If both chambers of the legislature were to pass the measure, it would still require the approval of a majority of voters in November. Arizona Mirror , News Partner Posted By Jeremy Duda, Arizona Mirror Proposals that would have made it harder to get citizen initiatives on the ballot and harder for voters to enact them once they got there are unlikely to pass after missing key legislative deadlines. House Concurrent Resolution 2015 , which would have required that ballot measures get at least 60 percent of the vote in order to become law, rather than a simple majority, passed out of the House of Representatives and was on the agenda for Monday’s hearing of the Senate Government Committee. But Sen. Kelly Townsend, the committee’s chairwoman, scratched the measure from the agenda. Townsend told the Arizona Mirror she had concerns about the vote threshold in HCR2015. She did not say whether she would support a … [Read more...] about Proposed Arizona Ballot Measure Restrictions Appear Dead For This Year
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New Law Shields Religious Foster, Adoption Agencies From Discrimination Lawsuits
The Anti-Defamation League expressed concern that the law could have a chilling effect in the Jewish community. Arizona Mirror , News Partner Posted By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow, Arizona Mirror Faith-based adoption and foster care agencies in the state who make decisions based on their religious views are now free to do so without any threat of lawsuits thanks to a new law signed this week, and opponents say that could hurt foster kids across the state. The new law, which Gov. Doug Ducey signed yesterday, protects foster and adoption agencies from religious discrimination, absolving them of how they provide – or deny — services in line with their religious beliefs, and establishes the right of foster parents to use their own religion to raise children in their care. The legislation, Senate Bill 1399 , was championed by a powerful Christian anti-LGBTQ organization as a preemptive shield for … [Read more...] about New Law Shields Religious Foster, Adoption Agencies From Discrimination Lawsuits
DEROY MURDOCK: There’s Nothing ‘Normal’ About Biden’s Border Crisis
Joe Biden became president largely by promising to Make America Normal Again. The shambolic U.S.-Mexico “border” confirms how Biden shattered that promise. There is nothing normal about the coast-to-coast disaster over which he governs, thanks largely to Biden’s deeply abnormal definition of border security. (RELATED: JENNY BETH MARTIN: Lawless Biden’s Border Chaos Wreaks Havoc On American Communities) Under Biden, the southern “border” has become a giant, open-air staging ground from which illegal aliens bludgeon U.S. territorial integrity and national sovereignty. Deroy Murdock U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended 1,671,266 illegal aliens during President Donald J. Trump’s final 27 months in power. In Biden’s first 27 months, they encountered a breathtaking 5,249,144 illegals — up a skin-crawling 314%. In Fiscal Year 2020, the last that Trump fully controlled, 69,000 illegal migrants were detected on the “border” but got away into … [Read more...] about DEROY MURDOCK: There’s Nothing ‘Normal’ About Biden’s Border Crisis
See Future Olympians @ Salisbury’s JumpFest Feb. 3-5
0 This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own. Arts & Entertainment Jumpfest offers three days of heart-pounding excitement and competitions to watch. Janet L. Serra , Community Contributor Posted Reply This year marks the 97th year of Salisbury Connecticut’s annual Ski Jump Competition called Jumpfest where spectators can watch some of the finest potential Olympic hopefuls compete on Satre Hill, at 80 Indian Cave Road in Salisbury, CT. Even if you have no snow where you live, the organizers of this event make it; so get ready to experience a winter wonderland that has a lot of action! “If you have never seen ski jumping live, you have never really witnessed this sport,” said Willie Hallihan, Association Director of SWSA (Salisbury Winter Sports Assoc.) “The hint of frost in the air, the cacophony of ringing cowbells, … [Read more...] about See Future Olympians @ Salisbury’s JumpFest Feb. 3-5
Driver who crashed near White House told officials he was prepared to kill Biden and ‘seize power’
The 19-year-old Missouri man accused of deliberately driving a rented box truck into a White House barrier allegedly told authorities that he admires Nazis and wanted to "seize power" and "kill the president," court documents released Tuesday show. Sai Varshith Kandula, of Chesterfield, Missouri, rented the U-Haul truck Monday night immediately after flying from St. Louis to Dulles International Airport on a one-way ticket, a Secret Service agent said in a statement of facts filed in federal district court in Washington D.C. The statement was included with a criminal complaint charging Kandula with depredation of property of the United States in excess of $1,000. Around 9:35 p.m., he drove the vehicle onto a sidewalk outside the White House and into a metal barrier just north of the White House, according to the document. Kandula put the truck in reverse and crashed into the barrier a second time before United States Park Police officers took him into custody, the … [Read more...] about Driver who crashed near White House told officials he was prepared to kill Biden and ‘seize power’
Florida man who lost arm in alligator attack behind a bar now in ‘fair’ condition, hospital confirms
close Video Massive alligator spotted in ocean along Alabama shore Matt Harvill captured the moment a large alligator swam inches along the shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico near an Alabama beach. A 23-year-old Florida man who was attacked two days ago by an alligator outside an establishment near Fort Myers, Florida, has been listed in "fair" condition as he's treated at Gulf Coast Medical Center following a limb amputation, Fox News Digital confirmed on Tuesday, May 23. "We responded at about 1:40 Sunday morning to the address there behind the Banditos Bar for an animal bite," Todd Dunn, public information officer for Charlotte County Fire and EMS, told Fox News Digital of the May 21 incident. "Once we arrived, we started treating a male patient for an amputation of his right arm above the elbow. We put him on a helicopter and they flew him to Fort Myers." FLORIDA MAN'S ARM AMPUTATED AFTER 10-FOOT ALLIGATOR ATTACKS OUTSIDE BAR NEAR … [Read more...] about Florida man who lost arm in alligator attack behind a bar now in ‘fair’ condition, hospital confirms