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The Virginia House of Delegates commended the Laurel Hill Park Volunteer Team (PVT) by Joint Resolution 257, delivered by Del. Kathy Tran (D-42), in a brief presentation ceremony on Dec. 12 in the Lorton Park. The Resolution recognized the Laurel Hill PVT for its “mission to make Laurel Hill Park as beautiful and inviting as possible and to protect the park’s pristine nature, wildlife, birds, and plants…” The group had been recognized by Fairfax County in 2019, with the Elly Doyle Spec...

Predictions from our attorneys in the practice areas that affect employers. NOTE FROM ROBIN: The following went out as a legal bulletin on Thursday. Im reproducing it here for those of you who do not subscribe to our bulletins. My most sincere thanks to all of the attorneys who contributed to this! EDITOR’S NOTE: This week, the Electoral College confirmed the election of Joseph R. Biden as President. We asked our practice group heads and subject matter experts to provide their views on what a...

AP Photo/Mic Smith House Democrats took an absolute shellacking on Election Day, and one of their many casualties was South Carolina Rep. Joe Cunningham. While he won the historically red 1st Congressional District race in 2018 in an upset, Cunningham lost to GOP nominee Nancy Mace last month by about 5,400 votes. Cunningham (who is not to be confused with RedState’s beloved senior editor Joe Cunningham) gave a rather contradictory farewell speech on the floor of the U.S. House earlier this w...

Posted at 4:37 pm on December 18, 2020 by Brad S. When it comes to showing respect for our political institutions far too many in this country do so.  Yesterday was an impressive day for proper disrespect when outgoing South Carolina Representative Joe Cunningham gave his floor speech. Regardless of political affiliation you have to appreciate someone who comes up with a very appropriate send off in Congress, decorum be damned. �� we updated @jiveDurkey’s voice tweet to include *automati...

Bedke: Session to begin on schedule unless two-thirds vote to change rules Clark Corbin, IdahoEdNews.org Updated at Share This BOISE (IdahoEdNews.org) — Responding to a growing number of people requesting the upcoming legislative session be delayed until a vaccine is widely available, House Speaker Scott Bedke said it would take a two-thirds vote to change the rules. Citing the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Brad Little said last week legislators should seriously consider delaying the session o...

By Leia IdlibyDec 17th, 2020, 1:41 pm Outgoing Rep. Joe Cunningham (D-SC) toasted the “spirit of bipartisanship and cooperation” on the House floor Thursday, cracking open a beer and raising a glass to end his farewell speech. Although only water is allowed on the House floor, Cunningham tactfully hid the can in his jacket pocket until his address. “Our country is facing some serious issues right now, and our country would be much better served if Democrats and Republicans could come to...

SunStar + "WHAT a great blessing to receive at Christmas time!" Thus said Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia in reaction to his belated receipt Monday [December 14] of the joint resolution approved by Ombudsman Sammuel Martires last August 6, 2019 yet, dismissing graft and administrative charges filed against him and seven other city officials. The cases were docketed as OMB-V-C-17-0192 and OMB-V-A-17-0185 and filed by the Field Investigation Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas on the basis o...

Letter to the editor: Dissenters should suggest alternatives to Maine’s state of emergency A legislator’s declaration of resistance undercuts his expressed wish for Republicans and Democrats to work together on a solution. Share Rep. Peter Lyford of Eddington, in the Dec. 11 Republican Weekly Radio Address, belies his call for a “true bipartisan response and shared decision-making” by promising not to “give up trying … to force Gov. Mills, or legislative Democrats, to do (what) the...

Published December 15, 2020, 1:32 PM TACLOBAN CITY – The province of Leyte will not accept locally stranded individuals (LSIs) until the end of December, a report from the office of the Leyte provincial governor said on Tuesday. Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico “Mic” L. Petilla told the Manila Bulletin that the Regional Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Disease (RIATF8) and the Regional Task Force on COVID-19 (RTF8), in Joint Resolution No. 42 dated November 25, 2020, appro...

By Rabbi Prince Joseph Tomoonh-Garlodeyh Gbaba, Sr., Ed. D. Introduction Liberia is Africa’s oldest ‘Democratic Republic’. What this means in legal and constitutional terms is that as a Democratic Republic the decisions that govern the people of Liberia are made or should be made by MAJORITY of the Liberian people, not one or two individuals but the overwhelming majority of the Liberian taxpayers and eligible voters. Therefore, being a democratic nation, it also means the power is squarel...