HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. ( QUEEN CITY NEWS ) — Huntersville commissioners engaged in a heated debate Tuesday night regarding campaign finance contributions from the controversial Lagoona Bay project developer. Through open-records requests, opponents of Lagoona Bay uncovered a series of emails between developer Jake Palillo and town officials. The emails, many of which date back to … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WHNT) — Senator Tommy Tuberville joined six of his Republican colleagues on Wednesday to introduce a bill they say is intended to ‘get politics out of basing decisions’ for U.S. Space Command headquarters. In a statement sent out Wednesday afternoon, Tuberville’s office said the legislation is being introduced to “stop the Biden administration … Read more
SALEM, Va. (WDBJ) – Roanoke College is releasing more results from a recent survey , gauging Virginians’ political anxiety and trust in government. The Institute for Policy and Opinion Research has been tracking political anxiety for several years. The latest survey was conducted in May. Senior Political Analyst Dr. Bryan Parsons says it wasn’t surprising … Read more
From city council seats to the mayor’s office, Asian Americans are gaining influence and representation in Massachusetts politics across the board. Nina Liang was born and raised in Quincy and now serves as Quincy’s first Chinese-American city councilor. “When it came time for college, I wanted to hightail it out of there [Quincy]. I couldn’t … Read more
The stage is now set in Virginia for the most important down-ballot election of 2023 – a battle for control of the split legislature that will offer an important window into the mood of swing-state voters as next year’s presidential race kicks off. One incumbent state senator, an anti-abortion rights Democrat, was ousted in Tuesday’s … Read more
The Nation Magazine
FILE – Geraldo Rivera attends The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Most Powerful People in Media issue celebration on May 17, 2022, in New York. Rivera says he’s quitting as one of the lonely liberal voices on Fox News Channel’s political combat show “The Five.” Rivera, who turns 80 next month, said that a growing tension on … Read more
It was just after Rishi Sunak had answered Stephen Flynn’s first question that the speaker intervened. The SNP leader in Westminster had merely wondered if some of the prime minister’s promises to fix the economy showed that he had been taking honesty lessons from Boris Johnson. This was too much for Lindsay Hoyle. He urged … Read more
Sen. Dianne Feinstein has grown isolated over the years from most members of her California delegation and other Democrats in her home state, feeding a discontent among allies who tell CNN they now wish for a more engaged and energetic senior senator. Dozens of elected California Democrats who might otherwise interact with Feinstein on a … Read more
With a split Legislature, a Republican governor who has all but staked his national ambitions on his ability to help the GOP control both chambers, and, of course, abortion politics, dozens of legislative primaries in Virginia on Tuesday were always bound to offer clues to the state’s political direction. They most certainly did — and … Read more