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An important heads up if you live in Monroe County. There will be a meeting Tuesday at 3 pm for the redistricting of Monroe County. Last year Monroe County Executive Adam Bello signed off on a new task force to conduct the redistricting. The reason Bello signed off on the new commission is to cut […]
The primary elections are quickly approaching. There will be voting happening for Rochester Mayor, City Council, Monroe County Legislature and more. The elections are scheduled for June 22nd. Before June 22nd, check your registration with the Monroe County Board of Elections online portal to not only check your status but to also see a sample ballot. […]
We may be getting a new state very soon and it could be named after Frederick Douglass! The new bill was approved by the House Committee to make Washington, D.C. the 51 state of the United States. The bill known as H.R. 51 is expected to pass a full House vote as early as next […]
The House of Representatives approved the Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 Relief Package late Friday / ealry Saturday morning. The legislation includes measures like sending $1400 stimulus checks to millions of Americans and increase the vaccine distribution and make sure unemployment lasts through the summer. The bill is called the “American Rescue Plan” and narrowly […]
Former President Donald Trump has been acquitted from in his second impeachment trial, after a vote determined that he was not guilty of inciting the deadly capitol riot. There were 7 Republicans who joined the 50 Democrats voting against the former president, but it wasn’t enough to create the 2/3 majority required to convict. As […]
Things happening that we must pay close attention to across the country. This one is voting. Across the United States, Republican lawmakers have introduced bills that would restrict voting. This is pretty much backlash from this past election and they are still claiming voter fraud. I’m just going to say it. They are trying to […]
When art imitates life and is almost as crazy as life. Yes, you read that right. I’ve been waiting for Saturday Night Live to come back and do a skit with Kate McKinnon as Rudy Guiliani. It FINALLY happened. SNL did a skit about the Michigan hearings where Rudy Guiliani tries to make an argument […]
LeBron James, Michael Jordan and other celebrities have all come together and joined the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition and paid off almost $27 million in court fees, allowing 13,000 felons the opportunity to vote. Among four of the state’s largest counties—Hillsborough, Pinellas, Palm Beach and Polk—about 32 percent, or 1,518, of the 4,700 felons who […]
Hertz, the car rental company is trying to use its services to get more people to the polls by offering a free rental to do so. The program is called “Drive The Vote.” Whoever rents a car on November 2 for two or more days gets a free day on the rental from the company’s […]
Last night, President Donald Trump hosted a swearing-in ceremony for Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett following her confirmation by the Senate. She was sworn in near the Rose Garden, right by where the federal appeals court judge from Indiana was introduced to a crowd that sparked the spread of COVID-19 through the White House […]