Mark Leibovich Plumbs the Depths of the GOP’s Cultish, Cartoonish Devotion to Trump | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
I wrapped up my interview with Mark Leibovich with the requisite kicker asking if there was anything else he wanted to add about Thank You for Your Servitude, Leibovich’s new page-turner charting the “moral rout” of the modern Republican Party. “What’s been encouraging about the book is the people who have read it so far […]
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Abortion rights poised to go before Michigan voters in fall | #elections | #alabama
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Abortion rights are poised to come before Michigan voters in November after an abortion rights campaign turned in a record-breaking number of signatures Monday for a ballot initiative to the secretary of state’s office. The effort will further increase attention on Michigan’s elections, where the battleground state’s Democratic governor and attorney […]
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Baja California pushing to be electric car manufacturing hub
TIJUANA (Border Report) — As of 2035, all new cars sold in California and in other parts of the U.S. will have to be electric or run on alternative fuels such as hydrogen. Seeing this as an opportunity, Baja California business leaders want the state to become a hub for the manufacturing of zero-emission vehicles. […]
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New Yorkers Who Answered Mayor’s Call to Catch Cops on Phones Got No Replies
New Yorkers who answered Mayor Eric Adams’s call to snap photos of inattentive police officers on cell phones in subway stations say the campaign is more image than action. Following two spring shootings in the transit system, Adams in April urged riders to “send me a photo,” pledging that he would pay a visit to […]
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California’s Inner-City Wildfire Problem
OAKLAND, Calif.—Blackened metal frames of torched cars lie upside down, charred skeletal support beams of burned buildings stand under the overcast sky, and a light haze of soot and dust permeate the air and powder all available surfaces. What sounds like a war zone in a third-world country is instead a stretch of road near […]
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Today’s news roundup: Teacher pay, taxes, Asa’s trip to Texas
Today’s news roundup: Teacher pay, taxes, Asa’s trip to Texas – Arkansas Times The news roundup continues to focus on the legislature’s coddling of the rich over teachers and the perils of the state abortion ban while Asa goes to Texas to curry favor with Latinos. The line is open. Help us report on the […]
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Seattle City Council May Put Ranked-Choice Voting on the Ballot | #citycouncil
When Seattle Approves launched a campaign to put a new voting system known as approval voting on the ballot, it stepped on the toes of more established advocates for another approach: Ranked-Choice Voting (RCV). The two camps of election nerds both insist they had the better idea. RCV advocates at FairVote worry approval voting would favor […]
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ACLU, SPLC say moving judgeship from Birmingham to Huntsville violates Alabama constitution | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
A state commission’s decision to move a judgeship from Jefferson County to Madison County faces new opposition. The Southern Poverty Law Center, the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama, and the Glasscox Law firm wrote Gov. Kay Ivey today urging her not to appoint a judge for the Madison County slot, saying the move is […]
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Lafayette Starbucks workers file to unionize, claiming management ignored complaints | #elections | #alabama
An open letter signed by six workers at the store in late June accused Starbucks of creating a hostile and unsafe environment, poor management and disregarding workers’ physical and mental health. “We have been short-handed on the floor multiple times and ignored by management when we needed extra coverage,” the letter reads. Pro-union workers at […]
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Tucson City Council to consider lifting eviction hold on city-owned housing, ponders water supplies | #citycouncil
Posted Jul 11, 2022, 1:57 pm Blake Morlock TucsonSentinel.com The Tucson City Council is planning to lift the eviction moratorium on municiple public housing units. At a Tuesday study session, city staff will ask for an informal nod to move into a new stage of dealing with tenants who have fallen behind on their rent […]
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