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Gov. Jim Justice stated on Tuesday that West Virginia would boost its vaccine incentive program to get more individuals immunized against the coronavirus. In addition to a $1.588 million grand prize, all citizens who receive the COVID-19 vaccine will be entered into a drawing for college tuition, custom vehicles, and …

Police officers in Charleston, South Carolina, are investigating an incident that happened at Republican Representative Nancy Mace’s home over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, a Charleston South Carolina Police Department spokesperson told CNN. Mace’s home was vandalized with three Antifa symbols, “pass the pro act,” “politicians are bastards, and “F-ck …

Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, announced Wednesday morning that she is running for governor in 2022. Hobbs made the announcement in a video that touts her record as the state’s top elections official. “I am running for Governor to deliver transparency, accountability, and results for Arizonans, just …

President Joe Biden announced new measures on Tuesday that his administration will take to help narrow the racial wealth gap in America. Biden announced the initiatives during his speech in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he was there to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. “I come here …

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, the lone statewide elected Democrat, has officially announced she is running for governor of the state. Fried filed election paperwork on Tuesday afternoon and made her official announcement on Twitter. “It’s time to break the rigged, corrupt system in Florida with #SomethingNew,” she wrote as …

President Joe Biden was in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Tuesday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Biden is the first sitting U.S. President to visit Tulsa and mark the anniversary of the tragic events that occurred 100 years ago. The president gave a very public acknowledgment …

No, former President Donald Trump will not be ‘reinstated’ into office. After Trump’s first national security adviser Michael Flynn appeared to express support for a coup in the United States, The New York Times‘ Maggie Haberman reports Trump himself has been baselessly asserting he will be back in the White House this year. …

Illinois lawmakers on Sunday passed new legislation banning the use of deceptive tactics while interrogating minors, CNN reports. If signed into law, the bill will prohibit the use of lying as a means of coercing information out of juveniles. Confessions made under such circumstances would be inadmissible in court. The legislation defines …

Last week, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders introduced the College Athlete Right to Organize Act, legislation to provide collective bargaining rights for college athletes. Reps. Jamaal Bowman, Andy Levin and Lori Trahan introduced companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives. The College Athlete Right to Organize Act is …

President Biden on Monday issued a proclamation regarding the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre. In the statement, Biden called on the federal government to “reckon with and acknowledge the role that it has played in stripping wealth and opportunity from Black communities.” Between May 31 and June 1, …

Marking his first Memorial Day as Commander in Chief, President Joe Biden called on Americans to do their part in upholding the values of democracy in remarks at Arlington National Cemetery. “Remember their sacrifice, their valor and their grace,” Biden said in his remarks Monday. In calling democracy the “soul …

On Saturday, Donald Trump appeared on Newsmax’s Dick Morris Democracy and blamed President Joe Biden for “destroying our country.” “All he had to do is nothing,” Trump told host Dick Morris. “We won’t have a country; they’re destroying our country.” Trump believes that Biden overturning his policies concerning the Mexican border have created the issues we are …

Employers can require their workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the latest update to the guidance issued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The mandatory vaccination requirement applies to “all employees physically entering the workplace,” the revised guidance issued to address pandemic-related matters at the workplace points out. …

Texas Democrats late Sunday staged a walkout to prevent the state’s Republicans from giving final approval to a sweeping voter suppression bill. The Democrats walked out of the House chambers an hour before the midnight deadline, denying their colleagues across the aisle the quorum they needed to send the Republican …

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote a letter to the Democratic caucus saying that he will force a vote on the For the People Act to overhaul elections next month. “In the last week of the June work period, the Senate will vote on S.1., the For the People Act, …