Cummings on voting rights

0 Business The 101st annual Conference Day of Workshops Friday May 20, at Saddlebrook Resort in Wesley Chapel. D'Ann Lawrence White , Patch Staff Posted Reply WESLEY CHAPEL, FL — The Florida Chapter of Business & Professional Women will host the 101st annual Conference Day of Workshops Friday May 20, at Saddlebrook Resort in Wesley Chapel. The day starts at 8:45 a.m. and finishes at 3:30 p.m. with networking to follow. There are five workshops: "Know Your Voting Rights" with Julie Marcus: Marcus will discuss recent changes made by the Florida Legislature and their impact on upcoming elections this fall. Learn the facts about when and how you can vote and what to expect when you are ready to do so. Marcus will provide informative, practical guidance for voters, answer questions and give insight into how the office of the Supervisor of Elections operates. "Building Your Business by Building Relationships" … [Read more...] about Business & Professional Women To Host Annual Conference Workshops

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Some of the world’s biggest mining companies have withdrawn requests to research and extract minerals on Indigenous land in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, and have repudiated Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s efforts to legalize mining activity in the areas. The Brazilian Mining Association (Ibram), which represents around 130 companies, conducted an internal survey of its members earlier this year, according to Raul Jungmann, its president. For the first time in decades, none of the companies have current research or mining applications for gold, tin, nickel, iron and other ores in Indigenous areas, he said. Neither the survey nor its results have been reported previously. Members of the association, which accounts for 85% of Brazil’s legally produced ore, include mining giants Rio Tinto, Anglo American and Vale. The AP contacted all three companies. Rio Tinto confirmed it retracted its applications for research concessions in 2019. Anglo American did the … [Read more...] about Mining companies back away from Brazil’s Indigenous areas

close Video Biden better be thinking about Americans 'first and foremost' abroad: Ex-Naval intel officer Former Naval Intelligence Officer Robert Charles argues Biden's trip to South Korea is for national security, not economic, reasons. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! President Joe Biden’s approval rating has plummeted in May to its lowest point since he took office, according to a poll commissioned by the Associated Press. The poll, published by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public research, shows that only 39% of adults in the United States approve of Biden’s performance as president. President Joe Biden (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Overall, only about 2 in 10 adults say the U.S. is heading in the right direction or the economy is good, both down from about 3 in 10 a month earlier. Those drops were concentrated among Democrats, with just 33% within the president’s party saying the country is headed in the … [Read more...] about Biden approval rating plummets to 39%, down 24 points from last year: AP poll

close Video Sen. Scott: We're trying to rescue America Florida Sen. Rick Scott discusses the Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary that is likely headed to a recount. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! MANCHESTER, NH — Pundits view Sen. Rick Scott of Florida as a possible Republican presidential contender in the upcoming race for the White House. And the latest trip by the former two-term Florida governor and current chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), the Senate GOP’s re-election arm, to New Hampshire is raising eyebrows. The state for a century has held the first presidential primary and is a must stop for potential White House hopefuls. But Scott told Fox News Digital in an interview Friday ahead of his visit that "I'm planning on running for the Senate" in 2024, when he’s up for re-election. Scott told Fox Digital last August, during a previous trip to New Hampshire , that "I have no plans to run for … [Read more...] about Ahead of NH trip, Rick Scott reiterates he’s ‘planning on running’ for Senate re-election in 2024

The Conservative Party has been accused of betraying its Brexit promises after it was revealed that the government has allowed in a record number of non-EU migrants. Britain’s ‘Conservative’ Party government allowed in a record number of non-EU migrants in 2021, a report published on Thursday has revealed. According to the head of the organisation who penned the report, the government’s failure to curb migration represents a betrayal of the promises made by the Tories before the Brexit vote, with officials having previously claimed that they would work to lower numbers once the UK escaped the European Union. According to a report by Migration Watch UK, the government has in fact done the opposite of what they had promised to do, with the number of people coming to Britain from outside the EU hitting record levels in 2021. Overall, more than 830,000 arrived in the UK on long term visas that year, which the organisation notes as representing a number greater than the entire … [Read more...] about Not Taking Back Control: UK Govt Allows Record Migrant Numbers