Roundup: Md. has yet to administer 80% of vaccines
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MARYLAND RANKS LOW ON VACCINE ADMINISTRATION: More than 80% of vaccines from the initial allotment to Maryland have not been distributed, Pamela Wood and Danielle Ohl report for the Sun.
State Rep. Melanie Stansbury is an exception.
If senators confirm Haaland as Cabinet secretary of the Interior Department, Stansbury wants to replace her in the U.S. House of Representatives.
âI do intend to throw my hat in the ring,â Stansbury, D-Albuquerque, said in an interview.
Stansbury, 41, ran for public office for the first time in 2018. She made an emphatic entry, defeating seven-term Republican Rep. Jimmie Hall in District 28, Albuquerqueâs Northeast Heights.
Hall might have underestimated Stansbury in the beginning. He hadnât been pressed in reelection campaigns, and his district had slightly more registered Republicans than Democrats.
After Stansbury bested him in the early rounds of fundraising, Hall knew he was in a tough race. He couldnât rebound at that stage.
URBANA â A day after she tried twice to block the Champaign County Board from filling a vacant seat, county Executive Darlene Kloeppel said Friday that she was preparing a written veto of the boardâs vote to approve its newest member, Cameron Raab of Champaign.
Kloeppel said she told the board Thursday evening that she was vetoing its unanimous vote approving Raab to fill the District 6 seat vacated by Mike Ingram, who resigned after being elected recorder of deeds in November.
Kloeppelâs oral veto was ultimately ignored.
Stateâs Attorney Julia Rietz warned Kloeppel that her action could be viewed as contemptuous of a court order issued earlier in the day. County Clerk Aaron Ammons swore Raab in, and he was seated for the Thursday night board meeting.
On January 6, three days after the 117th Congress is sworn in, members of the House and Senate are scheduled to meet in the House chamber where the President of the Senate – Vice President Mike Pence – will preside over the reading and counting of the Electoral College votes. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA)
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
@StacyBrownMedia
On Monday, December 14, the nation’s Electoral College officially stamped Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as President-Elect and Vice-President Elect.
A total of 538 electors from every state and Washington, DC, took part in the critical portion of the U.S. electoral process, voting to affirm the votes cast during the 2020 election.
Emergency food distribution happening Thursday in Redding
An emergency food distribution will take place Thursday for Redding residents.
Posted: Dec 16, 2020 11:28 AM
Posted By: Deb Anderaos
REDDING, Calif. – An emergency food distribution will take place Thursday for Redding residents who may be low income, disabled, unemployed, or above the age of 60.
The Democratic Central Committee of Shasta County, says the distribution will take place at the IBEW Labor Hall, 900 Locust Street from 8 to 10 a.m. Thursday. There is no pre-registration or applications required for the month of December. Participants may drive up and receive a bag or box of free food.