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The opposing political parties in Springfield offer opposing views of just how diabolical the every-ten-years process of redistricting really is.
Rep. Avery Bourne (R-Morrisonville) and other House Republicans found themselves in an office building next to the Capitol Thursday afternoon. “My colleagues and I are standing in front of a locked door,” Bourne said, “where politicians are literally walking in and selecting their voters.”
House Redistricting Committee chairwoman Rep. Lisa Hernandez’ (D-Cicero) response was untheatrical. “We are just following the process. They are doing the same,” said Hernandez. “They are also looking at maps. It’s nothing new It’s not a secret.”
House lawmakers worked late into the evening and on into the early hours of Friday morning on amendments to House Bill 1232, the so-called public option bill. The bill won approval on a preliminary vote and heads to a recorded vote on Monday.
What they had to work with is a strike-below amendment, which essentially amounted to a rewrite of the bill approved by the House Health & Insurance Committee on April 27. And work they did, starting at 5 p.m. on Thursday and continuing on until just after 2:15 a.m. Friday morning with a 35-minute break shortly before midnight. This bill is a narrowly targeted, careful and deliberate approach to a problem we have in our state, particularly in rural Colorado, said bill sponsor Rep. Dylan Roberts, D-Eagle, in closing comments just before 2 a.m. Every single one of us has constituents going to bed tonight, or already gone to bed, worrying about their family s health insurance because of the cost.
Hordes of Anti-Kavanaugh Communists Protest at Senate Building
THIS IS HAPPENING NOW!
Hordes hundreds of crazed leftist communists took over the Senate building to protest Brett Kavanaugh. If there was justice in the world, they would be protesting the dishonest accusers. Thousands were at the Supreme Court building.
Leftist protesters stormed the Capitol Thursday just hours after the FBI released its seventh investigation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Senate Judiciary Committee. They demanded the potential Supreme Court Justice withdraw his nomination.
Radicals from leftist organizations throughout the country demanded Senators “Cancel Kavanaugh” as legislators geared-up for a highly-contentious vote as early as Saturday morning.
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‘Sit In The Joy You May Have’: Black Sacramento Organizers Respond To Derek Chauvin Verdict With Relief, Urgency For Change
Black Lives Matter Sacramento protesters march down Richards Boulevard in Sacramento on Aug. 1, 2020.
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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder and manslaughter on Tuesday for killing George Floyd, the 46-year-old Black man whose death brought forth calls to defund the police and sparked massive worldwide protests for racial justice, including weeks of action in Sacramento.
Stevante Clark, whose 22-year-old brother Stephon Clark was shot and killed by Sacramento police in 2018, said while there’s more work to be done, “slow progress is better than no progress.”
Troopers arrest, charge teen BLM activist with assault following Capitol protest
Videos circulating on social media show Josie Mulvihill, 18, being pulled to the ground and arrested by an Iowa State Trooper inside the Capitol. Author: Hollie Schlesselman Updated: 11:15 PM CDT April 8, 2021
DES MOINES, Iowa Black Liberation Movement activists and the Iowa State Patrol clashed at the Capitol Thursday afternoon, resulting in a Norwalk high schooler being dragged to the ground and arrested on the first floor of the rotunda.
According to the Des Moines Black Liberation Movement Collective (DSM BLM), community members gathered at the Iowa State Capitol to protest several bills.