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After a series of 10 election oversight meetings following the 2020 general election, Pennsylvania lawmakers must decide what changes, if any, they will try to implement to the state's election process.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov holds the first joint session of two chambers of National Assembly Politics Published 14.04.2021 154 The opening ceremony of the office of the People’s Council, which hosted the first session of new chamber of National Assembly of Turkmenistan of the first convocation, was held in Ashgabat. President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has taken part...

FOR Back in 2004, the Austin Firefighters Association (IAFF Local 975), then led by future City Council Member Mike Martinez, won voter approval to exercise the collective bargaining rights available to police and fire unions under Texas law. For more than a decade thereafter, the AFAs political influence continued to grow, as a more progressive force than its police counterpart – but it still was often stymied in labor negotiations with City Hall. Three of the last six rounds of contract tal...

If you tried to find out what recently happened in court ending the criminal case against former GOP Congressman Tom DeLay, almost all the results that come up are from conservative sites. The left-wing news media deliberately ignored the story of his total legal exoneration earlier this month. Contrast this with the multiple, lengthy front-page articles than ran for years gleefully covering the progression of the politically motivated attacks on him. I saved an article taking up the top half o...

Fact check: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick claims nothing has changed with early voting in Texas Brandon Mulder, PolitiFact FacebookTwitterEmail Steve Gonzales, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick stood before reporters during a Tuesday morning news conference in which he excoriated Democrats and many in the media for spreading "lies" about Senate Bill 7, a measure that would restrict voting access in the state. "The left, the Democrats, many in the media, some in this room, ...

• 1 hour ago Matt Rourke / AP Yes, there’s another election day just around the corner. It’s May 18. And, in fact, thanks to no-excuse mail ballots, widespread voting is already open. In addition to deciding local races, voters this year will elect a slew of new judges to Pennsylvania’s three statewide appellate courts — judges who will no doubt shape important policy in the state for at least the next decade. These are some of the most powerful positions in state governm...

PolitiFacts ruling: Pants on Fire Heres why: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick stood before reporters during a Tuesday morning news conference in which he excoriated Democrats and many in the media for spreading "lies" about Senate Bill 7, a measure that would restrict voting access in the state. “The left, the Democrats, many in the media, some in this room, across the state, across the country, have changed the word sadly from ‘voter security’ to ‘voter suppression or ‘voter restriction,�...

Ontiveroz confident hell be next Glendale Heights president Mike Ontiveroz Updated 4/8/2021 6:16 PM Mike Ontiveroz is confident he will become the next village president of Glendale Heights, despite incumbent Linda Jacksons efforts to keep the seat. On Thursday, Ontiveroz had a 57-vote lead over Chodri Ma Khokhar with 877 votes counted, according to unofficial results from the DuPage County clerks office. Votes for Jackson havent been counted because of an April 2 decision by the Il...

Fact-check: Dan Patrick insists that SB 7 doesnt change early voting rules. Is he right? Brandon Mulder, Austin American-Statesman Dan Patrick: “Nothing has changed in the election code (under SB 7) regarding early voting. Nothing has changed."  PolitiFacts ruling: Pants on Fire Heres why: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick stood before reporters during a Tuesday morning news conference in which he excoriated Democrats and many in the media for spreading "lies" about Senate Bill 7, a...

IG asks officers to ensure security during NA 75 Daska by-poll By Inam Ghani says providing security is important national responsibility for supervisory officers of Punjab Police.  IGP asks officers to not spare any effort in ensuring security as per the ECP instructions. IGP says command officers themselves should go out in the field to ensure security arrangements. LAHORE: Inspector General of Punjab Police Inam Ghani chaired a meeting at his office on Wednesday about the security plan of ...