How Simple Minds started out gigging in a Toryglen school hall.
Jim Kerr s mum had to help them get a gig!
Jim Kerr of Simple Minds performs on stage at Orpheum in Vancouver, Canada, in October 2018 (Image: Getty Images)
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They became one of Scotland’s biggest ever rock bands – but when Simple Minds started out they couldn’t even get a gig in a Toryglen school hall.
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January 11, 2021 - 12:28 am
Joe Manchin was not on the ballot in Georgia’s hotly-contested Senate runoff election last Tuesday, but he emerged a clear winner anyway.
The victories by Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff splits the U.S. Senate evenly 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans.
The Vice President votes in the case of ties Kamala Harris for at least the next four years so Democrats have the narrowest advantage.
But for Senate Democrats to advance their agenda they will need every vote, including Manchin’s. The challenge for the Senate Democratic leadership is that Manchin has more in common philosophically with many of his Republican counterparts than members of his own party.
The dominance of the Holcomb administration is reflected in this year’s list.
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Vice President Mike Pence elbow bumps Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb following a round table discussion at Catalent Biologics, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Bloomington, Ind. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) Author: Brian Howey Updated: 11:52 AM EST January 8, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS After two decades of publishing Power 50 lists in the first week of January, this one comes in a true crisis atmosphere. As we watched in horror the U.S. Capitol being overrun by supporters of President Trump on Wednesday, the COVID-19 pandemic has killed more than 8,000 Hoosiers and 350,000 Americans, shutting down our state and nation for nearly two months last spring.
How Indiana s Congressional delegation voted on Electoral College certification objections Kaitlin Lange and Lawrence Andrea, Indianapolis Star
Congress certifies Biden s electoral college win
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Several members of Indiana s Congressional delegation voted to object to the certification of Electoral College votes after a day of violence in Washington D.C.
Congress confirmed President-elect Joe Biden s victory early Thursday after a day of violence in Washington D.C. and dozens of Republicans voted to object to the results in certain battleground states.
Sen. Mike Braun had planned to object to President-elect Joe Biden s Electoral College victory, but after a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol earlier Wednesday, he voted against objecting to the result in Arizona, one of the battleground states he had planned to dispute. Sen. Todd Young also voted against the objection.