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Many states have already passed laws and legislation to legally allow the sale and use of marijuana. The question is whether the US will federally legalize the drug. With a recent poll from November 2020, 68% of American residents support the federal legalization of marijuana. Making marijuana legal across the country is something that many are hoping for, but the legalization does not have the support of politicians. Based on this same poll, less than half of conservatives and Republicans supp...

NYC Mayor Candidates Shaun Donovan, Ray McGuire Think Average Brooklyn Home Costs $100K On 5/11/21 at 11:16 AM EDT Two Democratic candidates vying to be the next mayor of New York City, former Citigroup executive Raymond McGuire and former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan, both expressed their belief that the median sales price of a Brooklyn home is at most $100,000. The two joined 14 other Democratic mayoral candidates in speaking with The New York Times for endor...

 | Print this article Two Democratic senators want airlines to eliminate any expiration dates associated with travel credits that were issued to customers for pandemic-related reasons. Sens. Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, both members of the chamber’s Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, told airliners on Monday in a series of letters that they should offer cash refunds for pandemic-related cancellations and urged the companies ...

Incumbents challenged in Beaver Falls mayoral, council race Staff reports © Lucy Schaly/For BCT A voter heads into the polling place at the Monaca Library Tuesday afternoon. BEAVER FALLS – Two Democratic candidates are vying for Beaver Falls’ four-year mayoral seat in the May 18 primary election.  Incumbent Mayor George Quay, who was first appointed to the seat by Beaver Falls City Council in 2012 and re-elected since, is running for his third term. Prior to being appoin...

10 things you need to know today: May 7, 2021 Harold Maass 1. President Biden made a public pitch for support of his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan in strongly Republican Louisiana on Thursday, using a 70-year-old bridge in the city of Lake Charles as a backdrop. Biden has proposed paying for his plan by raising taxes on wealthy individuals and corporations, rejecting the conservative argument that lowering their taxes boosts economic growth. Biden has invited Republicans to ...

PUBLISHED 1:12 PM ET May. 06, 2021 PUBLISHED 1:12 PM EDT May. 06, 2021 SHARE Two Democratic lawmakers in the state Senate and Assembly on Thursday unveiled three bills meant to enhance reporting of hate speech and misinformation online. The bills, backed by Sen. Anna Kaplan and Assemblywoman Pat Fahy, would require social media companies to provide and maintain tools for reporting hate speech as well as misinformation surrounding vaccines ...

  OVERSIGHT MEETING REQUESTED: Two Democratic legislators have called on majority Republicans to hold oversight committee meetings to review Gov. Kim Reynolds’ decision to reject $95 million in federal COVID-19 testing assistance for schools. Sen. Claire Celsi of West Des Moines and Rep. Ruth Ann Gaines of Des Moines, Democratic ranking members on the government oversight committees in the House and Senate, sent a joint letter to the GOP committee chairs seeking the review. In their let...

Fracking ban fails to advance in California Legislature ADAM BEAM, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3File - In this June 28, 2018 file photo State Sen. Scott Weiner, D-San Francisco, talks during a Senate hearing in Sacramento, Calif. California lawmakers on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, rejected a bill that would have banned fracking in the state, succumbing to pressure from the powerful oil and gas industry and their labor union allies who warned the bill would have cost goo...

Dem Senators Propose New Standards to Permanently Increase Unemployment Benefits Job seekers look over job-opening fliers at the Greater Los Angeles Career Expo at the Pasadena Convention Center on May 14, 2009, in Pasadena, California. David McNew / Getty Images Reading List Two Democratic senators are introducing legislation to standardize federal unemployment insurance benefits, and to ensure extra benefits are added during times when unemployment is high across the country. The bill propose...

Photo and Visuals Editor Jared Lennon went to an intersection near the Coral Gables Community center to capture the scene on election day, where supporters for Democratic Nominee Joe Biden and incumbent President Donald Trump represented their candidates on opposing sides of the intersection. Silvio Cordova, a deputy poll worker, sits at the entrance to the Coral Gables Community Center on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Photo credit: Jared Lennon Trump supporters fly Trump campaign flags in a show of support...