Based on the responses by two experienced politicians who opted not to run this cycle, it appears that the elongated geography resulting from the 2021 redistricting is keeping candidates on the sidelines. (WJBC file photo)
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New York Times obituary writer Douglas Martin penned Tuesday’s front-page goodbye to conservative legend Phyllis Schlafly, who died Monday at the age of 92: “‘First Lady’ of a Movement That Steered U.S. to the Right.” The Times and other media outlets generally file glowing obituaries for liberal figures, but Schlafly, the winner of the 2015 William F. Buckley Jr. Award for Media Excellence from the Media Research Center, received a hostile farewell a literal “hatchet job,” with Martin likening Schlafly to “ax-wielding prohibitionist Carry Nation” in the third sentence
Suburban women speak out about the possibility of losing reproductive and other rights gained in the past 50 years. Their reactions stem from a leaked draft of an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court decision that could overturn Roe v. Wade the landmark 1973 decision barring excessive government restrictions on abortion.