Peoria Mayor Rita Ali said Wednesday she's Bloomington-Normal and Peoria being drawn into the same State Senate district in the Illinois redistricting maps proposed by Democrats would be good for both areas.
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Republicans on Friday chose Acting Speaker Sherm Packard (R-Londonderry) to be the next Speaker of the NH House, filling a void left by the passing of Speaker Dick Hinch (R-Merrimack) from COVID-19.
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On Jan. 6, Convening Day, the House will formally vote to elect a new Speaker. Hinch was elected unanimously on Dec. 2, Organization Day, before passing away suddenly only one week later.
The caucus elected Packard on the first ballot, with the challengers moving to make it unanimous following a decisive majority voted for the Acting Speaker. Helping Packard along was support from Majority Leader Jason Osborne (R-Auburn), who brought along many of the Freedom Caucus Representatives with him.
Curtis gets bipartisan AIR safety bill passed in the US House Created: 10 December 2020
Drones flown in a wildfire suppression area create additional hazards to fire fighting personne; and increase risk to structures and lives on the ground. When people fly drones into the fire fighting area, fire manager must ground their own drones and helicopters until the air space is clear.
Representative John Curtis, the Deputy Republican Leader of the National Parks, Forest, and Public Lands Subcommittee spoke on the floor today on behalf of his bipartisan bill, H.R. 5040, the
Aerial Incursion Repercussion (AIR) Safety Act.
Introduced last year with Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA), Senator Cortez-Masto (D-NV), and Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), the AIR Safety Act raises awareness on issues interfering with wildfire fighting by directing the Bureau of Land Management, USDA Forest Service, and Federal Aviation Administration to work with their State forestry partners to cond
Community news: Parks and Rec to deliver letters to Santa and more
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Local officials including Fairfield First Selectwoman Brenda Kupchick and other local officials are in attendance to cut the ribbon at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the re-opening of the family owned, and 110-year-old Fairfield business Henry C. Reid Jewelers Dec. 4.Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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Two people hold a sign for a food drive that is going to be held on Saturday, Dec. 12 at Berskhire Hathaway, 1583 Post Road, Fairfield Center, in Fairfield.Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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Earth Animal CMO elected chairwoman of Pet Sustainability Coaliton