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Month: October 2024

Missouri abortion-rights campaign fundraising total at $22M one month before election

Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A campaign to enshrine abortion rights in the Missouri Constitution has raised close to $22 million. Campaign reports filed Tuesday show Missourians for Constitutional Freedom brought in more than $14 million between July and the end of September. The proposed constitutional amendment would guarantee the right to an

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IV fluid supply disruptions prompt Biden administration to invoke wartime powers to bolster recovery

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Disruptions from Hurricane Helene exacerbated shortages of critical intravenous fluids in the United States, and now the Biden administration has invoked the wartime powers of the Defense Production Act in the latest move to help speed recovery efforts. As the storm swept through western North Carolina last month, it

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Justice Department to monitor voting in Ohio county after sheriff’s comment about Harris supporters

RAVENNA, Ohio (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department will send election monitors to an Ohio county where a sheriff was recently accused of intimidating voters in a social media post. The Justice Department said Tuesday it will monitor Portage County’s compliance with federal voting rights laws during early voting and on Election Day. Federal officials

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Baltimore community school coordinator bridges cultural gap for Bay Brook students

By Denise Koch Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Herelys Parks is considered a loving, caring, supportive cultural bridge for the many Hispanic children and their families at Baltimore’s Bay Brook Elementary/Middle School. Parks, the school’s United Way of Central Maryland community school coordinator, won the Mayor’s Hispanic Heritage Award. A

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Baltimore community school coordinator bridges cultural gap for Bay Brook students

WJZ By Denise Koch Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Herelys Parks is considered a loving, caring, supportive cultural bridge for the many Hispanic children and their families at Baltimore’s Bay Brook Elementary/Middle School. Parks, the school’s United Way of Central Maryland community school coordinator, won the Mayor’s Hispanic Heritage Award.

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