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COVID-19 self-tests Sen. Sinema censured UConn loses face Seasonable temperatures
State distributed 500,000 test kits last Arizona Democrats cite failure “to ensure Ollie arbitration win costs more than cash Mix of clouds and sunshine;
week; January total at 3.6M. NEWS, PAGE 2 the health of our democracy.” NEWS, PAGE 9 for athletic department. SPORTS, PAGE 1 high of 34. SPORTS, PAGE 8
VOLUME CLXXXVI CCOOUURRAANNTT..CCOOMM SUNDAY, JANUARY 23, 2022
ELECTION 2022 GUBERNATORIAL RACE
Stefanowski to put $10M into bid
Republican has more name recognition than year in a rematch against Lamont. noting that Gov. John G. Rowland crats viewed Stefanowski as a
He likely would first need to defeat made the same pledge in 1994 and single-issue candidate, but he is
last time, but pundit says primary is ‘possibility’
former House Republican leader was unable to accomplish it — now talking about a wide range of
Themis Klarides, who has already even with a Republican-controlled issues from high gasoline prices
By Christopher Keating percentage points of beating Ned spent nearly $400,000 of her own Senate in his first two years. to an increase in juvenile crime to
Hartford Courant Lamont, who had spent more than money in exploring the race for Today, the income tax generates spending federal money with more
$40 million of his own money in governor. $10.6 billion in the current fiscal transparency.
As a first-time candidate, Repub- three statewide races before finally Stefanowski, 59, is a fiscally year, and lawmakers say that the “I was really glad to see Mr.
lican Bob Stefanowski came out winning the governorship. conservative Republican whose Democratic-controlled legislature Stefanowski came out with a
of nowhere in 2018 and almost Now, with far more name main pledge during the 2018 would never make $10 billion in broader platform this time,’’ said
defeated a heavily funded Demo- recognition and a pledge to spend campaign was vowing to eliminate cuts that would represent about half deputy Senate Republican leader
crat for governor. $10 million of his own money, the state income tax. Democrats of the state’s general fund budget.
Stefanowski came within three Stefanowski is running again this dismissed the idea as impossible, Some Republicans and Demo- Turn to Election, Page 2
Could
fentanyl
kill with
contact?
Doctors dispute police
warning about skin
absorption of opioid
By Seamus McAvoy
Hartford Courant
On Jan. 14, Hartford police
issued a warning stating they
recently recovered fentanyl
50 times more potent than the
kind typically tested across New
England.
Police did not specify where
they recovered the drugs, but
the issue of fentanyl was close
to mind. A 13-year-old student
at Sport and Medical Sciences
Academy overdosed on the drug
while at school Jan. 13, and later
Owner Sami Abunasra walks inside an empty warehouse at the former Puritan Furniture property in West Hartford. Plans call for the showroom and died. The following day, police
warehouse to be demolished to make way for apartments with storefront space facing New Britain Avenue. MARK MIRKO PHOTOS/HARTFORD COURANT said a subsequent search of the
school revealed nearly 40 small
bags of fentanyl packed for street-
Puritan building
level sale.
In the warning released Jan. 14,
police repeated a claim that has
since been widely scrutinized:
“The strength and potency of this
product can be deadly to anyone
coming in contact with it, includ-
could be a catalyst
ing absorption through the skin,”
they wrote.
The latter part of the claim is
untrue, according to medical and
addiction experts, who fear the
circulation of these claims could
spread unnecessary fear and
negatively impact harm reduc-
West Hartford property is key to reshaping New Park Avenue corridor
tion efforts in the future.
“Proving a negative, as in, this
could never be a problem, is
By Kenneth R. Gosselin | Hartford Courant potentially difficult. But in this
situation, it really isn’t so diffi-
T
he largest apartment project yet cult,” said Dr. Charles McKay,
along West Hartford’s New Park former president of the American
Avenue corridor — a $34 million College of Medical Toxicology
redevelopment of the Puritan and associate medical director of
Furniture property — could add the Connecticut Poison Control
dozens of new rentals, a major Center.
boost to the town’s efforts to create a more walk- “I am unaware … of a legiti-
able neighborhood in an area once dominated by mate, scientifically reviewed,
factories. published case report of dermal
Sami Abunasra, the owner of the Puritan prop- powder fentanyl exposure result-
erty on New Britain Avenue, plans to demolish the ing in severe toxicity and death,”
sprawling showroom and warehouse and build said Dr. Suzanne Doyon, medi-
131 apartments with storefronts facing New Brit- cal director of the Connecticut
ain Avenue.
The mixed-income development could be the Turn to Fentanyl, Page 4
first under a new transit-oriented development
zone expected to be created soon for the milelong
New Park corridor, stretching from the Hartford
Mummies invade
city line to New Britain Avenue.
The family-owned Puritan Furniture showroom and warehouse closed in 2020 Science Center
Turn to Puritan, Page 4 after nearly 90 years in business.
“Mummies of the World,”
a traveling exhibit at the
Connecticut Science Center
through Sept. 4, is a fascinating,
educational exhibit showing
Democrats seek wins
mummified corpses from Egypt,
Peru, Ecuador, Germany, Hungary,
Brazil, the Netherlands and the
to alter perceptions United States. SUNDAY CT, PAGE 1
Opinion ...................Insight, 1-3
Obituaries ...Sunday CT, 6-12
Fresh successes wanted
govern competently. Lottery ...........................News, 2
as midterm elections loom Last year, President Joe Biden and Classified ....................News, 10
congressional Democrats notched Puzzles ........News, 10; Arts, 7
By Alan Fram a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Success ..........Sunday CT, 4-5
Associated Press and a $1 trillion infrastructure pack-
age. Yet also imprinted on voters’
WASHINGTON — Staring at minds are the months of Demo-
midterm elections that could cost cratic infighting over priorities that
them control of Congress, Demo- saw holdouts scuttle two top goals:
crats are trying to sculpt a 2022 their roughly $2 trillion, 10-year
legislative agenda that would social and environment measure
generate achievements and reas- and voting rights legislation.
Resurrecting President Joe Biden’s social and environmental bill is a goal sure voters that they’re address-
for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. SHAWN THEW/EPA ing pocketbook problems and can Turn to Democrats, Page 4
2 Hartford Courant | Section 1 | Sunday, January 23, 2022
FROM PAGE ONE
State gave out 500K COVID-19 tests in past week
By Stephen Singer partner organizations that and 50,000 were distributed 800,000 were distributed Others who receive the for a daily positivity rate of
Hartford Courant supply their clients and to nursing homes for visitor to faith-based groups, early tests include Foodshare, 13.69%. After averaging
members of their commu- testing. childhood care providers, homebound individuals, more than 10,000 COVID-
The state distributed nities. Deliveries for the “We’ve got thousands state employees, residents seasonal farm workers, 19 cases per day in mid-Jan-
a half-million COVID-19 week of Jan. 17 included more self-tests on order, and clients of congregant prison inmates, public college uary, Connecticut is now
self-tests this past week to 350,000 self-tests to munic- and we are working to get settings and other organiza- and university students and seeing half that volume of
numerous organizations, ipalities for social services them out as quickly as they tions, according to Lamont. LGBTQ communities. new cases.
bringing the total so far in and vulnerable populations, come in from our vendors,” More than 400,000 tests The state reported Friday The state has averaged
January to 3.6 million, Gov. kindergarten-to-12th grade Lamont said. arrived Dec. 31, shortly a drop in the weekly COVID- fewer than 5,000 new cases
Ned Lamont announced students and teachers and Since Dec. 31, the state after Lamont said a deal for 19 test positivity rate and per day over the past week.
Saturday. first responders. distributed 2.8 million Connecticut to buy millions number of hospitalizations.
Connecticut has procured Another 83,000 self-tests self-tests to municipali- of at-home tests to hand out Connecticut reported Stephen Singer can be
self-tests from vendors and went to community groups ties and K-12 students and to residents fell apart when 4,444 new COVID-19 cases reached at ssinger@cou-
distributes them in bulk to and vulnerable populations teachers. Approximately the state was outbid. of 32,459 tests administered, rant.com.
Election of Enfield, who has served possibility to have a primary.
in the legislature for nearly “Her connections are
from Page 1 30 years, said it is hard to pretty vast here in Connecti-
predict the landscape in cut on the ground floor.”
Paul Formica of East Lyme. November. Klarides declined to
“The people in the state “Politics can change on a comment for this story,
of Connecticut need and dime,” Kissel said in an inter- saying she did not have
deserve to have a discus- view. “Things can happen anything to add about the
sion on a whole breadth of with a couple of weeks race at the moment and
issues that they’re going to right before the election would speak when she
be dealing with as the new that can change the whole makes a final decision about
administration gets put environment. But certainly running for governor.
in, hopefully, next year. ... the governor is going to be In the general election
In my race, we talked a lot on the hook for everything in the fall, Rose said that
about how do you replace that he’s done by executive Republicans will have a solid
the dollars on the income order. People were pretty shot at defeating Lamont.
tax if you’re going to elimi- upbeat when this all started “I know Lamont has
nate it. There was really no [with the pandemic] as far gotten high marks with the
answer coming from that. as the decisions he made, pandemic, but he’s not as
You have to have an oppor- but I think their patience is popular as he once was at
tunity to replace that unless Republican Bob Stefanowski, right, is looking for a rematch this year against Democrat Ned dramatically wearing thin.” the height of the pandemic,”
you want to eliminate $10 Lamont in the battle for governor. They are shown here in a 2018 debate. Stefanowski could But longtime political Rose said.
billion worth of line items, also be running in a potential primary against Themis Klarides, the former House Republican science professor Gary Rose Lamont downplayed
which is not realistic.” leader who has not yet announced an official decision to join the race. COURANT FILE PHOTO of Sacred Heart Univer- Stefanowski’s entrance into
Formica says Republi- sity in Fairfield said that the race as part of an elec-
cans have a solid chance at Patty McQueen said that safe, and law enforcement continue. Stefanowski should not tion-year strategy to say
beating Lamont because Stefanowski’s opening salvos is demoralized because of “Our revenue stream is yet be looking ahead to a that he’s focused on his job
Stefanowski now has more were a “series of fundamen- policies coming out of our pretty volatile, and right rematch with Lamont. He of running the state. He was
experience and more name tally misleading or altogether state government.” now, we’re strong,” Lamont says Stefanowski could face asked how he would juggle
recognition than in 2018. false statements, platitudes Recalling the famous line told business leaders Friday. a formidable challenge at the the multiple tasks of over-
“This time, he’s had an and talking points.” that Republican Ronald “It’s really important that we state Republican convention seeing the state, handling
opportunity to become a In his announcement, Reagan used against Demo- are able to save and invest in May because Klarides the ongoing COVID-19
little more familiar with Stefanowski blasted Lamont cratic President Jimmy during the good times and developed deep political pandemic, and running a
what’s happening in state on a range of issues, includ- Carter in 1980, Stefanowski is make sure that we don’t have relationships during 22 political campaign.
government and how ing taxes. asking whether Connecticut to slash services or raise years in the state legislature “I’m not going to juggle
things work in a campaign’” “Over the past three years, residents are better off than taxes in the tough times, and among party faithful who anything,” Lamont said.
Formica said. “I think you’re our state has become less they were three years ago. right now, Connecticut is in often become delegates. “I’m going to focus like a
going to see a much better affordable and more danger- But Democrats coun- a better position to do that “She is an insider, and laser beam on the pandemic,
candidate emerge, talking ous for the good people who tered that the state actually than in many, many years.” insiders are the ones who focus on keeping our kids in
about all of these issues.” live, work and go to school is better off — due in part Democrats say that many normally prevail at these school, focus on keeping our
Looking ahead to Novem- here,” Stefanowski said. to projected state budget workers are also better off nominating conventions,” economy open. Look, it is a
ber, he added, “The overrid- “We already have some of surpluses of $1.2 billion in due to several increases in Rose said in an interview. “I political season. People are
ing thought right now is the the highest taxes, utilities, the current fiscal year and the minimum wage that know that Stefanowski, with going to get into the race. I
Republicans have a little and child care costs in the $1.1 billion next year. The will eventually reach $15 per his announcement of $10 think Bob has been running
wind at our backs, but that country, and runaway infla- once-troubled Special Trans- hour, along with a new paid million, is probably trying for the last five years, so
changes in a heartbeat.” tion is making it even worse. portation Fund is projecting family and medical leave to scare her out of running. nothing is going to change
Democrats say that Nearly everything is more surpluses of $275 million this program that has already It might work, but I don’t all that much. I’m going to
Stefanowski already had his expensive in Connecticut year and $310 million next accepted more than 9,000 think it’s necessarily going focus on governing.”
chance and that Stefanowski than in the rest of the coun- year. In addition, the state’s applications in less than two to work. She’s already been
is already distorting try. rainy day fund could reach as months in operation. laying the groundwork for a Christopher Keating can
Lamont’s record. Demo- “Crime is rising across high as $5.5 billion by June Like others, longtime campaign. I don’t foresee her be reached at ckeating@
cratic Party spokeswoman our state, residents feel less 30 if current budget trends Republican Sen. John Kissel backing out. I think there is a courant.com.
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FROM PAGE ONE
Fentanyl with adhesive and occlusive Decontamination dose, but that doesn’t seem according to Peter Canning, dental dermal absorption
dressing. very likely,” McKay said. EMS coordinator at UConn is unlikely to cause opioid
from Page 1 “There’s a huge difference Experts also questioned “It would be better to focus John Dempsey Hospital. toxicity.”
between that and someone the rigorous decontamina- people on the problem that “If you treated every Despite fentanyl’s
Poison Control Center. who gets a little bit of white tion process at the Sport and does exist, which is the wide- [overdose] scene the way potency, the “risk of clini-
It’s simply not how the powder on the hands,” Medical Sciences Academy, spread availability and use of they treat some of these cally significant exposure
drug works, the doctors said. Doyon said. which kept the school closed very potent opioids with no hazmat scenes, you would to emergency responders
Lt. Aaron Boisvert, the until Wednesday. idea what is in them.” need to put tape around the is extremely low,” the state-
What is fentanyl? Hartford police spokesper- School administrators The Sport and Medical city of Hartford,” Canning ment reads.
son who wrote the warn- placed the school under a Sciences Academy reopened said. As for the testimonies,
Fentanyl is a synthetic ing, clarified the claim with “Code Yellow” alert after Wednesday with a two-hour McKay noted that the
opioid 50 to 100 times more The Courant on Thursday learning of the overdose, delay, with extra support Where did these symptoms described by first
potent than morphine and and reiterated the dangers meaning students and staff staff on site and resources responders “are generally
typically administered posed by the highly potent had to stay put, and did for students and staff. claims begin? not what you’d expect to see
intravenously to treat severe opioid. not distribute lunches to Whatever the rationale with opioid exposure.”
pain, such as for cancer “We’ve always had train- students. for closing the school for The mistaken belief that Symptoms like dizziness
patients or post-surgical ing bulletins and things that Jason Thody, Hartford decontamination, “it would fentanyl can be lethal to or an elevated heart rate are
patients. [said] you’re not supposed police chief, said at a press have nothing to do with touch has been particu- more akin to stress or panic
It is cheaper to produce to touch this stuff because conference Jan. 13 that preventing subsequent larly pervasive among law attacks, experts said.
than other opioids, which it can be absorbed through students were required to exposures,” McKay said. enforcement officials as Still, these incorrect beliefs
are usually derived from the skin. Apparently that is walk through a solution of Mark Jenkins, executive police and other emergency have stuck around, and guid-
the opium poppy. Though no longer the case,” Boisvert bleach and OxyClean before director of the Connecticut personnel started to respond ance from medical institu-
considered safe in a medi- said. leaving the school. Harm Reduction Alliance, to more fatal overdoses over tions is not always clear.
cal environment, the drug “However, if you touch A certified state contrac- said he was concerned with the last decade. The Centers for Disease
has begun to infiltrate the it and touch your eye later, tor continued the decon- the optics of the response. In 2016, the DEA released Control and Prevention, for
illicit opioid market, and its your nose later, then it can tamination process over the “The message that sends to a training video for officers example, in 2020 updated its
potency poses a fatal risk to potentially kill you. I’m not weekend in the areas where the community is hysteria,” called “Fentanyl: A Real guidance for first respond-
users. going to say you can touch bags of the drug were found. he told The Courant. Threat to Law Enforcement” ers when handling fentanyl,
It’s also a larger substance fentanyl. This is dangerous The direction to treat the Jenkins and other harm that said dermal contact with but still warns of the dangers
and doesn’t absorb well stuff.” school as a “Hazmat situa- reduction advocates worry the drug could be fatal. of skin absorption on its
through the skin, McKay Ocular ingestion is tion” came from the Drug that spreading claims that Videos and testimo- general fentanyl page online.
said. It is “physically impos- thought to pose more of a Enforcement Administra- fentanyl can kill you just by nies of officers claiming to It can be hard to correct
sible” that one could develop risk than dermal absorption, tion, Boisvert said. touching it, or that hazmat experience overdoses soon misinformation once it gets
symptoms just minutes after but medical experts said the McKay said the process suits are needed to decon- began to circulate widely, in out the first time, Canning
coming into contact with the dangers are mitigated with was “completely unneces- taminate, spreads stigma part thanks to a plethora of said, and deferred to a
drug, he added. basic safety precautions, like sary and benefits nobody.” around opioids and makes misleading news reports. favored quote from Jona-
Pharmaceutical compa- handwashing. While these chemicals intervention less likely in Several medical organi- than Swift: “Falsehood flies,
nies have more recently “If people come in casual would succeed in degrading the future. People who zations have attempted to and truth comes limping
produced dermal fentanyl contact with fentanyl, they the fentanyl, the likelihood witness an overdose, or first counter these claims in the after it, so that when men
patches — but only after should wash their hands of significant quantities of responders, may be hesi- years since. come to be undeceived, it is
more than 10 years of devel- and avoid touching their fentanyl-laced powder being tant to treat a victim with In 2017, the American too late; the jest is over, and
opment, Doyon said. face, mouth or nose,” until tracked out of school on the Narcan, for example. College of Medical Toxicol- the tale hath had its effect.”
These highly technical they wash their hands, said shoes of the students is slim. The decontamination ogy and the American Acad-
patches often contain large Dr. Matt Griswold, chief of “I suppose if [students] process at the school is not emy of Clinical Toxicology Seamus McAvoy may be
quantities of fentanyl in a the Division of Toxicology licked their shoes or some- replicated at other scenes released a joint position reached at smcavoy@cou-
membrane, and are applied at Hartford Hospital. thing, they might get a where overdoses occur, statement saying “inci- rant.com.
Puritan as a franchise owner of
three Ashley HomeStore
from Page 1 franchises, in Manches-
ter, Newington and one he
The transit-oriented established in the Puritan
initiative is aimed at allow- space. The West Hartford
ing denser projects than outlet store will remain
normally permitted else- until he breaks ground on
where in town to take what will be his first devel-
advantage of two busway opment project.
stations on the corridor. Plans are still evolv-
The Puritan property is ing, and he’s still lining up
a few minutes walk from financing, but Abunasra
New Park Avenue and the envisions a four-story build-
Elmwood CTfastrak station. ing with a rooftop deck. The
The second busway stop, 160,000-square-foot build-
at Flatbush Avenue, could ing will be in the shape of
be the site of a future rail an “H” to create interior
station. outdoor spaces with under-
“We want this to be as ground parking.
vibrant — maybe not as He expects the furniture
good as Blue Back — but store will later return to the
we are designing the proj- storefront space in the new
ect this way is to get more building, plus a restaurant
people to come in, create and other shops.
the amenities and the facil- He doesn’t have a render-
ities that everyone wants to ing of the building yet but
be around,” Abunasra said, said it will be in a similar
referring to the successful, style to an apartment build-
mixed-use development ing recently proposed by
Blue Back Square in West developer Avner Krohn near
Hartford Center. West Harford Center.
“We’re hoping to be the Abunasra said he is
catalyst to spur the devel- The apartments at 546 New Park Ave. in West Hartford are now under construction near Talcott Avenue. A new transit-oriented exploring how to incorpo-
opment in this area and get development zone is expected to be created soon for the milelong New Park corridor. MARK MIRKO/HARTFORD COURANT rate work spaces into the
developers interested in mostly one- and two-bed-
doing more work here in detailed discussions with from the fastrak station. It Housing has been scarce, The revitalization is still room units — recognizing
West Hartford,” Abunasra town officials in West Hart- maintains the ground floor though, but two projects in its early stages. The town the pandemic-related shift
said. ford about a redevelopment as commercial and retail have slowly added apart- plans to narrow New Park to remote working — so
West Hartford and a at Puritan for two years, space. With other develop- ments along the busway from four to three lanes to tenants “don’t have to work
growing number of towns even before he bought the ments, sometimes that goes route. better link pedestrians and in their bedrooms.”
and cities in Connecticut — property in the fall of 2020 away, and it’s just housing. In 2018, the develop- bicyclists between the two He projects that monthly
Windsor, Windsor Locks, for $1.1 million. With this, you are emphasiz- ment arm of the West Hart- busway stations and to busi- rents for market-rate units
Meriden and Enfield, to West Hartford has already ing what is already there and ford Housing Authority nesses and housing, accord- will likely range from $1,450
name a few — are pushing secured a nearly $1 million adding apartments to it.” completed the construction ing to West Hartford Town to $2,250. The “affordable”
into transit-oriented devel- state brownfields grant to of 54 mixed-income rentals Planner Todd Dumais. apartments, which account
opment. clean up contamination on Eclectic at 616 New Park Avenue and The stretch is starting to for 15% of the project, will
The developers seek to the property. demand, it says, has been attract attention from more be “several hundred dollars”
build more walkable neigh- It is possible the project For nearly a decade, strong, with the building restaurants, including New less, he said.
borhoods with strong resi- could break ground in June West Hartford has targeted now fully-leased, except for Park Brewing and Gast- And even as apartment
dential bases, retail and with the first rentals ready change along New Park one apartment. roPark, a food truck park. building booms in Hartford
entertainment options. They by early 2024, Abunasra Avenue once there was the The authority will finish and surrounding suburban
also aim at reducing depen- said. addition of the two busway building later this year a Demand towns, Abunasra said he is
dence on motor vehicles, Kristen Gorski, West stations. second apartment project confident that there will be
whose emissions contrib- Hartford’s economic devel- The area was long the nearby at 540 New Park Abunasra, an electri- demand for the new apart-
ute, experts say, to climate opment coordinator, said domain of factories, and Ave., adding another 54 cal engineer with an MBA ments.
change. the development would fill a in the 1990s, there was the units. from Columbia University, “It’s going to be two
Transit-oriented develop- crucial gap in Elmwood, left addition of Home Depot and “The increase in energy spent years at large employ- years,” Abunasra said.
ment on New Park Avenue by the closing of Puritan, a other big box retailers. and investment along the ers. But Abunasra said he left “That’s enough time to
could eventually connect to beloved institution in town The vision for the corri- New Park-New Britain corporate America behind attract more people while
a planned arts and innova- for nearly 90 years. dor is eclectic, continuing Avenue corridor over the because he really wanted to you are building, and now
tion district nearby in Hart- “What’s especially excit- to foster the growth of exist- last five years has helped be an entrepreneur, with an you have demand.”
ford’s Parkville, which has a ing about this is the fact that ing businesses such as the transform and revitalize the eye toward real estate devel-
similar vision of “live, work it’s a significant amount of firearm maker Colt’s and a area,” George Howell, the opment. Kenneth R. Gosselin can
and play.” investment in Elmwood,” strong base of home remod- authority’s chief executive, Abunasra landed in the be reached at kgosselin@
Abunasra has been in Gorski said. “It’s 400 feet eling and design businesses. said. furniture business first, courant.com.
Democrats ties, on their families. That’s a $1.5 trillion bill financ- ceutical prices and student Crafting an agenda that COVID-19 vaccines widely
going to be what people ing government through debt, and House Democrats produces legislative success, available, concerns are
from Page 1 think about when they vote September and perhaps should send popular bills to not just setups for failure to widespread over inflation,
in November.” providing further aid to cope the Senate, where Republi- expose Republican intran- the pandemic and Russia’s
Resurrecting the social Democrats are looking to with omicron, the highly can-inflicted defeats would sigence, could be crucial for threat to Ukraine. All this in
and environment bill tops claim election-year wins in contagious COVID-19 vari- let “people understand that Democrats in a year with a year of midterm elections,
the 2022 wish list for House a Congress they steer with ant. Agency budgets run out Democrats are fighting on political headwinds blow- when lower turnout puts a
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, almost no votes to spare, Feb. 18 and bipartisan coop- these particular issues.” ing against them. In a poll premium on voting by each
D-Calif., and Senate Major- often against solid Repub- eration will be needed for a Party leaders expect to released Thursday by Asso- party’s most ideological
ity Leader Chuck Schumer, lican opposition. They’re deal. renew talks on the social and ciated Press-NORC Center loyalists.
D-N.Y. It’s a risky endeavor also debating the value But revisiting the social environmental bill soon and for Public Affairs Research, “They’re seeing things
because Sen. Joe Manchin, of crafting other popular and environment measure hope to have a deal, or be Biden hit a low for his pres- Biden put political capital
D-W.Va., has already bills and essentially daring — which initially contained near one, by Biden’s March idency with more people behind fail,” Sean McEl-
derailed the legislation, but GOP lawmakers to defeat popular programs to restrain 1 State of the Union address. disapproving than approv- wee, cofounder of the
Biden has conceded he’d them, producing fodder for prescription drug prices, Biden has predicted “big ing of his job performance, liberal research group Data
accept a smaller package campaign ads but reminding send monthly checks to chunks” of the original bill 56% to 43%. for Progress, said of Demo-
and Democrats could still constituents of Democrats’ families with children and will be enacted. “Democracy seems under cratic voters. “They need to
claim victory with a more 2021 failures. curb global warming — is After months of talks attack on every front; the see things Biden puts politi-
modest version. Other Pelosi priorities seen as a political imperative pitting progressives against Democratic trifecta can’t get cal capital behind succeed.”
“People want to see include benefits for veterans by many Democrats. moderates, Democrats had things across the finish line,” History bodes ill for
government work and who served near toxic burn “We have to put every- squeezed a compromise Adam Green, co-founder Democrats. The party hold-
expect us to help move things pits in Iraq and Afghanistan thing to the metal for the social and environment of the Progressive Change ing the White House has
forward,” said Rep. Suzan that could cost hundreds next six weeks” to rewrite bill through the House in Campaign Committee, said lost House seats in 17 of the
DelBene, D-Wash., chair of of billions of dollars, and and pass that bill, said Rep. November over GOP oppo- of Democratic control of the 19 midterm elections since
the New Democrat Coalition, a measure addressing the Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., sition. But in a 50-50 Senate White House, Senate and World War II, averaging 28
a House centrist group. She computer chip shortage who leads the Congressional where Democrats can afford House. losses per election. Repub-
said voters will assess Demo- and other competitiveness Progressive Caucus. She said no defectors, Manchin shot And while the economy, licans would grab House
crats’ agenda for “the impact issues. Biden should issue execu- it down in December, argu- job creation and the stock control in November by
it has on their communi- An early focus will be tive orders easing pharma- ing it was too costly. market have been strong and gaining five seats.
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WORLD & NATION
NEWS BRIEFING
Ex-premier Berlusconi
drops out of Italy’s
presidential election
From news services coni becoming president
prompted a protest earlier
ROME — Former premier this month in Rome, and
Silvio Berlusconi on Satur- another had been set for
day bowed out of Italy’s Monday.
presidential election set In dropping his bid,
for this week, claiming he Berlusconi said he had
had the votes to win but confirmed he would have
the country could ill-afford had enough support to be
political divisions during the elected to the seven-year
pandemic. term of president. He aid he
Berlusconi also was “honored and moved”
announced that he was but didn’t want to be the
allies in a center-right bloc cause of “polemics or lacer-
opposing any bid for the ations” in a nation still strug-
presidency by Premier gling with the COVID-19
Mario Draghi. Draghi, the pandemic.
former head of Europe’s With his characteristic
central bank, is now leading lack of modesty, Berlusconi
a pandemic-unity govern- added that the presidency
ment with wide political “represents the unity of the
support. nation, of the country that I
Together, Berlusconi, love and to whose service I
anti-migrant League leader placed myself for 30 years, A lion dancer accepts a donation from a boy on Saturday at a shopping center in Bogor, Indonesia, ahead of celebrations
Matteo Salvini and nation- with all my energies, my marking the Lunar New Year. Lion dancers mimic the animal’s movements while performing, and it is believed that the dance
alist Brothers of Italy leader abilities, my competency.” wards off evil and brings good luck. The Lunar New Year — the Year of the Tiger — begins Feb. 1. ULET IFANSASTI/GETTY
Giorgia Meloni could The term of the current
command some 400 of the president, Sergio Mattarella,
1,009 grand electors who are term expires Feb. 3. The Houthis’ media office to evacuate as a brush fire dential building killed at to a post office in an attempt
set to start casting written said rescuers were still spread through the moun- least six people and injured to collect his pension.
ballots for Italy’s next presi- Airstrike in Yemen: The searching for survivors and tainous coastal region. 15 others on Saturday in The Irish Times said a
dent Monday. death toll from a Saudi-led bodies in the rubble of the The fire was “stubbornly Mumbai, officials said. man who appeared to be
The electors from the coalition airstrike that hit prison site in Saada on the active overnight,” accord- The fire was caused by a in his 60s was dragged into
lower house of the Italian a prison run by Yemen’s border with Saudi Arabia. ing to the National Weather short-circuit in an air condi- the post office in Carlow on
parliament, the Senate and Houthi rebels has climbed Service, as intense winds up tioner in one of the apart- Friday, propped up by two
special regional representa- to at least 82 detainees, the Afghanistan bombing: A to 50 mph blew the flames ments, Mumbai Mayor younger men.
tives are tasked with choos- rebels and an aid group said bomb attached to a packed erratically along the area’s Kishori Pednekar said. When questioned by staff,
ing a figure who could unite Saturday. minivan exploded in steep canyons. By Saturday Residents said the fire the two fled, leaving behind
the country. The airstrike in the north- Afghanistan’s western Herat morning, the fire — known started on the 15th floor and the older man, who was
Berlusconi, 85, who ern Saada province Friday province on Saturday, killing as the Colorado fire — grew a column of black smoke found to be dead.
founded the center-right was part of an intense air at least seven civilians and to 1,500 acres after starting soon enveloped the build- Ireland’s national police
Forza Italia party three and ground offensive that wounding nine others, Tali- around 5 p.m. Friday in the ing. More than 90 people force would not discuss the
decades ago and served as marked an escalation in ban officials said. Palo Colorado Canyon area. escaped the building, they case but said officers were
premier three times, long Yemen’s yearslong civil war. No one immediately The cause of the fire, said. investigating circumstances
has been a lightning rod for The conflict pits the interna- claimed responsibility which on Saturday after- Ganesh Purnaik, a spokes- surrounding the “unex-
protests. tionally recognized govern- for the explosion, but the noon was 5% contained, is man for the city govern- plained death of an elderly
His past includes a ment, aided by the Saudi-led Islamic State has claimed under investigation. ment, said the fire left six male” in the Carlow area.
tax fraud conviction coalition, against the Irani- credit for similar attacks on On Friday night, the people dead and 15 hospi- The force said an autopsy
and a slew of sex scan- an-backed rebels. civilians and the country’s Monterey County Sheriff’s talized with injuries. would be conducted to
dals, while his business The increase in hostili- new Taliban leaders else- Office issued an evacua- Four of the injured were determine the cause of the
empire that includes ties follows a Houthi claim where in the country since tion order to more than 500 in critical condition, said man’s death.
three private TV stations of a drone and missile attack the group seized power on people in a coastal stretch police officer Saurabh Trip- According to the Irish
raised conflict-of-interest that struck inside the United Aug. 15. south of the small beach athi. Times, one of the younger
concerns. Arab Emirates’ capital last Saturday’s bombing was town of Carmel-by-the-Sea. Nearly two dozen fire men had inquired about
He spent weeks sounding week. the first such attack in Herat. A section of Route 1 was engines extinguished the collecting someone’s
out his own conservative Ahmed Mahat, head of Naeemulhaq Haqqani, a closed as the fire raged along blaze and controlled the pension and was told that
allies as well as lawmakers Doctors Without Borders’s local Taliban official, said the famed coastal high- smoke after a two-hour the recipient had to be
from centrist forces to see if mission in Yemen, told The investigations were ongoing. way, obscuring the road’s effort, media reports said. present. With the help of
he had sufficient support to Associated Press his group dramatic bridges in smoke. a companion, he allegedly
add Italy’s highest office to counted at least 82 dead and California fire: More than In Ireland: Police are investi- returned with the dead
his political resume. more than 265 wounded in 500 residents in the Big Sur Deadly blaze in India: A gating reports that the body man’s body, the newspaper
The prospect of Berlus- the airstrike. area in California were told major fire in a 19-story resi- of a dead man was brought reported.
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States act as abortion fight heats up
Texas, Miss. laws they can take effect, said
Katie Glenn, government
give blueprint for
affairs counsel at Americans
many to follow United for Life, an anti-abor-
tion group.
By Lindsay Whitehurst The Texas law is unusual
Associated Press because it allows private
citizens to file civil lawsuits
SALT LAKE CITY — It against anyone who helps
didn’t take long for abortion someone else get an abor-
to reemerge as a flashpoint tion after six weeks. It has
in state legislatures. made legal challenges diffi-
Less than a month into cult because the government
the 2022 legislative sessions, is not involved in enforce-
battles over the future ment.
of abortion already are More than a dozen states
setting up around the U.S. have passed abortion bans
Republican lawmakers are after six weeks but have seen
proposing new restrictions those efforts blocked by the
modeled after laws in Texas courts. That has made the
and Mississippi that pres- Texas model more attractive
ent a direct challenge to the to conservative lawmakers.
landmark Roe v. Wade deci- “Our message to lawmak-
sion, while some Democrat- ers is, ‘Full steam ahead.’
ic-led states are working to If you have felt like maybe
preserve or expand access. something’s not worth doing
The activity in state legis- because it might be enjoined
latures was anticipated after or you’re worried about it,
the U.S. Supreme Court, this is a great opportunity
with its conservative major- for state lawmakers to let
ity, signaled it was ready to the Supreme Court know,
make seismic changes to the ‘We’ve got this,’ ” Glenn said.
nationwide right to abortion At least three Republi-
that has stood for nearly 50 can- led states — Arizona,
years. If the court overturns Signs are displayed at the March for Abortion Access during October in Orlando, Fla. CHASITY MAYNARD/ORLANDO SENTINEL Florida and West Virginia
Roe v. Wade entirely, the — are weighing bans on the
decision on whether to keep this time next year, we could Cottie Petrie-Norris, as state Jersey recently became the the law to remain in effect, procedure after 15 weeks,
abortion legal would fall to be looking at a scenario in lawmakers proposed eight 15th state to protect the even though it appears to similar to the Mississippi
the states. which more than half of the bills last Thursday. right to abortion in state contradict the Roe decision. law that the Supreme Court
More than 20 states country has lost access to Susan Arnall, director of law, according to the Gutt- Similar proposals have appeared to view favor-
already have laws on the abortion.” outreach for the anti-abor- macher Institute, an abor- been introduced in Ohio, ably during arguments in
books to ban or dramati- Against that backdrop, tion Right to Life League, tion-rights think tank. Alabama, Oklahoma, December. Under Roe, abor-
cally restrict abortion if Roe California lawmakers will said other Democratic-led Vermont could move toward Missouri, Florida and tions are legal until the point
v. Wade is overturned. As consider plans this year to states are likely to follow enshrining “reproductive Arizona. South Dakota Gov. a fetus can survive outside
legislative sessions begin, become a “sanctuary” for California’s lead. Her orga- autonomy” in its consti- Kristi Noem, a possible 2024 the womb, which is usually
several are considering new those seeking reproductive nization is fighting the tution this year. In Michi- presidential contender, around 24 weeks.
bans. care. That could include legislation introduced in gan, abortion-rights groups released a proposal last In Florida, which allows
“This could be a really, paying for travel, lodging the nation’s most populous are seeking an amendment Friday modeled after the abortions up to that point,
really dramatic year in and procedures for people state. Even so, she said abor- enshrining the right to abor- Texas law. She said it would GOP legislative leaders are
terms of people’s ability to coming from other states. tion opponents have gained tion in the state constitution. “ensure that both unborn optimistic about a proposal
access abortion care and “We are confronting an the upper hand throughout Meanwhile, at least seven children and their moth- to ban it after 15 weeks, with
to decide if, when and how all-out assault on reproduc- the U.S. states could follow Texas, ers are protected in South some health-related excep-
they become a parent,” said tive freedom in America. “Life is winning ... and the which has already effec- Dakota.” tions but none for rape and
Kristin Ford, vice presi- There are powerful forces abortion industry is losing,” tively banned abortions after Other states that already incest.
dent of communications working tirelessly to drag Arnall said. six weeks with a law strate- have six-week bans on the “There’s a lot of pro-life
and outreach at NARAL us backwards. But here in Other Democratic-lean- gically written to avoid a books also could amend legislation. We’re going to
Pro-Choice America, an California, we are not going ing states are not yet copy- federal court challenge. The those measures to look be welcoming it,” Republi-
abortion-rights group. “At back,” said Assemblywoman ing California, though New Supreme Court has allowed more like the Texas law so can Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
Georgia towns top census
appeals of inaccurate info
Areas may see cuts census said the county had sent home from campuses,
28,003 residents. A Census and prisons and nursing
to budgets, federal
Bureau estimate from 2019 homes went into lockdowns
fund reduction had put the county’s popula- when those residents were
tion at 30,798. The county is supposed to be counted.
By Mike Schneider home to the town of Helen, In Georgia, inmates are
Associated Press a tourist draw modeled on a supposed to be counted
Bavarian alpine village. where they are impris-
When officials in Ches- An analysis by the Geor- oned. About a dozen other
ter, Georgia, heard that the gia Mountains Regional states are planning to count
2020 census had pegged Commission, a nonprofit prisoners at their home
their small town at 525 agency that provides plan- addresses when it comes to
people, their jaws dropped. ning help to communities in drawing political districts.
They believed the town the region, said half of the Because of the challenges
was almost triple that size county’s census blocks had pandemic lockdowns posed
and feared an inaccurate incorrect housing counts. to these “group quarters”
number could force them to Although the 2020 census counts, the Census Bureau
make budget cuts. put the number of homes at has proposed creating a
“I said, ‘Whoa, that’s not 13,535, it should have been separate program to accept
right,’ ” City Clerk Melanie 15,286, according to the challenges for dorms, mili-
McCook said. “The first analysis. tary barracks, nursing
thing I thought is, ‘This is “We are concerned about homes and prisons. The offi- The town of Helen is located in White County, Ga., where officials were stunned when the 2020
going to affect our revenues long-term impacts, not qual- cials in Georgia aren’t wait- census said the county had fewer people than was calculated earlier. JOHN BAZEMORE/AP
greatly.’ ” ifying for grants, not getting ing around.
Chester and two other as many dollars as we need In Glennville, where counts in rural Georgia, said housing skipped during Atlanta and Savannah, the
small, rural municipali- for our schools, those kinds more than a third of the Heather Feldman, execu- data processing. Revisions 2020 census said it had
ties in Georgia are the first of opportunities that come population is Black, the tive director of the Geor- to population and housing only 525 people, which
communities in the U.S. to when the census count 2020 census counted 3,834 gia Mountains Regional totals were made to about would mark a 67% decline
challenge the accuracy of is used,” said John Sell, people. The 2019 estimates Commission. 1% of the nation’s 39,000 in the population over the
their numbers from the director of White County’s said there were 5,066 people, “Unlike many areas of the governments after the 2010 decade if it were true. The
once-a-decade head count. community and economic and Glennville officials say country, Georgia was seeing census. The census chal- 2019 American Community
Successful challenges are development. the 2020 number should extremely high cases of lenges won’t change the Survey pegged the major-
scant, but the outcome could Both Glennville and Ches- be more than 5,300 resi- COVID-19,” Feldman said in number of congressional ity-B lack town’s population
determine whether Chester, ter are home to state prisons, dents because they believe an email. “Unlike the metro seats each state gets or the at 2,102 residents, and city
the city of Glennville and which became among the the 1,500 or so inmates at areas where population is numbers used for redrawing officials believe it has a mini-
White County get their fair most difficult places to count Smith State Prison weren’t dense, door-to-door census political districts. mum of 1,500 inhabitants.
share when it comes to the — along with college dorms, counted. counters may not have gone Other communities have Without a large property
distribution of $1.5 trillion in nursing homes and military A combination of the to harder-to-reach areas of signaled they plan to chal- tax base or much business
annual federal funding. barracks — as the coronavi- pandemic and a lack of rural counties.” lenge their census numbers, taxes, Chester relies on a
In the foothills of the rus spread throughout the reliable broadband for fill- The scope of appeals including the cities of state-run program in which
Blue Ridge Mountains, U.S. during crucial weeks ing out the census ques- allowed by the Census Boston and Detroit. counties share sales taxes
White County officials were for the census in the spring tionnaire online may have Bureau is narrow — mistakes In the case of Chester, with cities as well as a tax on
stunned when the 2020 of 2020. Students were led to discrepancies in the in recording boundaries or about halfway between insurance premiums.
Baltic nations to ship US-made arms to Ukraine
By Jari Tanner to Ukraine’s sovereignty and ing to Ukraine to strengthen sion. The West has rejected
Associated Press territorial integrity in face of its ability to defend itself Moscow’s main demands
continued Russian aggres- against Russia’s unpro- — promises from NATO
HELSINKI — The Baltic sion.” voked and irresponsible that Ukraine will never be
nations of Estonia, Latvia U.S. Secretary of State aggression,” Blinken said in added as a member, that
and Lithuania plan to send Antony Blinken said in a another tweet. no alliance weapons will
U.S.-made anti-tank and tweet that Washington Kremlin spokesman be deployed near Russian
anti-aircraft missiles to saluted the three NATO Dmitry Peskov last week borders, and that it will pull
Ukraine, a move that the nations and former Soviet described the West supply- back its forces from Central
United States fully endorsed republics “for their long- ing arms to Ukraine as and Eastern Europe.
Saturday amid Kyiv’s esca- standing support to extremely dangerous and The defense ministers of
lating tensions with Russia. Ukraine.” said the shipments “do noth- the Baltic states said that
The defense ministers of “I expedited and autho- ing to reduce tensions.” Estonia would provide Jave-
the three Baltic states said in rized and we fully endorse Moscow has massed tens lin anti-tank weapons while
a joint statement published transfers of defensive equip- of thousands of troops near Latvia and Lithuania were
Members of Ukraine’s volunteer military units train in a city late Friday that they “stand ment @NATO Allies Estonia the Russia-Ukraine border, sending Stinger anti-aircraft
park Saturday in Kyiv, Ukraine. EFREM LUKATSKY/AP united in our commitment Latvia Lithuania are provid- leading to fears of an inva- missiles.
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WORLD & NATION
Acceptance is Spain’s new pandemic strategy
By Aritz Parra “moved into an endemic
Associated Press phase.” But the debate over
specific measures petered
MADRID — When the out as the spread soon accel-
coronavirus pandemic was erated to record levels —
first declared, Spaniards almost 44,000 new cases in
were ordered to stay home 24 hours reported last Tues-
for more than three months. day.
For weeks, they were not However, hospital
allowed outside even for admissions and deaths in
exercise. Children were the vaccinated world are
banned from playgrounds, proportionally much lower
and the economy virtually than in previous surges.
stopped. In the United Kingdom,
But officials credited the mask-wearing in public
draconian measures with places and COVID-19
preventing a full collapse passports will be dropped
of the health system. Lives Wednesday, Prime Minister
were saved, they argued. Boris Johnson announced
Now, almost two years last week, saying that the
later, Spain is preparing to latest wave had “peaked
adopt a different playbook. nationally.”
With one of Europe’s high- The requirement for
est vaccination rates and its infected people to isolate
most pandemic-battered for five full days remains
economies, the government in place, but Johnson said
is laying the groundwork he will seek to scrap it in
to treat the next infection coming weeks if the virus
surge not as an emergency data continues to improve.
but an illness that is here to Official statistics put at
stay. Similar steps are under 95% the share of the British
consideration in neighbor- population that has devel-
ing Portugal and in Britain. oped antibodies against
The idea is to move from COVID-19 either from infec-
crisis mode to control People at a concert in Barcelona, Spain. The country plans to treat the virus like the flu or measles. EMILIO MORENATTI/AP 2021 tion or vaccination.
mode, approaching the “As COVID becomes
virus in much the same way ing scenarios.” Control has advised coun- COVID-19 “must be vaccines and robust public endemic, we will need to
countries deal with flu or The World Health Orga- tries to transition to more treated like the rest of health systems are the envy replace legal requirements
measles. That means accept- nization has said that it’s too routine handling of COVID- illnesses,” Trenche told The of the developing world. with advice and guidance,
ing that infections will occur early to consider any imme- 19 after the acute phase of Associated Press, adding It’s also not clear how an urging people with the virus
and providing extra care for diate shift. The organiza- the pandemic is over. The that “normalized atten- endemic strategy would to be careful and considerate
at-risk people and patients tion does not have clearly agency said in a statement tion” by health profession- coexist with the “zero- of others,” Johnson said.
with complications. defined criteria for declar- that more EU states in addi- als would help reduce delays COVID” approach adopted In Germany, where less
Spain’s center-left prime ing COVID-19 an endemic tion to Spain will want to in treatment of problems not by China and other Asian than 73% of the population
minister, Pedro Sanchez, disease, but its experts have adopt “a more long-term, related to the coronavirus. countries, and how would has received two doses and
wants the European Union previously said that it will sustainable surveillance The public also needs that affect international infection rates are hitting
to consider similar changes happen when the virus is approach.” to come to terms with the travel. new records almost daily,
now that the surge of the more predictable and there Just over 80% of Spain’s idea that some deaths from Many countries over- comparisons to Spain or
omicron variant has shown are no sustained outbreaks. population has received two COVID-19 “will be inevita- whelmed by the record any other country are being
that the disease is becoming “It’s somewhat a subjec- vaccine doses, and authori- ble,” Tranche said. number of omicron cases rejected.
less lethal. tive judgment because it’s ties are focused on boosting The Spanish Health are already giving up on “We still have too many
“What we are saying is not just about the number of the immunity of adults with Ministry said it was too massive testing and cutting unvaccinated people, partic-
that in the next few months cases. It’s about severity, and third doses. early to share any blue- quarantine times, especially ularly among our older citi-
and years, we are going it’s about impact,” said Dr. Vaccine-acquired immu- prints being drafted by its for workers who show no zens,” Health Ministry
to have to think, without Michael Ryan, the WHO’s nity, coupled with wide- experts and advisers, but more than cold-like symp- spokesman Andreas Deffner
hesitancy and according to emergencies chief. spread infection, offers the agency confirmed that toms. Since the beginning of said Monday.
what science tells us, how to Speaking at a World a chance to concentrate one proposal is to follow an the year, classes in Spanish Italy is extending its
manage the pandemic with Economic Forum panel prevention efforts, test- existing model of “sentinel schools stop only if major vaccination mandate to
different parameters,” he last week, Dr. Anthony ing and illness-tracking surveillance” currently used outbreaks occur, not with all citizens age 50 or older
said Monday. Fauci, the top infectious resources on moderate- to in the EU for monitoring flu. the first reported case as and imposing fines of up
Sanchez said the changes diseases doctor in the U.S., high-risk groups, said Dr. For now, the discus- they used to. to 1,500 euros for unvacci-
should not happen before said COVID-19 could not be Salvador Trenche, head sion about moving to an In Portugal, with one of nated people who show up
the omicron surge is over, considered endemic until of the Spanish Society of endemic approach is limited the world’s highest vacci- at work. Italians are also
but officials need to start it drops to “a level that it Family and Community to wealthy nations that can nation rates, President required to be fully vacci-
shaping the post-pandemic doesn’t disrupt society.” Medicine, which has led afford to speak about the Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa nated to access public trans-
world now: “We are doing The European Centre the call for a new endemic worst of the pandemic in the declared in a New Year’s portation, planes, gyms,
our homework, anticipat- for Disease Prevention and response. past tense. Their access to speech that the country had hotels and trade fairs.
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WORLD & NATION
‘Basically mall cops on the border’
Texas Guard troops the Southwest borders last
year, with a critical point
irked over mission
coming in mid-September,
that lacks real aim when thousands of migrants
huddled under the interna-
By J. David Goodman tional bridge in Del Rio.
The New York Times The governor has
declined to say how long
McALLEN, Texas — Texas would keep thousands
After thousands of migrants of National Guard members
crossed into Del Rio, Texas, along the border. “Part of
last year and overwhelmed what is going to happen
authorities, Gov. Greg going forward depends
Abbott ordered thousands upon what the Biden admin-
of National Guard troops to istration does,” Abbott said
the border, expanding their this month.
role in a mission known as Aris said soldiers could
Operation Lone Star. expect to spend 365 days on
For most called up, the border mission and that
the service was manda- there would likely be two
tory, came on short notice yearlong “turns.”
and went from a tour of a “Typically, when you’re
few months to a yearlong called out for state active
deployment for a mission duty, it’s for a short time,
that Abbott has said is neces- usually a few days or weeks,”
sary to deter illegal migra- said Jason Featherston, who
tion, human smuggling and retired from the Texas Army
drug trafficking. National Guard last year as
But many ordered to the its top enlisted member.
border have complained of “For this mission, if you had
poor planning, pay prob- a warm pulse, they were
lems and a lack of basic sending you to the border.
equipment. There have Texas National Guard troops in Operation Lone Star near Del Rio, Texas. The operation is meant to stem illegal migration, human They didn’t care what your
been COVID-19 outbreaks smuggling and drug trafficking, but many ordered to the border have made complaints. KIRSTEN LUCE/THE NEW YORK TIMES issues were.”
on hastily created bases. Featherston has been
Hundreds sought waiv- governor. ous pay issues” and that the deter illegal crossings. They rect pay and poor housing, outspoken in his criticism,
ers because of the mission’s Abbott has made his lodging remained “austere.” have also helped local offi- as well as doubts about the angered by state cuts to
uncertain length and the law-and-order approach He said that after a record cials and border agents with purpose of their deploy- tuition assistance for the
disruptions it would create to the border a center- number of illegal crossings, apprehensions. ments. guard last year as billions
for their families and were piece of his campaign, offi- Abbott had been “forced Still, to many who are Even for veteran soldiers, were allocated for the
denied. In some cases, arrest cially announcing his run to declare a state of emer- engaged in it, the mission including those with over- border mission.
warrants were issued for for reelection this month in gency,” which authorized has appeared ill-defined seas military experience, Featherston and other
those who failed to report McAllen, a predominantly the mobilization of the and politically motivated, the forced and rapid deploy- soldiers said they also
for duty. Hispanic border city. His guard to support state police according to interviews with ment has appeared at odds were disturbed by at least
“This is just ridiculous. first television ad, spon- on the border. To date, he 10 current and former guard with the nature of the work. four recent suicides of
You’re playing with my sored by the National Border said, their presence had members, a review of inter- “All we’re doing is stand- guard members who had
life and my family’s life,” Patrol Council, began airing prevented drugs from cross- nal documents and a lengthy ing down here,” said one been called up for Opera-
said Hugo Brito, a 20-year last week and highlighted ing the border and helped recording of a virtual town active member whose job tion Lone Star, though the
guard veteran who said he the National Guard deploy- alert the federal authorities hall led by senior command- is to operate a fixed post reasons behind the suicides
decided to retire because of ment. to tens of thousands of illegal ers this month. near Brownsville. “We remained unclear. Suicides
the border activation. “Texas had no choice but migrants. “We’re having to build don’t even have the equip- in the military represent
The complaints have to step up and address this The activation of the in-flight,” Maj. Gen. Charles ment to detain anyone — a persistent crisis, with
prompted more than a crisis in the wake of Presi- National Guard in Texas Aris said during the town cuffs or anything like that.” trauma and stress contrib-
dozen Democratic members dent Biden’s and congres- — some of whose roughly hall with commanders and He requested anonymity to uting to numbers that have
of Congress from Texas to sional Democrats’ inaction,” 24,000 members had been sergeants and confirmed by avoid possible discipline for climbed every year since
call for an investigation of said Nan Tolson, a spokes- engaged in responding to text message. “I’m some- speaking out. 2001.
the border mission by the person for the governor. the pandemic — is expected what hopeful that maybe in The soldier added, “If Featherston said soldiers’
guard’s inspector general “Texas will do whatever it to cost the state $2 billion November that we’ll have someone comes up, we ask well-being was being put at
and have drawn criticism takes to secure our southern this year, a spokesperson for gotten a handle on this and it them to stop and wait; we risk by the vagueness of the
from Abbott’s Republican border and protect Texans in the Texas Military Depart- could downsize, and maybe call Border Patrol. If some- mission and its apparent
primary challengers, includ- President Biden’s absence.” ment said. before. But right now I’m not one runs, we call Border lack of advance planning.
ing Allen West, a former The general in charge As part of the mission, planning on it.” Patrol. We’re basically mall “I believe we should be
Army officer and former of the mission, Brig. Gen. guard members have A recent morale survey cops on the border.” on the border, but you’ve
chair of the Texas Repub- Monie Ulis, responded to created observation posts — of Texas Guard members The U.S. Border Patrol got to give them a purpose,”
lican Party, and Beto O’Ro- guard members’ concerns usually consisting of soldiers assigned to Operation Lone has been overwhelmed by Featherston said. “A lot of
urke, the most prominent with a letter, acknowledging with a Humvee — along the Star surfaced concerns the number of crossings — people think this is a public-
Democratic candidate for that there were “still numer- border, a presence meant to about delayed or incor- more than 1.7 million across ity stunt.”
Arizona Democrats censure
Sinema on filibuster stance
By Jonathan J. Cooper and all Republicans to
Associated Press oppose a one-time rule
change so the bill could pass
PHOENIX — U.S. Sen. with a simple majority.
Kyrsten Sinema is grow- Laphonza Butler, pres-
ing increasingly isolated ident of Emily’s List, an
from some of her party’s important fundraising
most influential officials group for Democratic
and donors after playing a women who support abor-
key role in scuttling voting tion rights, said in a state-
rights legislation that ment that Sinema’s vote
many consider essential to “means she will find herself
preserving democracy. standing alone in the next
Leaders of the Arizona election.” She said the
Democratic Party voted Sen. Kyrsten Sinema group would not endorse
Saturday to censure Sinema, says the filibuster forces her reelection if she doesn’t
Yoichi Yatsuda plays with his dogs Thursday at his home in Futaba, Japan. Until recently, the citing “her failure to do bipartisanship on Capitol support a path forward for
town has been deserted following a series of disasters in 2011. KOTA ENDO/KYODO NEWS whatever it takes to ensure Hill. EVAN VUCCI/AP 2021 voting rights legislation.
the health of our democ- Primary Sinema Project,
Fukushima’s last unpopulated racy” — namely her refusal — not for either political which is raising money for
to go along with fellow party,” Hannah Hurley, an eventual primary chal-
Democrats to alter a Senate Sinema’s spokesperson, said lenge, said it’s collected
town sees ex-residents return rule so they could overcome in a statement before the more than $300,000 from
Republican opposition to censure vote. “She’s deliv- nearly 12,000 donors.
the bill. While the rebuke ered for Arizonans and has Sen. Bernie Sanders,
is symbolic, it is striking always been honest about a Vermont independent
By Mari Yamaguchi who in recent years have was opened for daytime given that only three years where she stands.” whose fundraising and
Associated Press been gradually cleaning visits last March, just before ago, Sinema was heralded Sinema’s influence is mobilization abilities are
their homes during allowed the Olympic torch relay for bringing the Senate seat driven by the Senate’s 50-50 virtually unmatched on the
TOKYO — Several former daytime visits. ahead of the Tokyo Summer back into the Democratic split, which gives any sena- left, suggested he’d support
residents of Futaba, the only Another returnee, Yoichi Games. fold for the first time in a tor the ability to kill legisla- primary challengers to
remaining uninhabited Yatsuta, said he hoped town Futaba Mayor Shiro generation. tion, an option Sinema has Sinema and Manchin.
town in Japan still recov- officials will pursue recon- Izawa said the return on Donors are threaten- repeatedly exercised. Sinema said the filibus-
ering from effects of radi- struction to restore the a trial basis “is a first step ing to walk away. Several But she faces political ter forces bipartisanship
ation from nuclear plant life as much as possible to toward Futaba town’s groups are already collect- dynamics unlike the other on Capitol Hill and ensures
meltdowns in 2011, have encourage younger people reconstruction. I’m sure ing money for an even- Senate moderate thwarting that the millions of Amer-
returned to live for the to come back. many town residents have tual primary challenge, Democratic ambitions, Joe icans represented by the
first time since the massive Futaba was the hard- long been waiting for this even though she’s not on Manchin of West Virginia. minority party have a voice.
earthquake and tsunami est hit when the nearby day.” the ballot until 2024. The Representing a state that Repealing it would lead to
forced them out. Fukushima Daiichi nuclear For now, the residents moves offer a preview of former President Donald wild swings in legislation
Authorities have declared plant went into meltdowns must go out of town to find the persistent opposition Trump carried by nearly 39 depending on the party in
most other areas safe and following a 9.0 magnitude a hospital or shop for food Sinema will likely face percentage points in 2020, power, she says.
reopened them following quake that sent tsunami and other daily necessities. within her own party. Manchin is unlikely to face a “When one party need
extensive decontamination waves washing over the Izawa promised to “Any reservoir of good- progressive challenger who only negotiate with itself,
efforts over the past decade. coast. provide ample support will that she had is gone,” would gain traction. policy will inextricably be
In Futaba, only 15 of About 18,000 people ahead of the formal lifting said Rep. Ruben Gallego, In Arizona, however, pushed from the middle
7,000 residents living there were killed, including more of part of the town’s no-go an Arizona Democrat who Democrats are ascen- towards the extremes,”
before the tragedy struck than 50 in Futaba. zones in June. may challenge Sinema from dant. Joe Biden was the she said in a floor speech
expressed their desire to Most of the remaining Prospects for a larger the left. first Democratic presiden- recently. Antagonizing the
return last week on a trial population were forced to return are grim. Sinema’s defenders say tial candidate to carry the left shores up her standing
basis. A full reopening of evacuate to another town Futaba’s registered nobody who’s watched her state since 1996, and the among the independent
the town on Japan’s north- in Fukushima prefecture residents already have for the past decade should party is eager to build on women who decide close
eastern coast is set for June. due to the radiation and decreased by nearly 2,000 be surprised by her position. that success. That makes it races in Arizona, said Brian
“It’s the first time in 10 contamination of the area, from its pre-disaster popu- She often bucked her party harder for a Democrat to Murray, a GOP consultant
years and 10 months that which has been largely lation. Even after radia- in the House, ran an aggres- ignore the left here. in Phoenix and former
I’ve seen running water deserted since. tion levels declined to safe sively moderate campaign Sinema supports the executive director of the
come out,” Yuji Onuma told While relocating, many levels, the region’s farming for Senate and has never Democrats’ voting rights Arizona Republican Party.
NHK television. He said of the former residents and fishing continue to be wavered in her support for legislation but steadfastly Sinema has shown the
he looks forward to cook- have found new jobs and hurt by lingering concerns upholding the filibuster. opposes passing it by “maverick” sensibilities
ing and eating with his wife community ties and say among consumers and “During three terms in changing or eliminating that made the late GOP
and children when they they have no interest in retailers. the U.S. House, and now the Senate’s filibuster rule, Sen. John McCain a favor-
start their lives back in town coming back. The nuclear plant is in the Senate, Kyrsten has which effectively requires ite son in Arizona, and with
together later this month. A small section near the being decommissioned always promised Arizo- 60 of 100 votes to pass most her appeal to independents,
He was there alone Futaba train station, which in a process that will take nans she would be an inde- legislation. On Wednesday “she’s going to be nearly
briefly Friday with others was cleaned and rebuilt, decades. pendent voice for the state night, she joined Manchin impossible to beat,” he said.
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