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POPPY HARLOW: This growing gun violence epidemic now prompting dozens of mayors from America s cites to band together and demand more action from the Biden administration on guns.
JIM SCIUTTO: In a recent letter, they wrote, quote, We are clear eyed about the political challenge, but now, more than ever, we need to continue this hard but necessary work. So many cities and towns are now dots on a map of mass shootings that could have been prevented if there were a federal web of uniform laws on background checks, eliminating access to guns for those who have demonstrated a history of mental illness or other disqualifying conditions.
/PRNewswire/ Today, Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley was elected as the 79th President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) during a session of the Conference s.
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COLUMBUS – Democrat Nan Whaley says Gov. Mike DeWine has been too weak in combating corruption at the Ohio Statehouse involving fellow Republicans. When you re the No. 1 in the country on corruption and your governor has not done anything and has, in fact, even defended some of the people whose houses have been raided by the FBI, I think we definitely need action, Whaley, the mayor of Dayton, said Tuesday.
Federal prosecutors allege the plot helped Householder win control of the House, pass a $1 billion nuclear plant bailout and defend that law against a ballot initiative to block it. The FBI agent leading Ohio s public corruption squad said the case was in a league of its own.