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The program pairs first-term, enlisted airmen with community members who share similar interests and hobbies. Connecting with people in the community helped build lifelong friendships throughout my career in the military, said Cheyenne Mayor Patrick Collins Chief of Staff Andy Worshek, a 24-year retired U.S. Navy Master Chief.
Get our free mobile app I celebrated my first Thanksgiving away from home in 1985 with a local family that I am still in touch with today, Worshek added. Having that connection was vital for my growth and development.
Adopt an Airman WYO is run by volunteers through the Military Affairs Committee of the Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the base.
The Maui News
Hawai island Sen. Dru Kanuha has been named the new Senate majority leader after former Maui Sen. J. Kalani English retired on Saturday, the Senate announced.
Days after the state Legislature adjourned, the Senate outlined its new leadership and committees, with Sen. Ron Kouchi remaining Senate president and Sen. Michelle Kidani serving as vice president.
Sen. Gil Keith-Agaran, who represents Central Maui, will serve as assistant majority whip along with Sens. Brian Taniguchi and Clarence Nishihara.
Keith-Agaran will retain his roles as vice chair of the Ways and Means Committee and vice chair of the Water and Land Committee. He will also serve on the Higher Education Committee.
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
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Next Tuesday, May 11, at 2:00pm, the Senate State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee is scheduled to consider anti-gun legislation, Senate Bill 256.
Please contact committee members and ask them to OPPOSE this anti-preemption measure.
Senate Bill 256 repeals Colorado’s preemption law that prevents localities from passing their own gun control. This law has ensured that all law-abiding Coloradoans have the same rights regardless of where they reside, and has also ensured that adults licensed to carry a handgun for self-defense are not prevented from doing so just because they seek a higher education. Without it, there will be a confusing patchwork of laws that are difficult to know and obey, and an expansion of arbitrary boundaries where law-abiding citizens are left defenseless.
DENVER â This week, the House State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee is to hear SB247, a measure that attempts to readjust some of the deadline requirements of the newly formed Congressional and Legislative redistricting commissions. Thatâs needed because of a delay in precinct-by-precinct population data from the U.S. Census Bureau that is needed to redraw congressional and legislative district lines, which is done once every 10 years.
n Monday: The House Finance Committee is to hear HB1189, a measure that adds additional protections against air toxins in âcovered facilities.â
n Tuesday: The Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee is to discuss HB1071, a measure that would allow municipalities to go to ranked-choice voting, but only in nonpartisan elections such as city councils. Such voting methods, which are already in use around the nation, allow voters to choose more than one candidate, but by their level of preference. If no ca
Current and former members of the armed forces who are charged with certain crimes and don’t live in areas that have veteran specialty courts can have their cases moved to