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Opinion: Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s New Deal: She’s in charge

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:44:32 GMT

If you want to know if the government is going to shut down on Sept. 30, there’s no need to bother asking House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. He doesn’t know. Without being able to control his caucus, McCarthy’s guess is as good as yours or mine.Instead, you’d be best served to ask U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia Republican who has vaulted from back-bench pariah to lynch-pin power player in Washington, thanks to the patronage of McCarthy himself.In exchange for her vote for speaker, McCarthy gave Greene slots on powerful committees earlier this year. But with just a four-vote margin on any given day, McCarthy also gave Greene and the other far-right members enormous leverage over him through new House rules. They can call a vote of no confidence at any time to boot him as speaker. Even as he works to negotiate spending packages with Democrats, which he must, or make incremental progress on big issues, he’s never more than a few votes away from irrelevance and disgrace.In a d...

Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week: Kendyll Winn, Mountain View volleyball

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:44:32 GMT

Mountain View volleyball player Kendyll Winn is the Bay Area News Group’s girls high school athlete of the week for Sept. 18-23 after she received 34.17% of the vote.Miramonte water polo player Rosalie Hassett (16.50%) took second.Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.Winn, a junior libero, had a productive weekend at a tournament for the Spartans. She had 10 aces, 69 digs, 13 assists and 56 serve receptions. Mountain View went 5-1.To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email [email protected] by Monday, Oct. 1, at 11 a.m. Please include stats and team results.We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps.com by coaches/team statisticians for consideration.Winners are announced each Friday on the Mercury News & East Bay Times websites and in the print edition of the Mercury News and EB Times sports sections.Related ArticlesHigh School Sports | Bay Area high school football 2023: Week 6 preview, schedule High Sch...

Opinion: Let’s be bold about housing needs across the Bay Area

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:44:32 GMT

Silicon Valley investors are securing property in Solano County. The ultra-wealthy in our region have a serious role to play contributing toward solutions to our housing shortage, and indeed many of them have helped fund housing programs to address the issue. It’s vital to build more housing to ensure that everyone who calls the Bay Area home has a place to live. Yet it seems as if this group of Silicon Valley elites, instead of saying, “Yes in my backyard,” is saying, “I’ll take your backyard instead!”The Bay Area housing shortage stems from slow home construction, skewed toward high-end properties, which has pushed rent prices to record highs. It’s basic supply and demand. Now, nearly 4 in 10 households in the Bay Area pay 30% of their income or more for housing — far too much.In Solano County, we need to build more than 1,700 homes for very low-income buyers and renters. So far, only 129 permits have been granted. My advice to these developers is to ...

Police officer shoots man brandishing BB gun near Bay Area middle school

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:44:32 GMT

Fairfield police shot a citizen who was brandishing a handgun near East Tabor Avenue yesterday afternoon, not far from Cleo Grange Middle School.40-year-old Fairfield resident Osiris Santos sustained a non-life-threatening injury and was released from the hospital a few hours later, being arrested under suspicion of felony assault on a peace officer.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Man shot to death during confrontation with Hayward police identified Crime and Public Safety | City of Hayward identifies officers who fired guns in fatal police shooting Crime and Public Safety | Two dead at East Bay car service center after man shoots woman, then police kill suspect Crime and Public Safety | Vallejo police releases report mandating return of Sean Monterrosa shooter Crime and Public Safety | Vallejo officer explains why he shot man who allegedly tried to kill him Santos was alleged to have been seen...

Conservative donors ramp up efforts to urge Youngkin to run for president, report says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:44:32 GMT

Watch Video: Republican donors push for Youngkin to enter 2024 raceSome of the country’s most prominent anti-Trump conservative figures and donors are quietly ramping up their efforts to convince Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin to run for president, in light of a race for the Republican nomination that appears to be at a standstill, with former President Donald Trump holding onto a commanding lead in polls in early-voting states and nationally, CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa reports.And Youngkin, asked by Fox News Thursday whether he’d rule out a late entry into the race, responded, “I’ve told you — I’m totally focused on Virginia elections, and that’s what we’re gonna get done.” But he did not explicitly say that he would not run.Among those who are pressing the Virginia governor to run ahead of a Virginia Beach donor event on Oct. 17-18 are former Attorney General Bill Barr. “If the governor indic...

A green card processing change means US could lose thousands of faith leaders from abroad

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:44:32 GMT

COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — For more than two hours on a Sunday afternoon, the Rev. Gustavo Castillo led the Pentecostal congregation he’s been growing in this Minneapolis suburb through prayer, Scriptures, rousing music and sometimes tearful testimonials.But it all may end soon. A sudden procedural change in how the federal government processes green cards for foreign-born religious workers, together with historic highs in numbers of illegal border crossers, means that thousands of clergy like him are losing the ability to remain in this country.“We were right on the edge of becoming permanent residents, and boom, this changed,” Colombia-born Castillo said as his wife rocked their 7-month-old boy, a U.S. citizen by birth. “We have done everything correctly, from here onward we believe that God will work a miracle. We don’t have any other option.”To become permanent U.S. residents, which can eventually lead to citizenship, immigrants apply for green cards, generally through U.S. ...

La fiscalía francesa investiga al multimillonario Bernard Arnault por sus negocios con un empresario ruso

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:44:32 GMT

(CNN) — El multimillonario francés Bernand Arnault, propietario de LVMH, está siendo investigado por sus relaciones financieras con un empresario ruso, según informó este viernes la Fiscalía de París a CNN.Según la fiscalía, se está llevando a cabo una investigación preliminar a raíz de un informe de TRACFIN, una agencia gubernamental francesa contra el blanqueo de dinero.La investigación preliminar está estudiando si estas operaciones financieras podrían constituir blanqueo de capitales.La fiscalía no quiso hacer más comentarios “sobre las investigaciones en curso”.Según el Índice de Multimillonarios de Bloomberg, Arnaut es actualmente el segundo hombre más rico del mundo, con un patrimonio neto total de US$ 164.000 millones de dólares, solo detrás de Elon Musk.CNN se ha puesto en contacto con LVMH para obtener comentarios.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

No more warnings: Drive over the line, pay the fine

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:44:32 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Starting Oct. 1, you will pay a fine if you are caught weaving in and out of the express lanes on Interstate 25 and C-470.In September, the Colorado Department of Transportation set up roadway technology that tracked drivers weaving through the solid white lines on C-470 from I-25 to Wadsworth Boulevard and I-25 from U.S. 36 to E-470. What is a Blue Alert? During September, only written warnings were sent to those who broke the law. On Sunday, that grace period is over. Using roadway sensors, cameras and new software, over 40,000 warnings were issued in just 20 days. “We realize that 40,000 warnings sounds like a large figure, and in sheer numbers, it is,” CDOT spokesman Tim Hoover said. “However, it represents only a small proportion of drivers on these corridors, with the vast majority of motorists following the law and driving safely. Unfortunately, a minority of drivers are creating dangerous conditions for everyone on the road with their weaving.”How much wil...

Sept. 29-Oct. 1: Things to do near Denver this weekend

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:44:32 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Most of this weekend's events gear up towards the end of the weekend on Sunday. Even with the first of October happening this Sunday, the 80-degree weather is here to stay in the Denver weekend forecast. Fall-like temperatures will move in at night with temperatures in the 50s to 60s.Here are a few ideas to kick off October the right way.All weekendInk and Drink (Sept. 26-30)The Lumberjack Festival (Sept. 30-Oct. 1)Two teams of professional lumberjackers will compete in 11 different events including axe throwing and water challenges. You'll be able to participate in cross-cut sawing and logrolling.Oktoberfest: 2nd weekend (Sept. 29-Oct. 1)Drink some beer, enjoy it with a pretzel and make sure you grab a stein. While you're there, see how long you can hold two full steins, there's a contest for it. Big Gigantic (Sept. 29-30)Elk Fest (Sept. 30-Oct. 1)Elk mating season is underway, and there's no better way to celebrate the start of fall and one of Colorado's native ani...

Morgan Wallen extends tour, adds two Denver shows

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:44:32 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Morgan Wallen's "One Night at a Time" world tour is extending into next year with at least 10 more shows being added. One of those includes two nights in Denver.The 30-year-old from Tennessee started out as a participant on The Voice and quickly grew as one of America's favorite county singers. 2 Denver restaurants make The New York Times’ best restaurant list After releasing the album "If I Know Me" featuring top hits like "Whiskey Glasses" and "Chasin' You," Wallen hit No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. Those were his first of many hits, as his second album, "Dangerous: The Double Album" spent 10 weeks on the Billboard 200 and his third album, "One Thing at a Time" stayed on the Billboard 200 for 12 weeksHis newest songs include top hits like "Last Night" and "One Thing at a Time."Wallen planned on wrapping up his 2023 tour with just 11 shows left. Now, he's decided to perform coast-to-coast for the final leg of his tour accompanied by a l...