By Brady Sidwell / columnist
Dec 20, 2020
Itâs the most wonderful time of the year market watchers! The markets will be closed next Friday for Christmas Day and so this will be my last chance, in print at least, to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas!
Speaking of family, mine expanded this week with the welcome addition on Monday at 5:23 p.m. of Henry Raymond Sidwell. He is a bundle of joy to finish the most unusual year of our lifetime.
There are now two COVID-19 vaccines emergency approved. We were surprised that the Pfizer vaccine reached Enid, Okla., as early as Tuesday afternoon with our nurses receiving the first shots. While not everyone, including medical staff, is yet convinced, the equity markets continued to march higher with confidence.
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Dec 16, 2020 07:05 PM EST
With the vote of the Electoral College Monday, many of the congressional GOP or Grand Old Party leaders who for weeks have resisted referring to Joe Biden as president-elect are now acknowledging the contest for the White House is over.
Biden has officially secured the presidency after the 55 votes from California s electors put him above the 270-threshold needed to win. Electoral College members cast their ballots on Monday.
With the vote of the Electoral College Monday, many of the congressional GOP or Grand Old Party leaders who for weeks have resisted referring to Joe Biden as president-elect are now acknowledging the contest for the White House is over.
Chip Akridge has built 20M SF of office in the D.C. area over the last four decades, and he has always started construction on a speculative basis, confident that the building will lease up once the project is under construction.
That confidence is now waning, as record-high vacancy in the District makes the founder and chairman of development firm Akridge more hesitant to start new office projects. Bisnow/Jon Banister Akridge founder Chip Akridge The office market in the D.C. area has really dropped off, so we re not excited about building commercial space in the D.C. area anytime soon, Akridge said last week on a
by John Haughey, The Center Square | December 16, 2020 02:00 PM Print this article
A resolution calling on Missouri lawmakers to reject 2020 presidential election results in six states enjoyed a wild ride to adoption in one House committee Monday night but is now dead.
House Resolution 2, sponsored by Rep. Justin Hill, R-St. Charles, passed through the House Special Committee on Government Oversight after a stormy three-hour hearing in a 6-3 vote.
HR 2 states the Missouri House has “no confidence” in Arizona’s, Georgia’s, Michigan’s, Nevada’s, Pennsylvania’s or Wisconsin’s presidential election results and calls upon the six states to “conduct investigations into voter fraud and if they do not, we demand that Congress refuse to certify their electors.”
Reality bites for Republicans as senators FINALLY admit Joe Biden is president-elect - but Lindsey Graham says there is still a very narrow path for Donald Trump to stay president
A handful of Republicans are finally calling Joe Biden the president-elect after the Electoral College cemented his victory by casting votes on Monday At some point you have to face the music, Senate Majority Whip John Thune of South Dakota said Monday. It s time for everybody to move on
At least five other Republican senators who previously had not acknowledged Biden s victory did so following the vote
Senator Lindsey Graham, however, still believes there is a very narrow path for President Donald Trump to overturn the election results through legal channels