Senate mulls next step in auditing 2.1M ballots
These are the 2.1 million ballots cast in November in Maricopa County, loaded onto a truck and ready for delivery to the Senate which may not be able to handle them. PHOTO COURTESY MARICOPA COUNTY
Pallets of ballots sit on trucks in Phoenix as senators figure out what to do next, three months after they declared they wanted their own audit of the presidential election.
The 28 tons of paper packed in hundreds of neatly stacked boxes with nowhere to go serve as a visual representation of the Senate’s audit attempt, which has been full of setbacks and false starts since it began. Republican senators have alternately plunged ahead drafting a resolution to arrest the Maricopa County supervisors who blocked their way and announcing they hired an auditor and fallen back, losing a vote on their contempt resolution and denying they ever selected an auditor after public pressure.
Growing up in the Triad, Mason Via and Presley Barker were familiar with the careers of each other as fellow musicians and singer/songwriters but had never met until they auditioned
Audit finds some gardaí paid for being in two different places at same time
The report says the health of officers and the public were placed at “significant risk” due to the amount of hours worked by some gardaí. By Ken Foxe Thursday 4 Mar 2021, 3:43 PM Mar 4th 2021, 3:43 PM 43,359 Views 38 Comments
Image: PA
Image: PA
AN OFFICIAL AUDIT of garda payroll found evidence that some officers were paid for performing duties at different locations at the same time.
The report also said the health and safety of both officers and the public were place at “significant risk” because of how many hours some gardaí were working.
After months of anticipation, New Yorkers will finally get to see one of their own enter the judges room on American Idol and sing her heart out.
American Idol released its first trailer for this year s season back in January, and although we didn t get to hear any of her audition during the one-minute clip, New Paltz teenager Laila Mach made an appearance (at 0:51) as she showed her family her golden ticket to Hollywood. I m thrilled that I will be on the show this season, the high school sophomore told the New Paltz Arts in the School Association. I m so glad I have never given up on my goals, even when I ve been told no in the past. I m looking forward to all good things ahead!
Symphony announces upcoming concerts
HICKORY â The Western Piedmont Symphony announces two âConcerts for the Communityâ to unite through music Saturday, March 6, and Saturday, April 24, at the Drendel Auditorium on the SALT Block and via livestream at 7:30 p.m.
Each concert will highlight incredible music, covering a wide range of styles that also create many important partnerships related to the music. Thirteen cultural organizations feature as part of these collaborations in pre-recorded videos prior to each piece of music.
Partner organizations for these performances include the Hickory Choral Society, Greater Hickory Ministerial Alliance, Hickory Area Ministers, Green Room Community Theatre, Catawba Valley Camera Club, Hickory Museum of Art, Womenâs Resource Center, Catawba Science Center, Hickory Public Library, Footcandle Film Society, Greater Hickory International Council and Hickory Ballet & Performing Arts.