Legislative panel supports measures allowing State Capitol Police to create 20 more positions A legislative panel on Tuesday advanced measures that would allow the State Capitol Police to create 20 more positions in fiscal year 2024 that ends June 30 and in fiscal 2025 starting July 1 to ... 04/23/2024 - 12:33 pm | View Link
North Carolina man sentenced to six years in prison for attacking police with pole at Capitol A North Carolina man who became a fugitive after a federal jury convicted him of assaulting police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot has been sentenced to six years in prison ... 04/23/2024 - 10:33 am | View Link
Iowa lawmakers pass $8.9 billion budget for the coming year The Iowa state budget includes increased salaries for judges, funding for a new state Division of Special Education, and funding for Iowa’s state parks. 04/20/2024 - 12:30 am | View Link
Jackson man held for alleged rape Scott Christy, 56, of Jackson was charged Saturday, April 6, with first-degree rape or attempted rape and third-degree assault. Police say the alleged victim called 911 and whispered her street ... 04/8/2024 - 6:00 pm | View Link
Former Capitol Police officer warns that ‘nothing is preventing’ another Jan. 6 Accountability has not been had at the highest level of January 6. So there is nothing preventing January 6 from happening again.” ... 04/6/2024 - 2:41 pm | View Link
Self-declared Governor of the Terrible Sand Kingdom of Arizonastan Kari Lake, talking to some IDAHO newspaper, flipped again. I guess she was hoping that the Terrible Sand People of Arizonastan don’t read the papers from there:
In an interview with the Idaho Dispatch on Saturday, Lake described the recent court decision upholding the 1864 law: “The Arizona Supreme Court said this is the law of Arizona.
“A political arm of Planned Parenthood is launching a $10 million voter engagement campaign in North Carolina to elect candidates in favor of abortion rights this year as reproductive rights surge further into the 2024 spotlight,” The Hill reports.
“Speaker Mike Johnson was drowned out by booing crowds during a speech at Columbia University where he condemned the ongoing student protests against the Gaza war,” CNBC reports.
“Johnson called on Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to resign if she could not restore order to the campus and said he would urge President Biden to take executive action against the protesters.”