WRAL: “North Carolina Labor Commissioner Josh Dobson, a 41 year old serving his first term in the statewide office, won’t seek a second one, he announced Tuesday morning. Dobson said he’ll finish his current term. He made the announcement Tuesday morning, during a monthly meeting of North Carolina’s Council of State, a collection of state…
“Gov. Beshear officially files for reelection”
WKYT: “Governor Andy Beshear officially filed papers Monday to run for a second term as governor of Kentucky. His family and Lieutenant Governor Jacqueline Coleman joined him Monday afternoon as he filed the candidacy papers at the Secretary of State’s Office. “This race isn’t going be about anything national, and it’s not gonna be about…
Southern Power Increases as President Pushes Region to Center of DNC Primary Schedule
WaPo: “President Biden has asked leaders of the Democratic National Committee to make South Carolina the nation’s first primary state, followed by New Hampshire and Nevada a week later, and hold subsequent weekly primaries in Georgia and Michigan, according to Democrats briefed on the plans. The tectonic decision to remake his party’s presidential nominating calendar…
“Early voting for Georgia Senate runoff shattered records. Why?”
ABC News: “Early turnout in Georgia’s fast approaching Senate runoff between Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker broke daily voting records three times since polls in all 159 counties opened last Monday. Ahead of the Tuesday runoff, state officials have celebrated the historic feat. Elections experts contextualized those numbers as unusually high because of a voting period that…
“Extending postpartum coverage to Mississippi mothers ‘a no brainer,’ key lawmaker says”
MS Today: “Mississippi can spend about $7 million a year to keep mothers and newborns healthier, or continue to spend tens of millions more dealing with the fallout of having the worst infant and maternal mortality and morbidity in the country, health experts told lawmakers Thursday. “This reminds me of that Midas commercial: Pay me now, or…
“Drugs killed 8 friends, one by one, in a tragedy seen across the U.S.”
WaPo: ““I hate the saying, ‘Everything happens for a reason,’ or ‘It’ll get easier,’ because it doesn’t,” Ellie said. “It doesn’t get easier. Grief and loss never do. I think they just get different. You learn where some days you’re an emotional wreck and others, you don’t think about them as much. Or you think…
“Feds take over Jackson water after failures at the local and state level”
MS Today: “Make no mistake about it – President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice is taking over the Jackson water system because both the city of Jackson and the state of Mississippi have been unable or unwilling to fix it. Perhaps the governor should send Biden, whom he often goes on offense against, a thank…
“Teen Mississippi Rape Victim Forced to Travel 500 Miles For Abortion, Report Says”
MS Free Press: “The parents of a teenage Mississippi rape victim had to travel more than 500 miles to help their daughter obtain an abortion in Illinois, WAPT’s Megan West reported. The family told the local Jackson anchor that they learned their daughter was pregnant three days beyond Mississippi’s legal limit of six weeks. The parents,…
“Virginia Rep. Donald McEachin dies at 61 after colorectal cancer battle”
WaPo: “Rep. A. Donald McEachin (D-Va.) died Monday, just weeks after winning reelection to Congress, his office announced. He was 61. McEachin had represented Virginia’s 4th District, which stretches from Richmond to the North Carolina line, since 2017. Before that, he had served nine years as a state senator and eight as a delegate. “We are…
“We do need to find someone to run against Ted Cruz”
Off the Kuff: “I know I just said that I don’t want to engage in wischcasting for this, and I still don’t. But we do need to be prepared to think about who we want to see run for this nomination, and the sooner the better. It’s still the case that no Texas Republican has…