John S. Kominoski

1 week ago | thebradentontimes.com | Dawn Kitterman |Jackie Llanos |Mitch Perry |John S. Kominoski

The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), enacted in 1974 under President Gerald Ford, established the first comprehensive framework for regulating and protecting America’s drinking water supply. This law ensured that the water reaching our homes is free from harmful contaminants and safe for consumption. It also gave the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authority to regulate drinking water contaminants and allow states to take the lead role in enforcing the SDWA.

1 week ago | thebradentontimes.com | Dawn Kitterman |Jackie Llanos |Mitch Perry |John S. Kominoski

In this aerial view, Mexican immigration officials and police escort deportees after they were sent back into Mexico on Jan. 22, 2025, as seen from Nogales, Arizona. U.S. President Donald Trump signed executive orders on his first day in office declaring a state of emergency at the U.S. southern border, halting asylum claims and launching a campaign of mass deportations.

1 week ago | thebradentontimes.com | Dawn Kitterman |Jackie Llanos |Mitch Perry |John S. Kominoski

Joshua Hay, President of the Hope Florida Foundation Inc. (Screenshot from Florida Channel)The state’s new attorney general may have engaged in criminal conduct in organizing the transfer of legal settlement money through the Hope Florida Foundation to campaign against a marijuana legalization initiative, a key Republican House member said Tuesday.

1 week ago | thebradentontimes.com | Dawn Kitterman |Jackie Llanos |Mitch Perry |John S. Kominoski

A crowd gathered outside U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Tuesday, April 10, 2025, to protest the government's erroneous deportation of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, an El Salvadoran national, to a mega-prison in the Central American country.

1 week ago | thebradentontimes.com | Dawn Kitterman |Jackie Llanos |Mitch Perry |John S. Kominoski

A big agriculture omnibus bill in the Florida Legislature would ban water fluoridation and tinker with gun background checks.A comprehensive farm bill being pushed by the Florida Department of Agriculture cleared its fourth and final committee in the Florida House on Tuesday and now goes before the full chamber for a vote. Meanwhile, in the Florida Senate, that chamber’s version (SB 700) was debated on Tuesday and will go for a floor vote later this week, as well.