TY, B!
Tennessee mayor arrested days before election
“The Macon County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday arrested Red Boiling Springs Mayor Joel Coe on charges of criminal conspiracy and tampering with evidence.”
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/27/tennessee-mayor-arrested-on-re-election-ballot-sat/
New president takes over utility blamed for gas disaster in September, 2018, Merrimack Valley.
“Columbia Gas of Massachusetts says Mark Kempic will officially succeed retiring president Steve Bryant on May 1.”
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/27/new-president-takes-over-utility-blamed-for-gas-di/
NM Utility Co. wants Facebook to pay $39m of installation costs for a new transmission line to serve a Facebook data center.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/27/utility-to-request-reconsideration-of-line-for-fac/
Minnesota Republicans have re-elected Jennifer Carnahan as state party chairwoman.
Carnahan promised President Donald Trump that the party would deliver Minnesota’s 10 electoral votes in 2020. Republicans lost every statewide race and the Minnesota House in 2018.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/27/carnahan-re-elected-as-minnesota-republican-party-/
Ex-West Virginia magistrate, Julie Yeager, to serve at least 1 year in jail
https://www.washingtontimes.com
Yeager pleaded guilty to two counts of embezzlement.
Republican House Majority Leader Chet Pollert elected chairman of the Legislative Management committee.
The former chairman, GOP Sen. Ray Holmberg, of Grand Forks, was elected vice chair.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/27/ms-13-gang-member-sentenced-to-35-years-in-prison/
New term to watch out for: “child recycling”
Border Patrol begins fingerprinting migrant children
“Border agents have launched a new effort to fingerprint underage immigrants amid concerns about “child recycling” — which involves youths who’ve gained legal entry being smuggled back to Central America to pair up with adults as fake family members to help them cross into the US”
https://nypost.com/2019/04/27/border-patrol-begins-fingerprinting-migrant-children/