US election commission loses another executive director as critical election year begins
The federal agency that develops standards for voting equipment and provides a wide range of assistance to state and local election officials is searching for its fourth leader since 2019.
The departure of Election Assistance Commission executive director Steven Frid, confirmed by the agency on Tuesday, comes just as voting begins in .
Frid held the position for less than a year and was the agency’s third executive director in three years. The EAC’s chief information officer will serve as acting executive director while a search for a permanent
Judge says No Labels can block candidates from running for offices other than president in Arizona
PHOENIX (AP) — No Labels, the group preparing for a possible , can prohibit members from using its ballot line to run for office in Arizona, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
The decision protects the group’s efforts to maintain control and secrecy around its operations and finances as critics warn that No Labels could help return Trump to the White House by who might otherwise vote for the former president.
A judge blocked Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes from recognizing candidates wanting to run for office under the No Labels banner
Witnesses recall emergency plane landing in Ajax as expert praises pilot
What Toronto’s proposed property tax increase means for renters
Editors note: This article has been corrected to reflect the accurate yearly rent increase structure for above guideline increases.
A total 10.5 per cent property tax increase has been proposed for Toronto, and the impact is likely to be felt by both homeowners and renters alike.
In a press conference on Jan. 10, budget chief Shelley Carroll said the nine per cent increase to property taxes and 1.5 per cent increase to the City Building Fund — a levy that supports capital projects — is due to a
Top official says Kansas courts need at least $2.6 million to recover from cyberattack
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas court system needs at least $2.6 million in additional funds to recover from that prevented the electronic filing of documents and blocked online access to records for weeks, the state’s top judicial official told legislators Tuesday.
State Supreme Court Chief Justice Marla Luckert included the figure in a written statement ahead of her testimony before a joint meeting of the Kansas House and Senate Judiciary committees. The Republican-controlled Legislature must approve the funding, and Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly
The 3 officers cleared in Manuel Ellis’ death will each receive $500,000 to leave Tacoma police
SEATTLE (AP) — Three Washington state police officers who were cleared of criminal charges in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis — a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained facedown on a sidewalk as he — will each receive $500,000 to leave the Tacoma Police Department, according to documents released Tuesday.
“This says to the public that these are excellent officers, and it’s a shame Tacoma is losing them,” said Anne Bremner, an attorney for one
Woman who sent threats to a Detroit-area election official in 2020 gets 30 days in jail
DETROIT (AP) — A New Hampshire woman was sentenced to 30 days in federal jail Tuesday for texting threats to a Detroit-area election official after a November 2020 meeting to certify local results in that year’s presidential race.
Katelyn Jones, 26, formerly of Olivet, Michigan, and now living in Epping, New Hampshire, targeted Monica Palmer, the Republican chairwoman of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers, and her family, the FBI said in a court filing.
Investigators say Jones
A federal judge declines to block Georgia’s shortened 4-week runoff election period
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge in Georgia has declined to block part of a that shortened the state’s runoff election period to four weeks from nine weeks while legal challenges play out.
U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee that plaintiffs hadn’t proved that the shorter period disproportionately harmed Black voters, or that Republican lawmakers intended to discriminate against Black voters when lawmakers enacted the measure in 2021. He denied a request for a preliminary injunction, but the claims can still be
Crash southeast of Kamloops, B.C., claims four lives, one person injured
MONTE LAKE, B.C. — Police say four people are dead and one person is in hospital after a head-on crash on Highway 97 southeast of Kamloops, B.C., on Tuesday.
Vernon North Okanagan RCMP spokesman Chris Terleski says the collision occurred near the Monte Lake RV park around 9 a.m.
Police say the drivers of the vehicles were found dead at the scene along with two others, and one person was airlifted to hospital.
Terleski says the crash was a “terrible tragedy
Skaters take rare chance to hit the ice in B.C. cold snap, but face safety warnings
VANCOUVER — Andrew Mar was lacing up at Trout Lake in Vancouver, where a cold snap has been giving residents a rare chance to enjoy what Mar calls the “peak of Canadiana” — outdoor skating.
“This never happens or rarely happens in Vancouver, where it gets so cold that we can skate on the ice. … So, it’s like a special treat,” said Mar at the east Vancouver lake where hundreds of people have taken to the ice.
But the Vancouver Park Board is warning people to