Archive for December 2020

Highly Anticipated Senate Runoff In Georgia Shatters Early Voting Records

With three weeks left before polls close in two U.S. Senate runoff elections in Georgia that will determine the balance of power in Washington, a record number of early voters cast their ballots in person in multiple counties, according to reports. Following close races in November, Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff are hoping they…

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State board votes against Mercy Hospital closure

A state board voted unanimously Tuesday against an application to close Mercy Hospital & Medical Center in Bronzeville, following months of outcry from the community. The 6-0 vote by the state Health Facilities and Services Review Board means that Mercy now has 14 days to notify the board if it wants to reappear before the…

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Trump ratchets up pace of executions before Biden inaugural

CHICAGO (AP) — As Donald Trump’s presidency winds down, his administration is ratcheting up the pace of federal executions despite a surge of coronavirus cases in prisons, announcing plans for five starting Thursday and concluding just days before the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. Read more at AP News.

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Black Lives Matter power grab sets off internal revolt

The Black Lives Matter movement is buckling under the strain of its own success, with tensions rising between local chapters and national leaders over the group’s goals, direction — and money. From the beginning, Black Lives Matter was a grassroots effort, born in the streets with no central hierarchy. The idea: to keep power concentrated…

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