Georgia begins hand tally of presidential race votes On Nov. 13, Georgia’s 159 counties began recounting presidential race votes. A law gave the state the option of having a hand tally recount if the margin by which the winning candidate leads by is too slim. Georgia will have at least two ballot auditors check each […]

Officials end gray wolf protections.   Last Thursday, the Trump administration announced the disassembly of protections for gray wolves under the Endangered Species Act in most of the U.S., according to the Associated Press. With the absence of these long-standing federal safeguards for the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act, states and tribes are […]

Alabama courthouse removes Confederate statue On Friday, the Madison County Courthouse in Huntsville, AL, removed a statue of a Confederate soldier. According to the Associated Press, the statue was placed by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1905 and acts as an unspecified cemetery. The state of Alabama set a fine in place in […]

Voting site crash leads to extension of Florida registration deadline On Monday, Oct. 5, the Florida voter registration website crashed due to receiving more than a million requests per hour. Governor Ron DeSantis resolved conflicts by extending the voter registration deadline until 7 p.m. on Tuesday. With that, there are concerns about these technological issues. […]

Nearly 50,000 voters received incorrect ballots in Ohio   According to the Associated Press, elected officials announced that almost 50,000 voters received incorrect absentee ballots last Friday in Franklin County, Columbus, OH. Officials quickly noticed the mistake and announced that correct ballots would be mailed out to citizens within 72 hours. Some of the incorrect […]

President Trump and Melania Trump test positive for COVID-19 In the early hours of Friday, President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump told the public they had tested positive for COVID-19 in a tweet by Trump saying, “Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. On Friday night, the President announced he would be […]

Kenosha shooter challenges extradition Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorney, John Pierce, intends to challenge his client’s extradition from Illinois to Wisconsin. Rittenhouse had been charged with the death of two protesters following the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, WI. Rittenhouse claims self-defense to the charge of two counts of intentional first-degree homicide and an attempted third, […]

Winston Groom dies On Sept. 16, Winston Groom, American novelist and author of “Forrest Gump,” died at the age of 77 in Alabama. According to the Trussville Tribune, “Mayor Karin Wilson of Fairhope, AL, said in a message posted on social media that Groom had died in that south Alabama town. The death was confirmed […]

200 people trapped in wildfire Last Saturday, 200 people were rescued after being trapped by a wildfire in a reservoir at the Sierra National Forest in California, according to The New York Times. The fire started on Friday and consumed more than 45,000 acres of forest. Of the 200 people rescued, 20 were injured and […]