By The Admin on February 25, 2009
The mayor of Los Alamitos is coming under fire for an e-mail he sent out that depicts the White House lawn planted with watermelons, under the title “No Easter egg hunt this year.”
Local businesswoman and city volunteer Keyanus Price, who is black, said Tuesday she received the e-mail from Mayor Dean Grose’s personal account on [...]
Posted in Race, White House
By The Admin on February 25, 2009
The people of the District of Columbia were closer Tuesday to gaining the voting rights they were deprived of more than two centuries ago after the Senate agreed to take up a bill giving them a fully vested representative in Congress.
The Senate vote to debate the bill sets the stage for more legislative hurdles and [...]
Posted in Policy & Issues, State & Local News
By The Admin on February 25, 2009
A judge in Detroit delayed making any decision Tuesday on allowing former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to move to Texas, saying he wants a report on his finances.
Wayne County Circuit Judge David Groner adjourned a hearing requested by Kilpatrick’s lawyers, The Detroit News reported. After a closed-door meeting with prosecutors and defense lawyers, Groner said he [...]
Posted in State & Local News
By The Admin on February 25, 2009
Good evening. I’m Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana.
Tonight, we witnessed a great moment in the history of our Republic. In the very chamber where Congress once voted to abolish slavery, our first African-American President stepped forward to address the state of our union. With his speech tonight, the President completed a redemptive journey that took [...]
Posted in Party Politics, White House
By The Admin on February 25, 2009
Sen. Roland Burris refused to resign on Tuesday, rebuffing a call from the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, who argued that the embattled Illinois lawmaker has little hope next year of winning the seat vacated by President Barack Obama.
“I told him that under the circumstances, I would resign,” fellow Illinois Sen. Richard Durbin told reporters after [...]
Posted in Congress
