November 20, 2023 - We Find All The BS In Politics

Arkansas

Federal Appeals Court affirms ruling related to Arkansas’ legislative redistricting plan

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has for now blocked an effort to challenge Arkansas’ legislative redistricting following the 2020 Census. The three-judge panel issued a 2-1 ruling affirming that only the federal government can challenge the state’s redistricting. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), on behalf of the Arkansas State Conference […]

California

California Regulators OK Double-digit PG&E Rate Increases

The state Public Utilities Commission last week approved a rate hike for Pacific Gas & Electric that will increase rates by $32.50 more per month in January for average residential customers Millions of California households served by Pacific Gas and Electric Co. will pay about $384 more in 2024 for utilities to help the company […]

Alabama

AL-5 GOP hopeful Daniel Boman facing legal, ALGOP ballot challenges | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Republican U.S. House District 5 candidate Daniel Boman may have issues with the Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP) in addition to his legal trouble. Boman is a disbarred attorney and former Alabama State Representative. He ran as a Republican in 2010 but switched parties to become a Democrat in 2011. He lost his reelection bid in […]

City Council

Church parking lot permit request removed from Mattoon City Council meeting agenda | #citycouncil

MATTOON — A church has removed its permit request for a parking lot from the agenda of the Tuesday, Nov. 21, Mattoon City Council meeting after the city’s planning commission recommended denying this request. Other proposals still on the agenda for the meeting at 6:30 p.m. in City Hall, 208 N. 19th St. include plans […]

Mayor

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston still hasn’t filled critical cabinet posts

Mayor Mike Johnston unveiled the first draft of his 2024 city budget on September 14, 2023. Over his shoulder stands Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas who Johnston renominated for that role on Nov. 14. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post) Four months into his tenure as Denver’s mayor, Mike Johnston still has holes to fill […]

Arkansas

Federal appeals court dismisses Arkansas redistricting lawsuit

A federal appeals panel on Monday affirmed a lower court’s ruling and dismissed a case challenging Arkansas’ state redistricting map, asserting that only the United States attorney general can enforce the Voting Rights Act. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that private individuals can’t sue under Section 2 of […]

California

California Democratic Party Chair Rusty Hicks, Now an Arcata Resident, Launches Run for State Assembly Seat Being Vacated by Jim Wood | Lost Coast Outpost

Rusty Hicks, California Democratic Party Chair speaking at the June, 2019 CA Democratic Party Convention in San Francisco. | Photo by Mcvd, Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 DEED. ### Confirming rumors of his pending candidacy, California Democratic Party chair Rusty Hicks today paid his filing fee and pulled nomination paperwork to run for the state assembly […]

California

‘A Christmas without lights?’ families struggle to pay bills as California regulators consider electric rate increases

(BCN) — Angelica Vasquez’s anxiety soared when she read the notice on her most recent electric bill: “Please pay $135.81 by 10/26 to avoid service termination.” But the warning was part of a bigger problem. Vasquez owed a total of $400.68 to Pacific Gas & Electric Co. For the past four months, the 43-year-old Salvadoran […]

City Council

Triad City Beat | From Crystal Towers to city council, activist Michael Douglas seeks election to Northwest Ward seat | #citycouncil

These republishing rules DO NOT apply to all of our content. The CityBeat is a nonprofit-funded position that specifically reports on city council business in Winston-Salem and Greensboro. You are free to republish all content from the CityBeat under the following conditions: Featured photo: Michael Douglas sits outside of Crystal Towers (photo by Gale Melcher) […]

Mayor

Jim Fouts makes one final veto before leaving Warren mayor’s office

Warren ― On his final day in office, former Warren Mayor Jim Fouts vetoed the City Council’s approval of three months of payments to their contracted law firm, but the council’s attorney said the action is unenforceable. Since spring 2020, Warren City Council has retained Bloomfield Hills-based law firm Plunkett Cooney for its legal representation […]

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