,…
Month: February 2025
“New York won’t comply with extradition of abortion provider, governor says”
WaPo: “New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said she will not comply with a request to extradite to Louisiana a New York doctor who faces a criminal charge there for allegedly prescribing abortion-inducing drugs despite a near-total abortion ban. Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) on Tuesday signed an extradition warrant for the New York doctor, Margaret DaleyCarpenter, after a Louisiana…
“Jim Guy Tucker, Arkansas governor toppled by loan scandal, dies at 81”
WaPo: “Jim Guy Tucker, a onetime rising star in Arkansas politics who became governor after his predecessor, Bill Clinton, was elected president in 1992 and who resigned four years later after being convicted in a loan fraud case, died Feb. 13 at a hospital in Little Rock. He was 81. His death was confirmed by…
Thousands Across the South Protest Trump Administration
Arkansans show up for nationwide protest against President Trump, Project 2025 agenda Pride flags, signs in Spanish and chants like “Dump Trump” characterized a protest on the steps of the state Capitol Wednesday afternoon where at least 200 Arkansans voiced their opposition to national leadership. The protest was a local grassroots effort shared widely on…
“GOP Judge Jefferson Griffin appeals trial court loss in his effort to throw out votes”
NC Newsline: “Republican Appeals Court Judge Jefferson Griffin officially launched an appeal of a Wake County trial court’s rejection of his effort to throw out more than 60,000 votes. On Monday, Griffin filed notice he is appealing Superior Court Judge William Pittman’s ruling in favor of the state Board of Elections. Griffin trails Democratic incumbent Supreme…
“Fort Liberty Will Be Fort Bragg Again. But There’s a Twist to the Controversial Name”
News & Observer: Less than two years after Fort Bragg officially became Fort Liberty, the North Carolina Army base’s name is changing back to Fort Bragg. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered Army officials Monday to change the name. But it’s not the same soldier for whom the base was initially named. Instead of renaming…
“One of the judges Ken Paxton helped elect wants to reform judicial campaign finances”
Off the Kuff: “David Schenk, the new presiding judge on Texas’ Court of Criminal Appeals, is on a mission to make sweeping changes to the rules governing judicial elections in the Lone Star State. Right now, Schenck points out, anyone can donate to a judge’s political campaign in Texas, even if they are in the middle of…
“‘I am not a robot’: Amazon warehouse workers in Garner [NC] begin weeklong union election”
NC Newsline: “Voting opened at 4 a.m. Monday morning in an election that will determine whether workers in Garner form the first Amazon warehouse union in the South after nearly three years of organizing. Workers will have until Saturday Feb. 15 at noon to cast either a “Yes” vote in favor or a “No” vote…
“The ‘Texas Three-Step’: Defund, Demonize, and Privatize Public Schools”
TX Observer: “Texas state lawmakers have gaveled in and started stepping to the tune of well-funded efforts to pass private school vouchers and undercut public schools. It’s a tired tune that state leaders sang throughout 2023’s lengthy legislative season, though it lacked the backup vocals of thousands of Texas families. Now, with a chorus of…
“Think Edwin Edwards played loose with ethics? Take a look at Jeff Landry’s record after only a year in governor’s office”
LA Voice: “Of course, this is the governor, who after getting in trouble with the State Ethics Board, moved to solve that problem by simply taking over the board. More on that later, but first let’s look at his actions in eradicating homelessness in New Orleans. Actually, I can make it easy for you by…