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Williams, Democratic candidate for governor, delivers petition for referendum on abortion
Huntington Mayor Steve Williams, the Democratic candidate for governor, today delivered a petition with thousands of signatures to the state Capitol to push for a referendum on guaranteeing access to abortion and reproductive healthcare. “As of this morning we have 2,500 signatures,” Williams said from the Capitol. Williams has been pushing for the referendum to
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Virginia governor allows Confederate groups to keep tax exemptions
Republican Glenn Youngkin also vetoed bills related to maintaining access to contraception, saying they were ‘not ready’Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin has vetoed two bills that would have stripped tax exemptions for the United Daughters of the Confederacy, an organization that has opposed the removal of statues of southern state generals during the US civil war and other markers of the southern states’ attempt to secede from the Union in defense of slavery.The Republican governor vetoed...
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Texas governor pardons Uber driver in BLM protester killing
An Uber driver convicted of murder and sentenced to 25 years in prison for fatally shooting a man taking part in a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020 was granted a full pardon today by Texas Governor Greg Abbott.