These states are in court battles over racial gerrymandering claims | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
The outcomes of these cases will test the durability of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the constitutional rights of Black Americans. Several court battles in states throughout the South accused of racial gerrymandering will determine the voting power of Black Americans in next year’s elections and future control of Congress. The outcomes of […]
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Gavin Newsom meets with Xi Jinping to talk climate agenda
Gavin Newsom and Xi Jinping The State of California California Gov. Gavin Newsom sat down with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday to discuss collaboration on addressing climate change amid fragile relations between the United States and China. “We emphasize the critical role of accelerated climate action and cooperation at the subnational level between the […]
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N.C. redistricting map likely to flip 3 House seats for Republicans passed | #elections | #alabama
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save In a move that could solidify GOP power in the state for years to come, North Carolina Republicans passed new congressional and state legislative maps Wednesday that could flip three or four U.S. House seats while easing a path for the party to hold onto […]
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Author: How Arkansas went from blue to red
Steve Brawner How did Arkansas go from being a one-party Democratic state to being a Republican one, and how did it seem to happen so suddenly? By STEVE BRAWNER That’s the question John C. Davis seeks to answer in his upcoming book, “From Blue to Red: The Rise of the GOP in Arkansas,” that is […]
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Meet the Myrtle Beach City Council Candidates: Randal Wallace | #citycouncil
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) – In just a couple weeks, Myrtle Beach voters will choose who out of the eight city council candidates will fill three open seats. WMBF News interviewed all of the candidates and has been rolling out candidate profiles. The final candidate is Randal Wallace. MEET THE CANDIDATES: Wallace spent 16 years […]
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Apartment complex in Hyde Park named after former city mayor
AUSTIN (KXAN) — An apartment complex in Hyde Park has a new name that’s familiar to many Austinites. The Workforce Affordable Complex will now be called The Adler — named after former City of Austin Mayor Steve Adler, according to a news release from Affordable Central Texas. Back in 2016, Adler worked to address affordable […]
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S.F.’s housing approval process is longest in California, report says
On Wednesday, the California Department of Housing and Community Development released its San Francisco Housing Policy and Practice Review, a “comprehensive analysis of the patterns that created decades of costly building delays in San Francisco,” according to the agency. The scathing report found it takes an average of 523 days for a housing project to […]
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Redistricting fights in these 10 states could determine which party controls the U.S. House | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
(CNN) — Around the country, politicians are waging high-stakes battles over new congressional lines that could influence which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2024 election. In North Carolina, the Republicans who control the state legislature have crafted a map that could help them flip at least three seats. Democrats, meanwhile, could pick up seats […]
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A part of the Central Coast will be designated as a marine sanctuary
A stretch of land that is expected to be designated as a national marine sanctuary by next year would preserve more than 5,000 square miles of ocean off California’s Central Coast. It was the dream of a Native American tribal leader who died before he could see it come to fruition. The proposed Chumash Heritage […]
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Pennsylvania voters’ personal info was not shared with election research group, state officials say – Pennsylvania Capital-Star | #elections | #alabama
Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt told a state Senate panel on Wednesday that motorists’ and voters’ personal information is safe with the multi-state voter information clearinghouse that helps counties maintain their voter rolls. Schmidt last month circulated a letter saying that Pennsylvania would no longer allow the information that it provides to the Electronic […]
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