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Louisiana’s Republican supermajority legislature tips hat to bipartisanship on first day

Monday, January 8th, 2024

via lailluminator.com (Louisiana)

For the first time in eight years, Republicans control the executive branch and both chambers of the Louisiana Legislature with veto proof-majority. But new statehouse leaders have chosen to keep what…

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Rape investigation costs Ziegler his job as Florida GOP appoints a new chairman

Monday, January 8th, 2024

via Miami Herald (Florida)

The Monday vote to oust Zeigler went 199-3.

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Florida GOP dumps Chairman Christian Ziegler amid sexual assault investigation

Monday, January 8th, 2024

via Miami Herald (Florida)

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In the biggest shakeup the Republican Party of Florida has seen in more than a decade, board members voted Monday to oust party chair Christian Ziegler, who's been accused of raping a woman that he and his wife had previously engaged in a three-way sexual encounter.

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Florida GOP ousts chairman under investigation for alleged rape

Monday, January 8th, 2024

via The Washington Post (Washington)

The Republican Party of Florida removed chairman Christian Ziegler on Monday in a bid to move past a sexual assault probe ensnaring a GOP power couple.

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Florida Republicans oust state party chairman facing rape allegations in critical election year

Monday, January 8th, 2024

via The Bismarck Tribune (North Dakota)

Ziegler denies the accusation, and he has not been charged with a crime; but the party suspended him last month and demanded his resignation, saying he can't effectively lead during a critical…

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Florida Republicans oust state party chairman facing rape allegations

Monday, January 8th, 2024

via WESH (Florida)

The Republican Party of Florida ousted Chairman Christian Ziegler in a special vote on Monday as police investigate a rape accusation against him.

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Florida Republicans to vote on removing chairman accused of rape as DeSantis pins hopes on Iowa

Monday, January 8th, 2024

via Sioux City Journal (Iowa)

The Republican Party of Florida is meeting to vote on whether to oust Chairman Christian Ziegler and select a new leader as police investigate a rape accusation against him. Monday's

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Mystery texts target Democrat Keen in special House election

Monday, January 8th, 2024

via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)

A mystery group claiming to be progressive but seemingly chaired by a registered Republican has inserted itself into the special election next week for state House District 35, a Central Florida se…

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Closing arguments: Trump, fellow Republican White House hopefuls blitz Iowa with caucuses 1 week away

Monday, January 8th, 2024

via Quad-City Times (Iowa)

Republican presidential candidates held events across the state this weekend, as they enter the final push to the Jan. 15 caucuses.

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Moms for Liberty winning campaign against books in Carroll County

Monday, January 8th, 2024

via The Baltimore Banner (Maryland)

A proposed policy change in Carroll County Public Schools could remove library books the group Moms for Liberty flagged as inappropriate.

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Florida Republicans vote on removing party chairman accused of rape as DeSantis pins hopes on Iowa

Monday, January 8th, 2024

via The Washington Post (Florida)

The Republican Party of Florida will vote on removing Chairman Christian Ziegler and select a new leader as police investigate a rape accusation against him

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Trump, fellow Republican White House hopefuls blitz Iowa with caucuses 1 week away

Sunday, January 7th, 2024

via The Gazette (Iowa)

On the penultimate weekend before the first-in-the-nation Iowa Republican caucuses, former President Donald Trump and his rivals — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley, and…

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Family-friendly drag queen faces hate and threats in hostile Florida

Sunday, January 7th, 2024

via The Washington Post (Texas)

Jason DeShazo is a performer and activist in the state that is considered one of the most inhospitable places in the country by the LGBTQ+ community.

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Candidates lining up for top job — as soon as Florida Republican Party ousts its current chairman

Saturday, January 6th, 2024

via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)

With the ouster of Florida Republican Chairman Christian Ziegler all but guaranteed, Evan Power of Tallahassee and Peter Feaman of Boynton Beach are running to replace him.

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Should parents have a say in whether their kids repeat third grade?

Friday, January 5th, 2024

via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)

A roundup of Florida education news from around the state

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Moms for Liberty members say parental rights have limits with reading rule

Thursday, January 4th, 2024

via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)

The group, along with two other organizations, opposes parent choice in deciding if kids should repeat third grade.

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Waterloo man arrested in 2022 grocery store parking lot homicide

Thursday, January 4th, 2024

via Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (Iowa)

Lagumdzic died in August 2022 of "complications of blunt force head trauma," according to his death certificate

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Governor Hobbs lays out proposed plans to keep growing ESA program in check

Thursday, January 4th, 2024

via ABC15 Arizona (Arizona)

Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs proposed a plan on Tuesday, saying she wants to 'increase accountability and transparency' in the Empowerment Scholarship Accounts program.

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Wealthier Asian American and Latino voters in Orange County may be pivotal in upcoming elections

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024

via Los Angeles Times (California)

"Modestly partisan Republicans" in Orange County may be pivotal in deciding hotly contested congressional races that could decide which party controls the House.

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