Stay away: Thumbs down on inauguration crowds for Biden
by Ashraf Khalil, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 16, 2020 6:18 pm EDT
Last Updated Dec 16, 2020 at 6:28 pm EDT
WASHINGTON Stay away.
That’s the message from the congressional committee organizing inauguration ceremonies for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris.
A day after Biden’s own organizing committee announced that the swearing-in would take place on Jan. 20 outside the Capitol Building, the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies announced that permitted attendance at the event will be drastically reduced due to COVID-19 precautions.
Instead of the usual 200,000 tickets distributed to members of Congress and passed out to their constituents, organizers will allow just over 1,000 tickets one for each of the 535 members of Congress and one guest each.
By Cedar Attanasio Associated Press / Report For America
Lawyers representing Native American students say New Mexico is violating a 2018 court order in a landmark education case as attempts to boost internet access and provide learning devices are falling short.
The case covers 80% of the state s students, including Native Americans and those who are low-income or disabled.
Lawyers representing the students say educational opportunities would not have been as inadequate had the state complied with the court order and ensured access to technology for all students.
In a motion filed Tuesday, they asked a court to compel the state to provide laptops and internet to students who still lack them.
Thomas L. Friedman: Kamala Harris deserves a more important job Put her in charge of closing the gaps in opportunity, connectivity and learning, and thus in anger and alienation between rural America and the rest of the country. (Lessons from Minnesota.)
By Thomas L. Friedman New York Times December 16, 2020 11:24am Text size Copy shortlink:
I was speaking recently to Matt Dunne, founder of the Center on Rural Innovation, which promotes digital economic development in small-town America, and he was telling me about a Vermont community near his home with a great public library: You could drive by on any Sunday and the parking lot would be full, he said. There was just one problem: The lib
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Trump-ultra loyalist senator Ron Johnson says he WON T object to Electoral College vote after Mitch McConnell told his member protests would split the party and fail – but Josh Hawley hints he might do it
Senator Ron Johnson said he will not join House Republicans by challenging Electoral College votes when Congress certifies the election for Joe Biden I don t think it s going to happen, Johnson told reporters on Capitol Hill Wednesday. I m certainly not going to do it
The comments came after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urged Republican senators in a call Tuesday not to join the House efforts