Maricopa County officials shift responsibilities away from Recorder’s Office

Maricopa County officials voted to transfer some responsibilities from the county recorder a month before the new recorder takes over. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer signed a new Election Services Agreement, a document that establishes election administration responsibilities for each political party. The agreement, approved unanimously by the […]

Black Voters Make Unexpected Shift Away From Democrats, Poll Shows

Black voters in the United States shifted their support away from the Democratic Party from 2016 to 2024, according to a new New York Times/Siena poll. In the 2016 election, only 7% of black voters supported the Republican Party, a stark contrast to recent polling results for 2024, where support for the Republican Party among […]

‘Pendulum has swung’: Supervisors signal shift on Men’s Central Jail

In the summer of 2019, justice reformers celebrated when the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors scrapped a controversial $1.7 billion plan to replace the county's oldest detention center, the dungeon-like Men's Central Jail on Beaucher Street, with a prison-like mental health facility. Spurred by a growing wave of prison reform across the country, county […]

Lake Powell Chronicle | Page City Council signals shift in management powers

Author: Bob Hembree Updated: 6 hours ago / Posted: January 17, 2024 Increased costs have peripheral effects. If there was a theme to the Jan. 10 Page City Council meeting, it was checks and balances and council micromanagement. Tom Geiger, retired from the National Park Service, is a member of the Page Utility Enterprises Board. […]

CNN Host Presses Kamala’s Ex-Comms Director On VP’s New Messaging ‘Shift’

A CNN host on Monday’s “CNN This Morning” panel questioned the former communications manager about “changes” in Vice President Kamala Harris’ new message. Moderators asked Jamal Simmons, a former public affairs director, about the 2024 Republican presidential nominees targeting Vice President instead of just focusing on President Joe Biden. clock: When it was Mr. Simmons’ […]