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Arkansas Senate approves seven potential bills to regulate cryptocurrency mines • Arkansas Advocate

The Arkansas Senate cleared the way Thursday for lawmakers to take up several potential amendments to a 2023 law that limited the state’s ability to regulate cryptocurrency mining operations. Act 851 of 2023, or the Arkansas Data Centers Act, was introduced just over a week before the 2023 legislative session ended and passed both chambers […]

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Alabama

Who is Katie Britt, the Republican senator mocked on SNL for her controversial response to Joe Biden’s address? Scarlett Johansson played her in the skit … but she still has Donald Trump’s support | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

So is she the new Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska who was regularly ridiculed on SNL by her doppelgänger Tina Fey, or was this just a horrible misstep? Here is what you need to know. Katie Britt’s flop response to Joe Biden’s address Republican leaders chose Britt to respond to Biden’s March State […]

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Mayor

Which Mayor Eric Adams aides have been raided by FBI?

Metro exclusive details By Isabel Vincent and Jon Levine Published March 2, 2024, 7:00 a.m. ET The FBI raid on the home of Winnie Greco, one of Eric Adams’s closest advisors Thursday — just three months after another raid on his top fundraiser— casts new light on the shady cast of characters that surround New […]

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Alaska

What is Sarah Palin up to now? The controversial ex-Alaska governor has since backed Donald Trump, run for congress and appeared on The Masked Singer, maintaining her millions with Cameo earnings | #alaska | #politics

Here is how she remains relevant, years later. The “Take Our Border Back” rally Sarah Palin showing support to the police on “National Police Week”. Photo: @sarahpalin97/Instagram The war between Texas governor Greg Abbott and US President Joe Biden over control of the border – an extension of the fight over immigration rights – continues […]

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Alaska

US ends search for objects shot down over Alaska, Lake Huron | #alaska | #politics

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Friday that it has ended its search for airborne objects that were shot down near Deadhorse, Alaska, and over Lake Huron on Feb. 10 and 12. The statement released late Friday came hours after officials said the U.S. has finished efforts to recover the remnants of the large […]

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Mayor

Mayor Purzycki, Cultural Affairs Director Betz to Welcome Delegation from Wilmington’s Friendship City of Ningbo, China

Mayor Mike Purzycki and Cultural Affairs Director Tina Betz will welcome a delegation from Ningbo, China, to Wilmington tomorrow as part of a visit to establish stronger ties between the two cities. Celebrating its 36th Anniversary in 2024, Wilmington and Ningbo have a Friendship City relationship, often formed as a precursor to a more formal […]

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Alaska

Henry Kissinger, former secretary of state and presidential adviser, dead at 100 | #alaska | #politics

Henry Kissinger, the former U.S. Secretary of State during the Nixon and Ford administrations who was said to be one of the most influential and controversial foreign policy framers in postwar United States, has died. He was 100. The news was confirmed by Kissinger’s consulting company on Wednesday night. “Dr. Henry Kissinger, a respected American […]

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Alaska

House committee to discuss potential for cold war over Arctic north | #alaska | #politics

WASHINGTON — The House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing Wednesday to discuss what it sees as growing threats in Arctic regions, with a particular focus on Russia and China. The Republican-led panel is increasingly concerned about the ways some U.S. adversaries are using the polar waters to set up trade routes and potentially […]

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Arkansas

China Forced to Give Up Land Owned in US

Arkansas has become the first state to order that a Chinese company give up ownership of local land, amid fears of attempts by Beijing to malignly infiltrate and influence the U.S. through various means. On Tuesday, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced that she was ordering Syngenta to relinquish its 160 acres of land holdings in […]

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Arkansas

Arkansas forces Chinese-owned seed producer with ties back to ChemChina to sell 160 acres of US farmland

Syngenta must sell 160 acres of farmland owned in Craighead County The company faces a $280,000 fine for failing to disclose foreign ownership promptly The order comes as part of state law which forbids certain countries from holding land  Arkansas has ordered a Chinese-owned seed producer to sell off land it holds in the state […]

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