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In response to the last presidential debate, the commissioners have implemented a new policy that will create a less challenging environment for a real conversation to occur. During Thursday’s debate, Democratic nominee Joe Biden and President Donald Trump will have their microphones cut off during portions when their rival speaks. The microphones will stay on […]

A record of the grand jury proceedings in the Breonna Taylor case will be released on Wednesday to the public. Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said he does not object to jurors speaking publically about the case. He also said he did not recommend homicide charges against the three officers indicted. During the arraignment of […]

On Tuesday, Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnel said that the Senate would be voting on a new coronavirus relief package on Thursday. In his announcement, he said: “The Senate is going to vote on this targeted proposal. We’re going to get the stonewalling of Democratic leaders out from behind closed doors and put this to […]

After an amendment in 2018, voting rights were restored to over 1 million former felons in Florida who were banned from voting for life according to the state’s constitution. Once this was passed, Republicans passed a measure that made it so the 775,000 former felons would still be unable to vote until they paid their […]

Republicans are working with White House officials to determine if a short-term extension of enhanced unemployment benefits is the right move. While the Democrats and Republicans are arguing over a new relief package, the millions of unemployed Americans that have been relying on the extra money from the government are biting their nails. The extra […]

On Friday, President Donald Trump commuted the prison sentence of his long time advisor, Roger Stone Jr. Stone is charged with 7 felony crimes and was about to be incarcerated for 40 months before the president intervened. Before using his position of power to pardon his friend, the president released a statement saying that Stone […]

Officials at the treasury department are beginning to suggest that Americans should receive another round of stimulus checks to aid in the economic hardships caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. There have been a couple of different ideas being floated around. One, which was passed by democrats in the senate, is called the HEROES Act. It […]

There are 10 U.S. military bases named after confederate generals in the south that have been a subject of controversy for decades. Calls for renaming the bases have escalated after the death of George Floyd. The bases were built before and through World War II, and were named in the Jim Crow era. Efforts to […]

Governor Andrew Cuomo has confirmed the Phase 2 re-opening procedure for five regions across New York. The Finger lakes, Mohawk Valley, Central New York, Southern Tier and North Country are now permitting certain nonessential businesses to re-open. These include offices, real estate, in-store retail, vehicle sales, leases and rentals, commercial building management, hair salons and […]

The potential threat of weaponized COVID-19 transmission – such as deliberately coughing on other people to get them infected – has led New Jersey to be the first state to openly consider a law that will criminalize attempted COVID-19 transmission. Social justice advocates are concerned that such a law will disproportionately target minorities in their […]