BID public hearing draws crowds despite scheduling kerfuffle The BID proposal requires two votes from Council, The first is slated for Tuesday, May 14, and the second on Tuesday, June 11. If approved, the governance structure of the BID will be established at a ... 04/25/2024 - 6:59 am | View Link
Detroit ready for its close-up as it hosts the NFL Draft This year's NFL Draft has “taken over” Detroit’s downtown and the league is ready to showcase the city after “planning the event for over a year,” according to Hannah Mackay of the DETROIT NEWS. This ... 04/25/2024 - 3:45 am | View Link
Wojo: Lions and Detroit earned this massive draft party Outside of the Super Bowl, the draft is the NFL’s most-celebrated event, and the impact is witnessed in the streets and written on the walls. 04/24/2024 - 4:07 pm | View Link
University of Houston Downtown celebrates Earth Day with focus on local sustainability As part of The University of Houston Downtown's Earth Month observances, UHD is presenting "From Information to Action: Sustainability Across Houston." The panel discussion, scheduled for Tuesday in ... 04/22/2024 - 9:58 am | View Link
CBID agrees on two downtown Fort Smith improvement projects Commissioners with the Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District have decided to take on two projects presented to the public to help better downtown Fort Smith. The two projects ... 04/18/2024 - 9:40 am | View Link
Although Donald Trump complains that his criminal trial keeps him off the campaign trail, he spent Wednesday — the day when court isn’t scheduled — playing golf and not campaigning, CNN reports.
Critics say the justice should not judge Trump's election-subversion case, because his wife supported overturning the election, attended Trump's Jan6 rally.
“The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted to restore ‘net neutrality’ rules that prevent broadband internet providers such as Comcast and Verizon from favoring some sites and apps over others,” the AP reports.
“The move effectively reinstates a net neutrality order the commission first issued in 2015 during the Obama administration.
“Lawmakers in Alabama passed legislation that could lead to the prosecution of librarians under the state’s obscenity law for providing minors with ‘harmful’ materials,” The Hill reports.
During Thursday's Supreme Court hearing, Trump lawyer John Sauer was made to look foolish trying to defend his claim that the president would get immunity even if he assassinates his political rival.
Justice Sotomayor was not amused.
Sotomayor: Your answer below, I'm going to give you a chance to say if you stay by it – if the president decides that his rival is a corrupt person and he orders the military or orders someone to assassinate him, is that within his official acts for which he can get immunity?
Sauer: It would depend on the hypothetical, but we can see that could well be an official act.
Sotomayor: It could.