Longtime Democrat J.B. Pritzker, 59, has been Illinois governor since 2019 and is now in his second term. He's been a strong voice on issues like gun control and reproductive rights. Pritzker is also a billionaire scion of the family that owns the Hyatt hotel chain. His ability to self...
For North Carolina Democrats, having Stein as governor would mean maintaining a lever of power. The current governor, Democrat Roy Cooper, is a popular, term-limited executive who was for a time on Kamala Harris’ running-mate shortlist. He has been a bulwark against a conservative wave in ...
December 2, 2024 HB 10: Bad for families, Bad for NC MomsRising stands with immigrant families and our public schools. On Wednesday, November 20, 2024, the North Carolina Senate joined the NC House in voting to override Governor Cooper’s veto of HB10, an anti-immigrant bill. As a resu...
“This legislation is a sham. It does not send money to Western North Carolina but merely shuffles money from one fund to another in Raleigh. This legislation was titled disaster relief but instead violates the constitution by taking appointments away from the next Governor for the Board of Ele...
In March 2023, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed an executive order to direct the State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy to classify xylazine as a Schedule III controlled substance, making the state one of the first in the US to do so [30]. Despite this progress, there are currently no ...
Jim Justice II is governor of West Virginia, but he didn't make his fortune in politics. Justice inherited a coal business from his father and is a major owner of coal mines across the country. Justice is also a charitable man and has given millions to theBoy Scouts of America, the Cle...
Since then he has had over 50 top 40 singles and he has influenced hundreds of musicians. Other famous musicians who are also blind include singers like Ray Charles, Andrea Bocelli and Jose Feliciano. Several blind people have also had great careers in politics. New York Governor David ...
A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of Princeton University and as the 34th governor of New Jersey before winning the 1912 presidential election. As president, he oversaw the passage of progressive legislative policies unparalleled until the New Deal in 1933. He als...
Most people think of California when they think of Nixon, which is the state he represented in the House and Senate. He even ran a failed bid for governor there. But when he lost the governor's race in 1962, he moved to New York to work for a law firm. When he won the presidency...
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed March Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. Published: Sunday, December 22nd, 2024 @ 12:02 pm By: Eastern NC NOW Staff Israel Conducts Nearly 500 Strikes In Syria To Stop Weapons From Falling Into Terrorist’s Hands "Strategic ...