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By JOSEPH WANGUI Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko and his immediate family members have been banned from traveling to the United States due to corruption allegations related to abuse of power and corruption.According to the…

Do you know the names of the members of your elementary or secondary school board? Probably not. Pity.…

PEMBROKE PARK, Florida. - State and local leaders are calling for an investigation into possible election interference after Local 10 News reported this week that senior citizens in South Florida learned their political party had…

Bernalillo County District Attorney Raúl Torrez speaks about legislative efforts to fight crime during a news conference in Albuquerque, January 13. Torrez plans to run for state attorney…

It's been nearly a year since candidates began announcing their intention to run for governor of Illinois, but on Monday a new entrant shook up the race. Mayor of Aurora Richard Irvin said he was running as a Republican in an online video.…

Edward Roberts, 11th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, a political mainstay for much of the province's post-Confederation era and an avid student of history, has died. Roberts died on Friday. He was 81 years old. His…

Amid rising rates of gun violence and other crimes across the state, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday…

A new global coalition on Tuesday announced a new campaign to have psilocybin mushrooms reprogrammed internationally. As the psychedelic reform movement continues to grow in the United States, the International Therapeutic Psilocybin…

Governor Laura Kelly responded to growing staff shortages in Kansas hospitals and nursing homes on Thursday by issuing a new declaration of COVID-19 disaster emergency and additional executive orders…

Some days the most important political news may turn out to be the least important in the long run.Wednesday may have been one of those days in Ohio politics.It was the day the two contenders for the…

Normally here we play a weekly winners and losers of the week game in politics in Florida, but we will stay positive in the Christmas spirit. This time around, we'll only be declaring one winner of the year because that's exactly the kind…

Media Rights Program (ARM) This statement was originally posted on mediarightsagenda.org on December 21, 2021. A Federal High Court in Kaduna has set a hearing for January 18, 2022 in a lawsuit filed by Media Rights Agenda (MRA) against…

A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia has released an indictment accusing a North Carolina man of engaging in a bribery and fraud scheme with a former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) markets official (now known as…

By DON THOMPSON SACRAMENTO - Stung by recent armed robberies that have made headlines, California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Friday he would seek more than $ 300 million in public funding over three years to bolster the efforts of the…

Fully vaccinated: 782,613 (out of approximately 1.1 million inhabitants)New cases: 1,066 (Friday)Positive test rate: 5.3%Currently hospitalized: 206Total number of deaths: 2,957More statistics from the RI Ministry of Health. Globe Rhode…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Governor Gavin Newsom on Saturday pledged to allow private citizens to ban the manufacture and sale of assault weapons in the state, citing the same authority claimed by conservative…

University faculty and senate meetings are usually not attended by state officials, but at Louisiana State University Encounter On Tuesday, a deputy state attorney general showed up. Lauryn Sudduth took the microphone to read aloud a…

CNN suspended presenter Chris Cuomo indefinitely on Tuesday after details emerged of how he helped his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, deal with allegations of sexual harassment earlier this year. The network said documents…

in All the news / By: BVI News on November 26, 2021 at 7:29 a.m. / Governor John Rankin. (Photo GIS) Blaming the Governor or the UK for inadequate policy making and funding of the BVI civil service does not…

Democrats' victory longest, experts sayJames call | Capital Office | USA TODAY NETWORK - FLORIDADemocrats vying to win the 2022 Florida gubernatorial nominationFlorida gubernatorial election 2022: Nikki Fried, Charlie Crist and Annette…

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) - Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin stopped in Chesterfield County on Saturday to meet with law enforcement agencies like the Chesterfield County Sheriff and Chesterfield County Police to a roundtable at…

City prosecutor Libby Bakalar, who demands Must read Alaska not name the town for which she is counsel, wrote a threatening letter Suzanne Downing, editor of the Must read Alaska news site. Through his attorney, Juneau's trial attorney…

Over a weekend in Southern California, Letitia James, Attorney General of New York City, courted corporate donors to join a new fundraising initiative to help her become the the country's first black female governor.Closer to home, Governor…

(New York Jewish Week via JTA) - Analogies to the Holocaust have become commonplace during anti-vaccine protests in the United States and around the world. But protesters sporting swastikas and a yellow star were!-->…

SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Senate joined the House on Thursday to approve an amendment to the right to conscience law in health care requested by the Governor and Attorney General, putting it on a signature of become…

Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced Thursday his appointment of John Scott, a lawyer from Fort Worth, to be the next Texas Secretary of State.Scott's appointment announcement came a day after Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick posted a statement…

WASHINGTON - Stacy Higa, 58, a former Hilo, Hawaii public servant, today pleaded guilty to embezzling over $ 38,000 from AmeriCorps and also offering a bribe in exchange for grants under of the Coronavirus Aid,…

A former Big Island politician has pleaded guilty in federal court to the crime of embezzlement. Stacy Higa, 58, a former Hilo, Hawai´i public servant, pleaded guilty on Wednesday October 13, 2021 to embezzling over $ 38,000 from…

Threats against public officials shouldn't be "just part of the job," Attorney General Dana Nessel said in response to the conviction of a Detroit man who threatened to kill her.Robert Tesh has been charged with threatening terrorism after…

“A number of people approached me to introduce me to a senior position,” she said, although she repeatedly insisted that she was focusing on her current job.But when asked to characterize these conversations, Ms. James did not…

In a broad interview with Catherine Cruz of The Conversation, Hawaiian Governor David Ige talks about COVID-19 in prisons and prisons, reviews of the tourism industry amid the wave of Delta variants,…

It's Thursday. Today we'll take a look at the steps Gov. Kathy Hochul is taking to raise money and the steps of her potential opponents to run for the Democratic primaries next year. We will also see how rainy September was.Governor Kathy…

COVID-19 Updates: Governor Northam's next press briefing will be on Tuesday, March 9th at 2:00 PM. Response to coronavirus (COVID-19) • Have you downloaded COVIDWISE, Virginia's COVID-19 Exposure Notification App? Add!-->…

TOPEKA, Kansas - The team of Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is responding to months of reluctance from the state's top Republican leaders over the Texas border crisis. Governor's Office spokesperson Sam Coleman sent a statement to…

Presidential candidate Sergio Fajardo walks with his wife Ana Lucrecia Ramirez as Colombians vote for a new president in Medellin, Colombia on May 27, 2018. REUTERS / Fredy BuilesBOGOTA, Aug.27 (Reuters) - Colombian politician and 2022…

In a momentous legal defeat for Gov. Andy Beshear, the Kentucky Supreme Court, in a rare Saturday ruling, ruled on the Democratic governor's challenge to Republicans-backed laws that limit his authority to issue emergency orders to…

About 50 years ago, psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross wrote a treatise on death and death, outlining five progressive stages of grief and recovery.These stages - denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance - apply to great…

Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher today sentenced Mathew Palmer, 44, of Severna Park, Md., To eight years in federal prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release, for distributing child pornography.…

Former Justice Department official Mary McCord will play an advisory role to the Foreign Intelligence Review Court earlier this month. McCord was one of the officials who reviewed and approved the watch warrants of former Trump…

Estimated reading time: 4-5 minutesSALT LAKE CITY - A couple from Utah were delighted to welcome a baby boy by adoption.Then…

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) - Former Maricopa County Arizona assessor Paul Petersen was convicted on Wednesday for his role in an adoption fraud scheme. The scheme involved the illegal transport of pregnant women from the Marshall…

A payday loan default can result in bank overdraft fees, collection calls, damage to your credit scores, a day in court, and garnishment of your paycheck.Don't think it can't happen because you only borrowed $300."If you have a valid,…

Sierra Leone: September 30, 2020: Many Sierra Leoneans as well as international donors have been dismayed by the devastating misappropriation of millions of dollars intended for those who died from the Ebola virus that struck Sierra…

We live on an island which is quickly becoming the very embodiment of Rule # 7 in George Orwell's book…

Contra Costa County prosecutors on Wednesday indicted a longtime local politician with 34 crimes related to the misuse of campaign funds.Joe Canciamilla, former county clerk-recorder, county supervisor and member of the Pittsburg state…

As George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis Police became the flashpoint for weekend protests in nearly every state in the United States, Jay-Z reached out to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, to tell him that "justice must be done…

PLATTSBURGH — Shoshanah Bewlay has been named the new executive director of the New York State Committee on…

SAIPAN - Rather than a “total repeal” of the government's Code of Ethics provisions relating to the…

A Nigerian activist has been jailed for seven years for falsely accusing a public official of corruption. Ibrahim Wala, popularly known as IG Wala, was jailed on Wednesday by Judge Yusuf Halilu of the High…

"I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS" said Frank LoMonte, executive director of the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information at the…

PERRY COUNTY, IL (KFVS) - The Perry County Sheriff's Office reports that a man was arrested for threatening and intimidating a public official on Wednesday, March 9.Cody W. Gass was interviewed by telephone by a Perry County Member of…