U.S. House passes stopgap spending bill in bipartisan vote, in crucial test for new speaker
U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference after a weekly Republican conference meeting in the U.S. Capitol Building on Nov. 14, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images WASHINGTON — The U.S. House took a broadly bipartisan vote Tuesday to fund the government into the new year, though the…
As ‘March for Israel’ draws crowds to D.C., congressional leaders vow continued support
Thousands of people attend the March for Israel on the National Mall November 14, 2023 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Members of both parties from both chambers of Congress spoke to tens of thousands of supporters of Israel in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, pledging to continue support for the U.S. ally’s war against Hamas…
Oklahoma senator challenges Teamsters president to fight at U.S. Senate hearing
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, an Oklahoma Republican, is shown holding a printout of the social media post that led him to challenge the head of the Teamsters union to a physical fight at a U.S. Senate hearing Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. U.S. House webcast screenshot WASHINGTON — Sen. Markwayne Mullin, an Oklahoma Republican, challenged the head…
State schools superintendent eyes revamped funding approach in 2024 Legislature
Superintendent Richard Woods. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder Public schools make up the biggest portion of Georgia’s state budget, so when lawmakers head to Atlanta each January to fund the government and pass new laws, education always has a prominent role. This January could see delivery on efforts to make students living in poverty a priority in…
Congress nears another government shutdown deadline on Friday at midnight
U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks on his cell phone as walks back to his office in the U.S. Capitol building on Nov. 13, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images WASHINGTON — Congress on Monday appeared to be on the edge of approving another short-term government funding bill this week, though…
Brick and mortar reminders of Georgia’s mistreatment of psychiatric patients could be erased soon
The Jones building at Central State. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder Thousands of Georgians were once confined to the world’s largest mental institution, authorized by the state in 1837 as the “Lunatic, Idiot, and Epileptic Asylum.” The Milledgeville asylum’s miserable conditions were infamous with practices of the time like lobotomy and electroshock therapy as well as primitive…