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Alabama

Alabama’s execution review should happen quickly | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY — A state review of execution procedures should be done quickly so death sentences can move forward, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said Monday. Marshall told reporters that he did not object to the review announced last month by Gov. Kay Ivey after a string of aborted lethal injections, […]

Mayor

Popular Istanbul mayor on trial, could face political ban

ISTANBUL — A prosecutor on Friday repeated a demand for Istanbul’s mayor to be convicted on charges of insulting members of Turkey’s Supreme Electoral Council, during the third hearing of a trial critics allege is an attempt to remove a key opponent of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from the political scene. Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a […]

Alaska

Suit challenges eligibility of Alaska legislative candidate | #alaska | #politics

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A lawsuit filed in state court is challenging the eligibility of an Alaska legislative candidate to hold the seat. The lawsuit filed Monday alleges Democrat Jennifer “Jennie” Armstrong did not meet residency requirements on the date she filed to run for office. The complaint seeks an injunction barring state elections officials […]

Alabama

Republicans get partial win in NC court over poll observers | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina judge gave a partial legal victory on Thursday to state and national Republicans by agreeing to loosen restrictions on activity by some party-appointed poll observers. Wake County Superior Court Judge Vince Rozier granted one of the party’s two requests related to the work of “at-large” observers chosen by […]

Alabama

Judge dismisses GOP lawsuit over Milwaukee records | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An open records lawsuit filed against Milwaukee officials by the Republican Party of Wisconsin has been dismissed after the party said it received what it had requested. Republicans were seeking records from the Milwaukee Election Commission and mayor’s office related to a get-out-the-vote campaign that conservatives labeled an illegal attempt at […]

Alabama

Watering while Black: anatomy of a pastor’s Alabama arrest | State News | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

By JAY REEVES – Associated Press CHILDERSBURG, Ala. (AP) — Michael Jennings wasn’t breaking any laws or doing anything that was obviously suspicious; the Black minister was simply watering the flowers of a neighbor who was out of town. Yet there was a problem: Around the corner, Amber Roberson, who is white, thought she was […]

Mayor

Ex-mayor arrested on charges of discrediting Russian army

MOSCOW — The former mayor of Russia’s fourth-largest city was arrested Wednesday on charges of discrediting the country’s military, part of a crackdown on critics of Moscow’s military action in Ukraine. Police arrested Yevgeny Roizman, 59 who served as the mayor of Yekaterinburg in 2013-2018, following searches at his apartment and office. Roizman told reporters […]

Arkansas

Court upholds Arkansas’ use of sedative in executions

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld Arkansas’ use of the sedative midazolam in its lethal injections. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court judge’s ruling upholding the state’s execution process. U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker in 2020 ruled that the state’s use […]

Alabama

Jury says Democratic PAC defamed Roy Moore in Alabama ad campaign, awards him $8.2 million | News | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

MONTGOMERY (AP) — A federal jury awarded Republican Roy Moore $8.2 million in damages Friday after finding that a Democratic-aligned super PAC defamed him in an advertisement during the 2017 U.S. Senate race in Alabama. Jurors found the Senate Majority PAC made false and defamatory statements against Moore in the ad that attempted to capitalize […]

Alaska

Internet troll ‘Baked Alaska’ pleads guilty in Capitol riot | Politics | #alaska | #politics

A far-right internet personality pleaded guilty Friday to joining the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol, where he streamed live video that incriminated him and other rioters, according to a court filing. Anthime Gionet, known as “Baked Alaska” to his social media followers, faces a maximum sentence of six months imprisonment after pleading guilty to […]