Sen. Tuberville says military not equal opportunity employer | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala.,speaks to reporters outside the Senate chamber in the Capitol on Thursday, July 13, 2023. Bill Clark | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Sen. Tommy Tuberville, the Alabama Republican and former football coach, said Tuesday that the U.S. military is “not an equal-opportunity employer.” The military is an equal-opportunity […]
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Senate confirms first military nominee in months amid broader blockade by Tommy Tuberville | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stands for photos in the office of Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) before a meeting with Schumer at the U.S. Capitol on June 21, 2023 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty […]
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Trump bid to delay New York fraud trial ‘without merit,’ judge says | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks on as he attends the ALGOP Summer Meeting in Montgomery, Alabama, Aug. 4, 2023. Cheney Orr | Reuters A New York judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump’s request to delay his sweeping civil fraud trial, calling the former president’s request “completely without merit.” One day […]
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Court rejects Alabama congressional map in racial gerrymandering case | #elections | #alabama
A panel of three federal judges blocked Alabama from conducting any elections using a congressional map that was accused of being racially gerrymandered against the state’s Black voters. Finding that it would be “practically impossible” for the state’s legislature to fix the map ahead of the 2024 election cycle, the panel ordered a special master […]
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Court rejects Alabama congressional map in racial gerrymandering case | #elections | #alabama
A map of a GOP proposal to redraw Alabama’s congressional districts is displayed at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Kim Chandler | AP A panel of three federal judges on Tuesday struck down an Alabama congressional map accused of being racially gerrymandered against the state’s Black voters. Finding that it […]
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Here’s what’s next for the case in Georgia | #elections | #alabama
Tue, Aug 15 2023 5:02 PM EDT John Eastman calls Georgia indictment a ‘legal cluster-bomb’ John Eastman, former lawyer to Donald Trump, speaks to members of the media after leaving the State Bar Court of California in Los Angeles, California, US, on Tuesday, June 20, 2023. Eric Thayer | Bloomberg | Getty Images John Eastman, […]
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Moscow mayor says hostile drone destroyed by air defenses
Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said a hostile drone was destroyed by air defenses as it approached the city on Sunday, while one of the capital’s airports suspended flights. Russia’s Defence Ministry said separately that the Ukrainian drone had been downed over the Podolsk district of the Moscow region south of the capital. A sign prohibiting […]
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East Coast mayors call for more office-to-apartment conversions
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Mayors in cities across the U.S. want to loosen rules that can slow the pace of office-to-residential conversions. In some instances, cities have offered generous tax abatements to developers who build new housing. “We have a great opportunity to change the uses in the downtown,” said Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser at a December 2022 […]
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NYC mayor Eric Adams did not report crypto holdings in disclosure form
New York City Mayor Eric Adams arrives for a press conference on gun violence at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner on June 26, 2023 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images New York City mayor Eric Adams has reportedly pledged to correct his annual financial disclosure form filed with the Conflicts […]
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Top States for Business 2023: Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas, USA skyline on the river at twilight. Sean Pavone | Istock | Getty Images Governor: Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Republican Population: 3,045,637 GDP growth (Q1 2023): 0.20% Unemployment rate (May 2023): 2.70% Top corporate tax rate: 5.10% Top individual income tax rate: 4.90% Gasoline tax: 43.20 cents/gallon Bond rating (Moody’s/S&P): Aa1, Stable/AA, Stable […]
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