Midwest
St. Louis businessman bids to unseat ‘Squad’ member Cori Bush, says ‘defund police’ rhetoric must end
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A challenger to progressive “Squad” member Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., desires to depart the non-public sector to serve in Congress as a result of he is fed up with crime in St. Louis.
“I used to be bored with the crime and all the problems that I believed could possibly be modified, in case you had the right management in play,” Republican-hopeful Andrew Jones advised Fox Information digital.
Jones, a businessman and father of two, filed to run within the 1st Congressional District on February twenty second in Jefferson Metropolis.
Jones, who’s married and grew up in St. Louis, mentioned residents in Bush’s district really feel as if there’s “no hope.” He added there are extra criminals and “individuals who need to be anti-citizens” which have been “extra emboldened” since Bush took workplace in 2020.
Raised in East St. Louis, the candidate claimed there’s nothing political management has carried out to handle St. Louis’ excessive crime price.
CORI BUSH WON’T DROP ‘DEFUND THE POLICE’ SLOGAN EVEN THOUGH DEMS FEAR IT’S POISON AT THE POLLS
“You see crime escalating. It’s rising. The philosophy of doing what you need to do and never slot in is totally rising right here within the metropolitan space. Despite the fact that the town of Saint Louis talks about there’s a discount in murders, and issues of that nature, however we all know that these numbers are considerably fabricated,” mentioned Jones, vowing he’ll make it part of his marketing campaign to query the statistics.
In 2020, St. Louis noticed a report excessive of murders in over 50 years, an unprecedented report within the wake of a rising push to defund the police. The town recorded 263 homicides in line with the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting system. In 2021, that quantity fell 26% to 195, a return to its common price over the previous 5 years.
In response to the St. Louis Dispatch, St. Louis’s murder price led the nation’s huge cities from 2015-2020. After St. Louis’ crime price soared to its highest ever, the town’s mayor Tishaura Jones was elected after vowing to enact progressive felony justice reforms.
BIDEN EARNS ‘A’ GRADE FROM VOTERS WITH VOW TO REFUND POLICE
The police-involved killing of George Floyd in 2020 sparked a nationwide phenomenon to push a defunding of the police and felony justice reform in main cities.
On the forefront of the “Defund Police” motion was Black Lives Matter activist Bush.
The progressive “Squad” member has remained dedicated to defunding the police regardless of rising Democrats’ considerations over the political penalties. Bush lately indicated she is refusing to again away from the “defund the police” slogan even when it hurts Democrats politically.
On CNN’s “State of the Union,” anchor Dana Bash requested Bush to weigh in on the backlash she’s obtained since she advised CBS Information final week that “defunding the police has to occur,” so individuals ought to “suck it up.”
“May these feedback find yourself being hurtful to your fellow Democrats, politically talking?” Bash requested the congresswoman.
Bush responded, “I feel what we’ve to have a look at is the truth that I made it to Congress in 2020, and we’re nonetheless combating this identical struggle. We’re nonetheless combating to avoid wasting Black lives. That work was not carried out earlier than I bought right here.”
President Biden spoke in opposition to defunding police amid the crime surge at his State of the Union deal with.
Jones, 61, mentioned that he “disagrees” with Bush’s push to defund the police, arguing an amazing majority of African-People in St. Louis need correct illustration and policing. He claims Bush’s push for defunding the police shouldn’t be a illustration of what the Black group desires.
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“Folks need the police. They perceive that there is no excellent system out right here. There aren’t any excellent individuals and definitely issues may be carried out that shall be deemed as incorrect, adverse, and outright felony by people. However general, the police have been doing a incredible job. We simply have to get behind them and assist them. However the overwhelming majority of individuals assist the police,” mentioned Jones, who ran for St. Louis mayor in 2017 and 2021.
Jones mentioned after studying concerning the Black Lives Matter platform, he concluded the group is an “affront to what Black individuals stand for.”
“The braveness of Black individuals, traditionally, the manufacturing and the excessive worth that Black individuals had, the contributions for household and… they’re [BLM] in opposition to most of that stuff. So, so far as a corporation is anxious, I feel it is a fraud group,” he mentioned.
After dropping the mayoral elections, Jones admitted he didn’t have any curiosity in pursuing politics additional however mentioned he was compelled to run in opposition to Bush.
“The extra I listened to what she talked about, I mentioned, ‘boy, that is completely one thing that is counterproductive.’ … I mentioned, ‘we’ve to do one thing about it.’”
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The first election will happen on August 2, 2022. Jones shall be challenged within the primaries by James Snider, in line with Ballotpedia.
The overall election will happen on November 8, 2022.
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Illinois
Delta skate? Lawmakers leave Springfield without regulating delta-8, other hemp products
Sellers of delta-8 THC, CBD and other hemp-derived products breathed a sigh of relief Wednesday as state lawmakers left Springfield without passing legislation that would effectively banned most of their sales.
But advocates on both sides of a contentious debate pitting Illinois’ multibillion-dollar cannabis industry against its growing hemp sector said they were disappointed to enter another summer without any regulations on intoxicating substances that remain easily accessible to young customers.
“We don’t want pop-up smoke shops opening on every corner,” said state Rep. La Shawn Ford, D-Chicago. “We need to make sure we have some licenses, and limit how many we have, so we don’t turn Chicago into ‘Delta and Marijuana City.’”
Ford was against the legislation that passed the Illinois Senate by a 54-1 vote over the weekend that would limit hemp-derived THC sales to state-licensed cannabis dispensaries, among other reforms.
Sales of pscychoactive products like delta-8 and delta-9 have boomed over the last few years at gas stations and convenience stores nationwide, thanks to a loophole in federal law that doesn’t restrict pot-like substances that can be extracted from hemp. High school students have been sickened in Chicago by such products, which don’t face stringent testing and labeling requirements.
The bill sponsored by state Sen. Kimberly Lightford, D-Hillside, would’ve cut out delta-8 sellers who haven’t gone through Illinois’ rigorous — and expensive — cannabis dispensary licensing process, but House members didn’t take up the bill by the end of a marathon spring budget session.
“After months of negotiations, the Senate passed a bipartisan bill that all sides agreed upon, further ensuring our common goal to have a fair, just and safe industry,” Lightford said in a statement. “The bill we put forth showed the dire need to regulate the hemp industry before we lose yet another young life to these pervasive products. It’s unfortunate the House could not meet the urgency.”
Lightford’s bill could be taken up by the House when members return to Springfield in the fall, though it would have a higher hurdle for approval. Bills passed after May 31 require a three-fifths majority.
Ford estimated support was well short of that threshold among his colleagues in the super-majority House Democratic caucus.
He’s pushing a separate bill that would limit sales to people 21 or older, require manufacturers to undergo product testing to obtain $500 licenses, impose a 10% tax rate on sellers and — most importantly, he said — allow current sellers to stay in the market.
“It’s not like we can get rid of it. You can’t ban something that’s grown like this,” Ford said. “Let’s not try to have an industry that directly competes with cannabis. Put this industry in its own lane, just like beer is in its own lane and rum and spirits are in their own lane.”
Jennifer Weiss, owner of the Roscoe Village wellness shop Cubbington’s Cabinet, said she was “extremely relieved” by the stalling of Lightford’s bill, which Weiss said also would have effectively outlawed the non-intoxicating CBD products she sells — and put her out of business.
“It would’ve benefited the big cannabis companies, but unfortunately not the hundreds, if not thousands, of small businesses that rely on hemp-based products,” Weiss said. “Now what we need are some good-faith negotiations with all the stakeholders at the table.”
Tiffany Chappell Ingram, executive director of the Cannabis Business Association of Illinois that pushed Lightford’s bill, said “we are disappointed the House failed to pass needed reforms to our state’s cannabis laws and will continue to allow synthetic hemp products that are sickening children and adults to be sold with no oversight.
“Despite overwhelming bipartisan support for these measures in the Senate, there is clearly more work to do to educate legislators about these important matters,” Chappell Ingram said in a statement.
Speaking at an end-of-session news conference, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he thinks regulations would be “proper” but didn’t say whether he’d be in favor of a ban on sales beyond dispensaries.
“It’s clear that it’s not for medicinal purposes. It’s not regulated the way that cannabis is, and yet it ends up on the market, and there’s no restriction on who gets it [or] how much they can get,” Pritzker said. “I really believe that we need to step back and ask what is in the best interest of the health of kids and adults across the state.”
Indiana
Federal inspectors find 29 violations in southern Indiana mine
VINCENNES, Ind. (WISH) — The U.S. Department of Labor announced the Mine Safety and Health Administration completed impact inspections in April at 15 U.S. mines, including one in Indiana.
The Buffington Plant, owned and operated by Carmeuse Lime Stone Inc. in Vincennes was issued 29 violations. Six of these violations were considered significant and substantial violations. While 29 violations were seen as non-significant and substantial.
The federal government conducts impact inspections at mines that need increased agency attention and enforcement due to poor compliance history, previous accidents, injuries and illnesses, and other compliance concerns.
In April, inspectors completed inspections at mines in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.
They issued 247 violations and two safeguards. of those violations, 67 were considered significant findings.
“April’s impact inspections found serious conditions that placed miners at risk of slip, trip and fall and powered haulage hazards,” said Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health Chris Williamson, in a release. “More than half of the fatal accidents so far this year have involved powered haulage. Mine operators, contractors, and miners need to remain vigilant in identifying and eliminating hazards.”
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