“The vaccine works, and we encourage Arizonans to take it. But it is a choice and we need to keep it that way,” Ducey said on Tuesday, announcing the order. “Public education is a public right, and taxpayers are paying for it. We need to make our public universities available …
Read More »‘Self-serving STUNT’: Idaho governor returns home to revoke order banning mask mandate, signed by his lieutenant while he was away
“The action that took place while I was traveling this week is not gubernatorial,” Little said on Friday. “The action that took place was an irresponsible, self-serving political stunt.” Little was referring to Thursday’s order by Lieutenant Governor Janice McGeachin immediately banning cities, school boards and other local government entities …
Read More »Congo orders Goma exodus as governor says another eruption on land or under Lake Kivu could occur without warning
“Given these scientific observations, an eruption on land or under the lake cannot be ruled out at present, and it could occur with very little or no warning,” Ndima Kongba, the military governor of North Kivu province told the media on Thursday. He said that data indicates the presence of …
Read More »MyPillow founder & wannabe governor gets 86’ed from Republican convention after vowing to challenge AZ & GA govs on voter fraud
Lindell, famed as the rare man who could profit politically on pillows, was booted from a Republican Governors’ Association event on Tuesday night, despite being friendly with many of the attendees, and was warned he’s no longer welcome at future governors’ events, after he vowed to challenge two governors there, …
Read More »Texas Governor Abbott bans officials from requiring face masks, introduces $1,000 fine for those who do
The move means officials at county level, in cities, school districts, public health authorities and government will not be able to require people to cover their face, Abbott’s office announced in a statement. From May 21, local governments or officials who try to enforce mask-wearing in Texas could be slapped …
Read More »‘Vax-A-Million’: Ohio Governor DeWine to use federal Covid-19 relief to FUND LOTTERIES for vaccine recipients
The ‘Ohio Vax-a-Million’ lotto drawings will be held for five straight Wednesdays, starting on May 26, and each will award $1 million to an adult resident who has received at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose, DeWine announced on Wednesday. Separate lotteries for children ages 12-17 who have been vaccinated also …
Read More »Florida takes VACCINE-PASSPORT BAN a step further as governor signs bill into law, halts all local Covid-19 restrictions in state
The new law, which will take effect on July 1, follows through on an emergency order that DeSantis signed in April to ban so-called vaccine passports. At the time, he urged the Florida Legislature to make it tougher for a future administration to overturn the ban by passing a bill …
Read More »‘I’m going to TELL GRETCHEN’: Michigan lawmaker threatens to call governor, punish police for busting him after drunken crash
“I’ll call Governor Whitmer right now,” the 26-year-old Democrat from suburban Detroit is heard saying on the video. He added, “When I call Gretchen, I’ll need y’all IDs and badge numbers, everything,” and later said, “If you abuse me, I’m going to get upset. I’m going to tell Gretchen . …
Read More »Florida’s Ron DeSantis, the Republican governor whom Democrats love to hate, now is triggering leftists with the way he eats pizza
DeSantis, who has increasingly become one of the Republicans whom Democrats love to hate most as a rising star in 2024 presidential polls, proved his knack for ruffling feathers this time during a visit to a new market in Delray Beach on Saturday. The governor chomped aggressively on a piece …
Read More »California Governor Newsom, facing recall election, vows to stop issuing fracking permits by 2024 and phase out oil extraction
The largest US state will stop issuing new fracking permits by January 2024, and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) will “analyze pathways” to end all oil extraction by no later than 2045, Newsom said on Friday. The governor signed an executive order that makes the oil phaseout part of …
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