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FILE – Residents, landowners and supporters of the Hogg Hummock community on Sapelo Island fill a courtroom, Sept. 12, 2023, in Darien, Ga. Two weeks after local officials weakened restrictions that for decades protected the tiny Georgia island community populated by the descendants of enslaved people, its Black residents hope to force a vote that […]
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government on Thursday released the wording of a referendum question that promises the nation’s Indigenous population a greater say on policies that effect their lives. Australians will vote sometime between October and December on the referendum that would enshrine in the constitution an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. An emotional […]
The Australian government has released the wording of a referendum question that promises Indigenous people a greater say on policies that affect their lives By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press March 22, 2023, 11:42 PM ET • 3 min read CANBERRA, Australia — The Australian government on Thursday released the wording of a referendum question that […]
September 28, 2022 | Press Releases WASHINGTON, DC – This evening, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) spoke on the Senate floor against continued Russian aggression on Ukraine for the 24th consecutive week while the Senate has been in session. Portman highlighted the sham “referendum” votes held by Russia to justify annexations of sovereign Ukrainian territory. He […]
Good morning. Volodymyr Zelenskiy has accused Russia of planning to hold a sham independence referendum in the partly occupied southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. The Ukrainian president told residents there to avoid handing over personal information, including giving passport data or by answering questionnaires, to occupying forces. Zelenskiy’s warning came . . .
With the City Council’s Black and Latino caucuses at loggerheads over new ward boundaries, the chairman of the Rules Committee is throwing in the towel on negotiations. Ald. Michelle Harris (8th) on Tuesday plans to do what the Latino Caucus did in December: petition the city clerk’s office for a referendum on the Black Caucus’ […]
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