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Carl P. Leubsdorf: A study in contrasts of where the 2 parties are going

When Washington’s Gridiron Club announced that Mallory McMorrow would be the Democratic speaker at its winter dinner, a surprising number of the political correspondents in its ranks were baffled.

Tribune News Service · Dec 7, 2022

Landmark trial on Arkansas trans youth medical ban wraps up

The nation's first trial over a ban on gender-confirming care for children has ended and is now in the hands of a federal judge

The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2022

Editorial: On the menu at Mar-a-Lago: Antisemitism

To wallow in a sewer is to smell like one. To consort with noxious racists has the same effect.

Tribune News Service · Nov 30, 2022

Republican control of the House could deepen America's red-blue divide

WASHINGTON — Florida is a "refuge of sanity" and a place where "woke goes to die," Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said after winning reelection last week. California is a "true freedom state" that rejects "demonization coming from the other side," Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom promised.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 17, 2022

Sarah Sanders aims to go from Trump spokeswoman to governor

Sarah Sanders is poised to make the leap from Donald Trump's spokeswoman to Arkansas' next governor

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2022

Governors split on Biden’s call to pardon low-level pot offenders

When President Joe Biden in October granted blanket pardons to more than 6,500 Americans convicted of marijuana possession under federal law, he urged governors to pardon the much greater number of low-level marijuana offenders in their states.

Tribune News Service · Oct 31, 2022

A Sinister Reason May Be Behind Governors' Opposition To Cannabis Legalization

As one Republican governor after another rejects President Biden’s suggestion to pardon simple cannabis possession convictions, one wonders what they're thinking.

Benzinga · Oct 28, 2022

Nineteen Republican governors oppose proposed Project Labor Agreement rule

Nineteen Republican governors wrote a letter to President Biden (D) on October 17, 2022, opposing a proposed federal rule to mandate the use of Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) for federal construction projects. The letter was signed by governors from Arkansas, Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire,…

Ballotpedia · Oct 25, 2022

At debate, Sarah Sanders defends avoiding Arkansas press

Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders is defending her avoidance of local media as she runs for Arkansas governor

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022

Teen: Arkansas trans care law could force him to uproot life

An Arkansas teenager who is receiving hormone therapy says a state ban on such treatments could force he and his family to leave the sate

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022