The state Senate voted 18-13 to pass the joint resolution on Tuesday, deeming the Democratic governor’s emergency health orders “unlawful.” The bill applies not only to Evers’ most recent declaration last week, but to “all actions of the governor and all emergency orders” issued throughout the pandemic, including the statewide …
Read More »California Governor Newsom expected to lift stay-at-home order – reports
Currently, three regions – San Joaquin Valley, Southern California and the Bay Area – are under the stay-at-home order. The Northern California and Greater Sacramento regions were not part of the shelter-in-place measures. The order was issued in early December and applied to regions where intensive care units in hospitals …
Read More »Woman shot during US Capitol siege dies as Virginia governor declares emergency & curfew kicks in
Northam said the curfew – limited to Alexandria and Arlington, both of which border Washington, DC – would extend into Thursday morning and was ordered at the request of the leaders of those towns. He also declared a state of emergency for all of Virginia, hours after the breach at the Capitol …
Read More »New Hampshire governor cancels inauguration ceremony, citing threat from ‘armed protesters’ angry over Covid-19 lockdowns
“On Monday evening an armed individual trespassing in my backyard was arrested carrying two dozen rounds of ammunition,” Sununu said on Wednesday afternoon. “Cancelling our outdoor inaugural ceremonies was not a decision we made easily, but it was the right decision to ensure the safety of my family and the …
Read More »Governor pleads with Trump to declare EMERGENCY to aid recovery after Nashville bomb cripples AT&T networks and other systems
“The severity and magnitude of the current situation is such that effective response is beyond the capabilities of state and affected local governments,” Lee said Friday in a letter to Trump. He noted that the resources of state and local governments were depleted after they spent more than $175 million …
Read More »New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ‘sexually harassed me for years,’ former staffer claims after blasting ‘toxic’ work environment
“Yes, @NYGovCuomo sexually harassed me for years. Many saw it, and watched,” Boylan, who is running for Manhattan borough president in 2021, wrote in one of a series of tweets on Sunday. “I could never anticipate what to expect: would I be grilled on my work (which was very good) …
Read More »New York Governor Cuomo calls coronavirus ‘The Grinch,’ but critics say he’s the real villain
In a briefing on Monday, Cuomo painted a picture of a cheerful Christmas season, as festive music jingled in the background. “We’re now all happy and cheery and we’re going to come together. We’re doing gift buying, and we’re going to do holiday celebrations, we’re gonna start to have meals …
Read More »Maryland’s Republican governor attacks Trump after president tweets report about faulty Covid-19 tests he ordered from South Korea
“If you had done your job, America’s governors wouldn’t have been forced to fend for themselves to find tests in the middle of a pandemic, as we successfully did in Maryland,” Hogan said Sunday on Twitter. “Stop golfing and concede.” But ironically, Hogan’s tweet taking credit for finding tests came …
Read More »Essential entertainment? California Governor excludes Hollywood from having to follow his strict Covid-19 curfew order – report
The month-long curfew requirement, which was announced on Thursday and runs from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. each day, excludes television and movie crews, as well as other entertainment industry workers, a representative of Newsom’s office told media outlet Deadline. Unlike when the governor imposed a statewide lockdown in March, …
Read More »Georgia governor calls for ‘sample audit’ of ballot signatures after secretary of state certifies election for Biden
Kemp spoke on Friday evening, after Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger certified Democrat Joe Biden as winner of the state’s 16 electoral votes in the November 3 election, following a recount of the ballots. Both Kemp and Raffensperger are Republicans. Acknowledging the “record number of absentee ballots” which he said …
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