Month: September 2023

Three candidates are challenging incumbent state Rep. Mack Cormier in the race for the Plaquemines Parish-based 105th District seat in the state House of Representatives.  Cormier, a Democrat, will face off against Democrat Joanna Cappiello-Leopold and Republicans Jacob Braud and Donald Vallee. All are from Belle Chasse. The district includes all of Plaquemines Parish and portions

CNN Opinion by Dean Obeidallah (CNN) — Editor’s note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM radio’s daily program “The Dean Obeidallah Show.” Follow him on Threads at www.threads.net/@deanobeidallah. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. Read more opinion at CNN. Democratic US Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey faces corruption-related charges for the second time

Last year in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned that state’s restrictions on public possession of handguns for self-defense. A week later, the Court vacated four appeals court decisions upholding state gun control laws and remanded the cases for further consideration in light of Bruen. One of

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Observer and wire reports Melody Duncan, wife of U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan, who represents the South Carolina third district, which includes Anderson County, has filed for divorce according to court records. The filing states “(Duncan) has admitted to (Melody) that he has an ongoing sexual relationship,” with Washington lobbyist, Liz Williams. Duncan is now believed

Nevada Democrats support partial-birth abortion. They just don’t like to mention it. Earlier this month, a coalition including Planned Parenthood and the ACLU of Nevada filed an initiative petition to enshrine abortion rights in the Nevada Constitution. The initiative is so broadly written that it would legalize third-trimester abortions, including partial-birth abortions. Lest you think

SAN DIEGO – A San Diego federal judge Friday, Sept. 22,  blocked California’s ban on gun magazines that hold more than 10 bullets for the second time in recent years.In a ruling stemming from a lawsuit filed by firearm advocates, U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez struck down the law in 2017, ruling it unconstitutional.Subsequent

A federal judge struck down a California law which bans gun owners from having detachable magazines that carry over 10 rounds. U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez issued the ruling on Friday, but the ruling won’t take effect immediately. Benitez had already struck down the ban on certain magazines in 2017, but an appeals court reversed

TOWNVILLE — Rolling farm fields and modest homes dot the two-lane highway that leads into Townville, an unincorporated community of 4,000 in Anderson County.  An advertisement for “pick your own pumpkins” stands by the highway, while another sign admonishes drivers to “drive like your kids live here.”  The heart of Townville is a small collection of

All I can say is: The solutions proposed by the Maine state director for the National Rifle Association, Justin Davis, to our gun problems – fully funding our judicial system, equipping our state with more judges and prosecutors, making our schools safer and increasing access to mental health care – cost money (“Commentary: Crack down

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Illegal high-capacity magazines and an assault rifle recovered by the Long Beach Police Department in 2019. REUTERS A San Diego federal judge Friday blocked California’s ban on gun magazines that hold more than 10 bullets for the second time in recent years. In a ruling stemming from a lawsuit filed by firearm advocates, U.S. District

A handful of candidates have recently filed for statewide office including a Bozeman Democrat running for the Attorney General’s Office, three new congressional candidates in the eastern district and a candidate for Secretary of State. Attorney General Bozeman attorney Ben Alke recently filed to run as a Democrat for the Attorney General’s Office. According to his

white house —  Amid stalled progress on gun control legislation in the U.S. Congress, President Joe Biden announced the creation of a new federal office for gun violence prevention, tapping Vice President Kamala Harris, a former prosecutor of gun homicide cases, to lead it. “Guns are the number one killer of children in America,” Biden

President Joe Biden on Friday pledged to fight for gun safety laws in the United States while unveiling a new White House office of gun violence prevention. THE TAKE Vice President Kamala Harris will oversee the office, taking on an issue that is critical to her and Biden’s political base. The president’s 2024 re-election campaign

ATF photo. Unrelated to Biden; but story’s as weird as the photo. KOTV The Biden administration is creating a new White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention as an effort to coordinate federal policy on guns, and if that also reminds people which party actually wants to do something to reduce gun violence with the 2024

Biden gives Kamala ANOTHER job: President taps VP to run the first ever federal gun violence prevention office Harris also oversees voting rights and the increase in migration A former prosecutor she has a history of working on issue Gun violence expected to be a big issue in 2024 campaign  By Emily Goodin, Senior U.S.