Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation.
NASA Names Leaders to Key Agency Roles
February 1, 2021 GMT
NASA Logo. (PRNewsFoto/NASA) (PRNewsFoto/) (PRNewsfoto/NASA)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ NASA has named appointees for senior agency positions. Bhavya Lal joins the agency as acting chief of staff, Phillip Thompson will serve as White House liaison, Alicia Brown will serve as associate administrator for the Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, and Marc Etkind will serve as associate administrator for the agency’s Office of Communications. In addition, Jackie McGuinness will join the agency as press secretary and Reagan Hunter will serve as special assistant for the agency’s Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs.
New bill banning firearms near polling places passes the Virginia House (Source: WAFB) By Caitlin Piemme | January 26, 2021 at 6:35 PM EST - Updated January 26 at 8:29 PM
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - The Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill banning firearms within 40 feet of polling places to prevent voter intimidation. The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence has been working on this for more than a year.
“Studies that come in show that guns at polling places chill people’s freedom to really feel safe and exercising this very fundamental right,” said Brady President Kris Brown. “So I would say what we saw come out of the House of Delegates, and we’re so happy to see this passage, is the culmination of work we’ve been doing.”
Skip to main content
D.C. statehood, finally? Inside the effort by a new generation of savvy activists to make it happen.
Nora Caplan-Bricker, The Washington Post
Jan. 27, 2021
FacebookTwitterEmail 6
1of6Ty Hobson-Powell, a lead organizer for 51 for 51.Photo by André Chung for The Washington Post.Show MoreShow Less
2of6A sign describes the mission of 51 for 51. The organization s platform argues that a simple Senate majority of 51 votes should be sufficient to make D.C. the 51st state.Photo by André Chung for The Washington Post.Show MoreShow Less
3of6
4of6Demi Stratmon and Jamal Holtz, two of the lead organizers for 51 for 51.Photo by André Chung for The Washington Post.Show MoreShow Less
Paul Helmke, former president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, agreed.
“Indiana already does too little to keep loaded guns out of public places and out of the hands of dangerous people. This bill would make us all less safe,” the former Republican mayor wrote in an email.
No license is required to buy a firearm in Indiana, but one is required for open or concealed carry. Individuals with a conviction for a felony or misdemeanor domestic battery are ineligible, and a license can also be denied in other prescribed situations.
HB 1396 is one of four so-called “constitutional carry” bills proposed by the Republican supermajority, but this one is authored by Auburn Republican Ben Smaltz and co-authored by Rep. Matt Lehman, R-Berne, two powerful members of the House majority. Smaltz is chairman of the House Public Policy Committee, where his bill is assigned and was scheduled to be heard Wednesday. Ironically, the session was canceled over concerns for violence sp