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For Pinellas, Hernando, Hillsborough, Charlotte, Escambia, Santa Rosa, Holmes, Washington, Bay, Jackson, Calhoun, Walton, Okaloosa, Gulf, Lee, Hendry, Glades, Leon, Taylor, Wakulla, Madison, Liberty, Gadsden, Franklin and Jefferson counties, contact 211.org For Sarasota and Manatee counties, ...
In retrospect, perhaps the most notable miscalled race in Cook Political Report history occurred during our inaugural year; Jefferson County Judge Mitch McConnell upset incumbent Sen. Walter Huddleston in the Likely D-rated 1984 Kentucky Senate race. As Charlie Cook wrote after the ele...
Rep. Hugh D. Shine: Well, they would have to survive because there’s really not enough population in some of those areas to support private schools. We have 254 counties in the state of Texas. I mean, it’s from Brownsville to Dalhart, it’s over 800 miles of traveling just in that...
Until this week, a right-arrow click brought users directly to a breakdown of how many people are vaccinated in New Jersey, by age, gender, and race or ethnicity. But now sandwiched in between is a new map, that of "persons with at least one booster/additional dose." As with the ...
In smaller towns and rural counties, the decision to remove a public monument rests with the county commissions or a board of supervisors. Governors, mayors and county executives do not have the authority alone to order the removal of a public monuments. However, they can use their political ...
A few days later, the retired three-star Army general who spent decades enmeshed in international conflict weighed in again on the local election: “‘WOKE’ SOBs operating in many counties and on many school boards across the country” have to be voted out or censured “and some just n...
This author would like to point out that there are many ways in which the US of The Current Year + Whatever is not similar to Spain, but the situations do rhyme. It is also worth acknowledging that some of this comparative framing may be wishful thinking due to the traditionalist victory...
June's full moon is commonly known as the strawberry moon, a name that comes from the Algonquin Native American tribe in the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada and refers to the region's strawberry harvesting season (not the moon's actual hue). ...
As you can see here, there are 31 Washington counties. There are 26 Jefferson counties. Of course, some other common counties are Franklin, Jackson, and Lincoln named after our beloved founding fathers. So to complicate it even more, you might run into jurisdictions inside of jurisdictions like...