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More than two years after the alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was foiled, criminal cases against alleged perpetrators are still working their way through the court system. The Antrim County County Circuit Court has approved two motions from the state in the trial of five alleged co-conspirators charged with providing material support in the plot to kidnap Whitmer. Judge Kevin A. Elsenheimer approved the motions on Wednesday, which asked that the cases be joined for trial and that the court allow the admission of co-conspirator statements. The federal government foiled the plot in October 2020, calling it the...

This flirtation with the idea of a Democratic bloodbath over the House speakership was fun. I admit; a little part of me was hoping for a slog. It would’ve been a moment of shattered unity for the new Democratic House before the new sessions officially began. And I would have loved to see what Donald Trump would’ve have said, or done, to get Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) the votes she would have needed if she fell short. Right now, some 16 or so House Democrats have formed a Never Nancy wing, adamant that they will not support her speakership bid....

Congressman Brian Higgins, New York Democrat, cannot see how a city like New York, without the rest of the state, could qualify for a health care waiver. I don’t think its realistic you can get a healthcare waiver carve out for the city. That’s a precedent that would be very, very difficult at best,” he told me. “I think the possibility of a state-wide waiver, perhaps--but a city waiver? You think about, ‘What’s next?...Los Angeles, San Francisco, Kansas City?‘," said Congressman Higgins on fellow New York Democrat Anthony Weiner's claim that a health care waiver could work in New York...

Freepers and other concerned citizens gathered to protest the Health Care Bill in Buffalo at a fund raiser for Democrat Brian Higgins. Higgins had already said he would support the bill. About 200 protestors gathered to shout and laugh at about 2 dozen mindless supporters. The supporters had such convincing arguments such as "Health care for people not for profit" but a shouted question of "What's wrong with profit?" confused their addled brains significantly "Read The Constitution" and "No to Socialism" broght no coherant reply. A young supoporter asked "What wrong with socialism?" to some laughter and embarrassment (for his...

WBEN Newsroom - Thursday, November 18, 2004 09:09 PM Buffalo, NY (WBEN) - Erie County Comptroller Nancy Naples is conceding the race for the 27th Congressional District. Brian Higgins will take office from Congressman Jack Quinn, who did not seek re-election. Nancy Naples Republican