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Jacksonville, FL

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A historic marker could be erected to honor the victims of the racist mass shooting at the Dollar General store in Jacksonville’s New Town neighborhood nearly a year ago. If approved by the Jacksonville City Council, a marker would be installed at Kings Road and Canal Street on Aug. 25, a day before the first anniversary of the shooting, when a white gunman took the lives of three Black people.

Memorial considered to honor Dollar General victims

Ohio State

The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

Business Insider

Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota served in the army, taught high school, and has decades of governing experience.

12 things to know about Tim Walz, the Midwestern dad who coined the biggest insult of 2024

TheDailyBeast

Asked about a long-ago Saturday night when he arrested a man called Tim Walz for drunken driving, Nebraska State Trooper Stephen Rasgorshek cited an axiom he formulated while making more than 1,000 such busts on the roads of  Nebraska.“One of the things I've always said is, anyone can get a DUI. It’s what you do with it after you get the DUI,” Rasgorshek told The Daily Beast on Monday. “If he had stuck with his story of, ‘Look, it changed my life and I stopped drinking,’ I would commend him, 1,000 percent.”But what happened that night—and the very different...

Cop: I Arrested Tim Walz for DUI. He Told the Truth. Then Came the Lies

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has a tense relationship with some of his state's business interests. Walz's battles with business have a common theme: Walz supported higher taxes on the rich or on businesses, and corporate leaders fought back. Business groups and executives who met...

Inside the tax battles Tim Walz fought — and won — in Minnesota

Thomson, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A Georgia city mayor has been arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation following an investigation and a grand jury indictment. According to GBI officials, the Thomson Police Department requested the agency to investigate an allegation that Thomson City Mayor, 52-year-old Benjamin Cary Cranford, provided alcohol to an inmate on work detail within the city limits on June 4, 2024.

Georgia City Mayor Arrested for Allegedly Giving Alcohol to an Inmate on Work Det

The Independent

 Tim Walz chose to stop drinking alcohol in 1995 after he was arrested for driving under the influence, a story that has resurfaced after Vice President Kamala Harris announced the Minnesota Governor as her running mate.On September 23, 1995, Walz, a 31-year-old, newlywed, high school teacher and football coach, was pulled over doing 96 miles per hour in a 55mph zone. The officer who stopped Walz smelled a “strong odor of alcoholic beverage”, according to the police report.After failing a field sobriety test and preliminary breath test, Walz was taken to a local jail in Dawes County, Nebraska.The incident...

The truth behind Tim Walz’s 1995 DUI arrest and how it changed his life

Fox Business

Lisa Zarza and Bill Hupp, both former Minnesota bar owners, criticized Tim Walz's policies concerning COVID-19 and riots for hindering small businesses.

Ex-Minnesota bar owners say 'evil' Tim Walz's far-left policies ruined small businesses

WashingtonExaminer

For Minnesotans, the 2020 riots are still fresh in our memories. We watched in horror as our cities burned and a police precinct was turned into a pile of ashes and rubble, all while our so-called leaders sat on their hands. The ensuing crime surge continues to be a daily reminder of the problem created […]

Minnesotans haven’t forgotten Kamala Harris’s role in the 2020 riots

Denver, CO

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

Nebraska State

Before he got his start in politics, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, chosen on Tuesday to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, was a longtime educator – just like his wife.

Who is Gwen Walz, the wife of Harris’ new running mate?

Anaheim, CA

NewSantaAna

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 53-year-old third striker who Orange County prosecutors warned posed a significant risk to public safety due to his violent criminal history has been sentenced to 46 years to life for stabbing another man to death after two of his felony convictions were dismissed as a result of a judge allowing him to participate in a collaborative court program over the objection of prosecutors.

Third striker sentenced to 46 years to life after killing a man at an Anaheim sober living home

Gov. Tim Walz has been named Kamala Harris' running mate. Here's what to know about his family.

Meet the family of Tim Walz, Kamala Harris' VP pick

Fox News

Under Walz, Minnesota became near unlivable and dangerous. His remarkable cowardice and carelessness destroyed businesses, friendships, family members and the place I once called home.

I watched as Gov. Tim Walz let my home state of Minnesota burn

Minneapolis, MN

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's leadership during the riots that destroyed downtown Minneapolis in 2020 have some residents concerned about his leadership on a national level.

Tim Walz's BLM riots response left Minnesota husband, dad of 2 'disgusted': 'Can't believe' people support him

Wisconsin State

As a congressman, Gov. Tim Walz promoted the idea that a local ICE raid was "terrorism" in a speech where he also defended the idea of sanctuary cities.

FLASHBACK: Gov Walz amplified comment comparing ICE raids to 'terrorism' in America

NewsBreak

Minnesota long-term care workers could qualify for bonuses

MINNESOTA (KEYC) - More than 200,000 long-term care workers may qualify for bonuses of up to $1,000 from the state of Minnesota. Direct support professionals are...

Minnesota long-term care workers could qualify for bonuses

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