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Month: May 2022

Who is Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s Republican secretary of state?

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is being swept into another sensitive political matter, the latest in a series of headline-grabbing incidents for an official whose day-to-day duties typically render the position obscure. The Republican who serves as Georgia’s top elections official on Friday accepted a state judge’s recommendation that Republican

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Thomas says government institutions shouldn’t be ‘bullied’ following leak of draft opinion on abortion

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Justice Clarence Thomas, following the leak of a draft majority opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, said Friday that government institutions shouldn’t be “bullied” into delivering what some see as the preferred outcome. “The events of earlier this week is one symptom of that,” Thomas said. He added

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Indio City Council approves nearly $1 million in community-oriented funding

Indio’s City Council unanimously greenlit the use of nearly $1 million to provide to local organizations responding to homelessness, food needs, and other community-supported purposes. The council approved a total of $956,008.97. $875,000 will come from Community Development Block Grant Funds (CDBG) and $81,008.97 will come from supplemental CARES Act funds (CDBG-CV). City officials said

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