Lithium extraction coming to CA as U.S. auto industry goes electric | 60 Minutes
The transition from fossil fuels to sustainable electric power has gone mainstream, most visibly in the auto industry. The major car companies are chasing Tesla with ambitious plans for fleets of electric vehicles. Those cars and trucks run on lithium batteries. The U.S. has massive quantities of lithium, but has been slow to invest in […]
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Edmonds City Council committee meeting agendas for May 9 | #citycouncil
The. Edmonds City Council is scheduled to meet in committees, starting at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 9. Council committee meetings are work sessions for the council and city staff and don’t include public comments. Staff and councilmembers attend committee meetings virtually, and members of the public are encouraged to attend the same way via this link: https://zoom.us/j/95798484261. […]
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Mayor Wu Leads City on a Hill From Keyboard – The Boston Musical Intelligencer
For one inspiring afternoon, Boston returned to its elevated Athenian stature, as Mayor Michelle Wu, resplendent in an intensely blue evening gown (how often has anyone so described a mayor?) filled two movingly essential roles on the Symphony Hall stage. To begin with, she welcomed a young full house many of whom have never been […]
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ALGOP votes no confidence on Ronna McDaniel leadership | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
The Alabama Republican Party steering committee voted no confidence in RNC leader Ronna McDaniel Monday in the latest challenge to the GOP leader. “We believe that RNC leadership needs a new vision for future elections,” ALGOP said in a statement. “We believe that the RNC needs to make defending the American people and their God-given […]
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Polling shows Republicans sailing, amendments passing | #elections | #alabama
By TODD STACY, Alabama Daily News A new Cygnal poll conducted for Alabama Daily News and Gray Television shows all Republican statewide candidates winning a majority of general election voters and with sizable leads over their Democratic opponents. This probabilistic survey was conducted October 27 – 29, 2022 with 616 likely general election voters. It […]
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Bills Signed: HB1020, HB1096, HB1117, HB1119, HB1133, HB1168, HB1177, HB1192, HB1231 … – Arkansas Governor
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – On Thursday, April 13, 2023, the Governor signed into law: HB1020, to amend the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act; and to revise charging orders under the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act. HB1096, an Act for the Department of Finance and Administration – Disbursing Officer Appropriation for the 2023-2024 fiscal year. HB1117, an Act for […]
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Lithium industry develops in California as electric vehicle demand grows | 60 Minutes
The auto industry is introducing fleets of electric vehicles that will be powered by lithium-ion batteries and while the U.S. has massive quantities of lithium locked underground, companies have been slow to invest in mining and extraction. That’s about to change. Lithium operations powered by clean energy are being developed in California, near the Salton […]
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Brandon Johnson shakes up City Council reorganization | #citycouncil
But after weeks of negotiations to tweak who would chair the committees after it became known Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson won the fifth floor, the entire structure is being upended with Waguespack, the chair of the influential Finance Committee, and others being tossed aside and the number of committees again being shrunk. Waguespack will be replaced […]
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Family, community calls for peace, justice in march for slain Baltimore T-Mobile worker
BALTIMORE – Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott and city leaders marched Sunday alongside the family of 23-year-old Fabian Sanchez Gonzalez, a T-Mobile Store employee who was shot while working at the Canton neighborhood cellphone store last week. According to court documents, Sanchez Gonzalez was shot one time in what investigators described as a “robbery gone […]
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Alabama Republicans blast Biden over State of the Union speech — ‘Americans deserve better!’ | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
President Joe Biden sparred with vocal Republican members of Congress during his State of the Union address Tuesday night as he touted his accomplishments while promising to tackle issues like gun violence, the fentanyl crisis and hidden airline baggage fees. Biden began his speech with a call for bipartisanship but soon resorted to Democrat talking […]
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