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McCarthy defends 1/6 audio, House GOP backs 'next speaker'
Read full article: McCarthy defends 1/6 audio, House GOP backs 'next speaker'House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy has assured colleagues he never asked then-President Donald Trump to resign over the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol.
AP Exclusive: MLB suspends political donations after DC riot
Read full article: AP Exclusive: MLB suspends political donations after DC riotThe National Football League said it will reconsider its donations but did not commit to suspending them. “We are re-evaluating our political giving policies through the Gridiron PAC,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told the AP in a statement Wednesday. Others, like MLB, have postponed political giving to both political parties altogether. The Office of The Commissioner of Major League Baseball Political Action Committee has donated $669,375 to Senate and House candidates since the 2016 election cycle, with 52.4% of that money going to Republican candidates, according to The Center for Responsive Politics. Since the 2016 election cycle, MLB has made contributions to two senators and nine representatives who were among those opposing certification of Biden's victory.
Data: Congress created virus aid, then reaped the benefits
Read full article: Data: Congress created virus aid, then reaped the benefitsAt least 10 lawmakers and three congressional caucuses have ties to organizations that received federal coronavirus aid, according to government data released this week. Four car dealerships owned by Kelly received $600,000 to $1.4 million. Mike Kelly Automotive Group, Mike Kelly Automotive LP and Mike Kelly Hyundai and Kelly Chevrolet-Cadillac, all near Pittsburgh, received the money. Buchanan, whose net worth is estimated at $74 million, received three loans for car dealerships totaling $2.7 million to $7 million. Two wineries tied to Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., and an Iowa farm run by his family received loans worth at least $2 million.
Data: Congress created virus aid, then reaped the benefits
Read full article: Data: Congress created virus aid, then reaped the benefitsAt least 10 lawmakers and three congressional caucuses have ties to organizations that received federal coronavirus aid, according to government data released this week. We think it certainly should be illegal" for members of Congress to benefit from a program they created, he said. Car dealerships owned by Kelly received from $450,000 to just over $1 million. At least five car dealerships owned by the husband of Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.Va., also received loans, each ranging from $350,000 to $1 million, the data show. Herns Tulsa-based KTAK Corp., a management company for several McDonalds restaurants, received $1 million to $2 million.
Longtime Waycross newspaper publisher found dead in office
Read full article: Longtime Waycross newspaper publisher found dead in officeWAYCROSS, Ga. - For more than 100 years, the Waycross Journal-Herald, which covered Ware County, was owned and operated by the Williams family. On Wednesday, Roger Williams, the former publisher of the paper, was found dead inside his office at the papers headquarters. It was him," Rick Head, Waycross Journal-Herald publisher and owner told News4Jax on Thursday. We shook hands, and I left.On Sept. 30, the printing press printed its last edition of the Waycross Journal-Herald. Under its new weekly edition, the Waycross Journal-Herald has published three papers to date.
After more than century, Waycross Journal-Herald prints final newspaper
Read full article: After more than century, Waycross Journal-Herald prints final newspaperMichael Rivera via Wikimedia CommonsWAYCROSS, Ga. - A family-owned newspaper in south Georgia is closing after more than a century in publication. Waycross Journal-Herald Publisher Roger Williams said the newspaper was printing its final edition Monday. The Waycross newspaper has been in Williams' family since his grandfather, Jack Williams Sr., bought it in 1916. Roger Williams has served as publisher for 27 years. His brother, Jack Williams III, is the paper's longtime editor.
A play and symposium that raises awareness and sheds light on prostate cancer
Read full article: A play and symposium that raises awareness and sheds light on prostate cancerJoining us to talk about "Daddy's Boys" Play and prostate symposium is Rev. Roger Williams the President of the Healthy Jacksonville Men's Health Coalition and Dr. Christopher R. Williams with Urology Consultants.