Vivek Ramaswamy’s proposal to raise the voting age and have people aged below 25 meet certain conditions to vote has received a surprising response on social media. In an interview with Fox News on Thursday, ahead of a campaign event in Iowa, Ramaswamy suggested a constitutional amendment to voting laws. He said: “We want to … [Read more…]
By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball WriterThe NBA draft lottery has offered teams a quick path from bad to good for nearly four decades. The stakes this year are unusually high with French phenom Victor Wembanyama the top prospect.The lottery format has undergone a few changes since the New York Knicks won the first one in … [Read more…]
WINDER – Patricia Stanley Bennett, 89, Winder, passed away on Saturday, May 6, 2023. Pat was born October 30, 1933, in Kathleen, Florida, arriving into this world as the fourth daughter of five in a row with one brother to follow. She moved with her family to Pensacola during World War II. It was there … [Read more…]
AUSTIN – Chase Lehr and Lucas Rizo battled it out one last time at the Class 3A state track and field meet Thursday at Mike A. Myers Stadium. Once again, Lehr got the best of the Crane senior. Lehr, a Breckenridge senior, defended his title in the 800 meters with a time of 1 minute, … [Read more…]
International Contemporary Ensemble has announced two festival concerts this summer. The Ensemble performs as part of the SONiC Festival on Saturday, June 10, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. at Stiefel Hall at Mannes School of Music and at the TIME:SPANS Festival on Friday, August 25, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music. … [Read more…]
Residents will head to the polls Tuesday, May 16, to vote on school budgets, propositions and board of education members, and local libraries allocations and boards of trustees. Some school districts will ask residents to establish capital reserve funds to help pay for construction costs or bus purchases. The state Education Department allows districts to … [Read more…]
GEOLOGY THE ORIGIN STORY How glaciers, global warming, and one giant meteor helped create the Chesapeake. long, long time ago. That’s when the Chesapeake Bay was born. And the number changes, depending on who you ask or how you look at it. Some say it’s 10,000 years ago, when this estuary—a body of water that … [Read more…]
All Times Eastern. PBS programming varies regionally. Friday, May 12 Dear MamaFX, 10pmSeries Finale!The documentary series chronicling rap icon Tupac Shakur and his relationship to his mother, Afeni, concludes with “Until the End of Time.” City on FireApple TV+New Series!Based on Garth Risk Hallberg’s epic 944-page bestselling novel City on Fire, this new series tells … [Read more…]
Circus politics The reported exchange between Senator Matt Canavan, objecting to reforms to curb pork-barrelling, and Professor Anne Twomey is dispiriting (Mike Seccombe, “ ‘Clearly absurd’: A fresh account of Scott Morrison’s dodgy grants”, May 6-12). Canavan argues against curbing any power that limits promises to constituents, made in order to be elected. Twomey argues for … [Read more…]
Lough Lannagh Castlebar was the setting for the first race in the Intersport Elverys 11th Mayo AC 5k series on Tuesday evening May 9. It was the first race of the club’s popular fundraising series since 2019. This year’s race was over a newly measured easier course with the only significant uphill … [Read more…]