It was 130 years ago. New Year’s Day, 1894, and Charles Mann was perched in the reporters’ gallery, jotting down the latest intel on the unfolding start to a new term. As court officers and lawmakers busily prepared for the dawn of the 115th General Court, and Gov. Frederic Greenhalge prepared to give his inaugural address, Mann was launching a new enterprise.
“There’s a little kid ahead of you guys,” Metro North train operator William Kennedy radioed another train nearby. “Just keep an eye out I don’t know, he just popped out.”
Republican Representative Liz Cheney loses her House seat. Trump-backed challenger Harriet Hageman doubles Cheney's votes to win Wyoming's House-at-Large Republican Primary. Alaska holds its primaries. Senator Lisa Murkowski, Trump-endorsed Kelly Tshibaka, and Sarah Palin all advance. A state appeals court rules a California church that defied safety regulations during the pandemic won't have to pay fines. The church and its pastors were fined in 2020 and 2021 for violating state and county limits on indoor public gatherings.
Juneteenth festivities in Central Park will include food trucks, entertainment, vendors and a ribbon cutting at Lincoln Land Community College for a mural honoring Dr. Alonzo Kenniebrew.