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The former president has persisted in rallying against his election defeat, leaving the Republican Party in a volatile state heading into future elections.

Schmidt honored at SRC Submitted News CANTON—Spoon River College graduate Alex Schmidt was honored with the 2021 Career and Technical Education Program Student Achievement Award during the college’s 60th commencement, celebrated both virtually and with a socially distanced walk-through at the Canton Campus that was live streamed on the college’s YouTube channel. Student Achievement awards are given to students who show individual initiative, personal development, and have made progress to...

Comal Independent School District trustees considered budget reports and approved hiring additional staffers for the 2021-22 school year during their workshop session Thursday. First, they approved one-time COVID-19 resource stipend of $300 for each full-time employee and $150 for all part-time employees at an approximate combined cost of $1,001,010.  David Andersen, district CFO, and Crystal Hermesch, executive director of school finance, reviewed 2020-21 financials and a presented a prelim...

Joe Biden the Boring Radical Quietly Outshines Donald Trump the Predictable Showman On 4/30/21 at 6:00 AM EDT Joe Bidens central pitch ahead of his presidential election victory was simple: To be the antithesis of Donald Trump. As an experienced, career politician—a known entity having been vice president and a veteran senator before that—Biden was sold as a return to normalcy in the White House; a more familiar presidential tone from a unifying centrist Democrat. Gone are the days of late-...

CARROLL TOWNSHIP - With more and more heading outdoors to embrace wildlife as the Biggest Week in American Birding approaches, a group of researchers is hoping for some help from the public with a study of one species they are sure to see and hear — trumpeter swans. According to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service zone biologist Joshua Booker, trumpeter swans across five states, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Iowa and Wisconsin, and Canadian province Manitoba, were equipped with GPS-GSM transmitters ...

Comal Independent School District has a bone to pick with state legislators, who haven’t released COVID-19 funds approved over a month ago. Three federal stimulus packages passed during the pandemic included more than $19 billion for Texas public schools, but state leaders have yet to distribute most of the money. Local districts say they need it to cover pandemic-related costs. A recent non-profit study said Comal ISD is awaiting $23.2 million and New Braunfels ISD $14.7 million in the tw...

The former president recently unloaded on the Senate minority leader, after the Kentucky Republican made public criticisms of him in the wake of his second impeachment trial.

Mitch McConnell, Safe Until 2026, Jumps Into GOP Battles On 2/3/21 at 12:08 PM EST Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has taken charged stances in regard to Republican infighting of late after securing another term in the chamber and staving off any challenge to his seat for the next few years. McConnell defeated Democratic challenger Amy McGrath in December, with his seat in the upper chamber not up for a vote again until 2026. "Now that he has won reelection, McConnell is likely vi...

, a series of reflections on the meaning and legacy of the Trump years. The Trump years changed, in ways large and small, practically everyone—including those who voted for him. Many Trump supporters found themselves questioning their fundamental assumptions about politics, their party, and the American people. Some felt a political awakening so thrilling they embraced Trump’s exhilaratingly loud version of their party, while others felt themselves edged out. Some were filled with a deepeni...

The president faces a Senate trial and the prospect of being barred from holding office, however he might still look to turn the situation and outcome to his advantage.