Alabama lawmakers advance bills to ensure Joe Biden is on the state’s ballot | #elections | #alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers advanced legislation Wednesday to ensure President Joe Biden will appear on the state’s November ballot, mirroring accommodations made four years ago for then-President Donald Trump. Legislative committees in the Alabama House of Representatives and Senate approved identical bills that would push back the state’s certification deadline from 82 days […]
Read MoreBiden administration cancels remaining oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic Refuge | #alaska | #politics
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — In an aggressive move that angered Republicans, the Biden administration canceled the seven remaining oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday, overturning sales held in the Trump administration’s waning days, and proposed stronger protections against development on vast swaths of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. The Department […]
Read MoreSanders orders US and Arkansas flags flown at half-staff in honor of former governor
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The U.S. flag and the state flag of Arkansas will be flown at half-staff until sunset Saturday to honor former U.S. Sen. David Pryor, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ office said. Pryor, 89, who also served as governor of Arkansas, died of natural causes Saturday at his home in Little Rock. […]
Read MoreDavid Pryor, former Arkansas governor, senator, dies at 89
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Former Arkansas governor and U.S. Sen. David Pryor, a Democrat who was one of the state’s most beloved political figures and remained active in public service in the state long after he left office, has died. He was 89. Pryor, who went undercover to investigate nursing homes while a congressman, […]
Read MoreBiden could miss the deadline for the November ballot in Alabama | #elections | #alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — President Joe Biden could be left off the ballot in Alabama, the state’s elections chief said Tuesday, because the state’s certification deadline comes several days before the Democratic Party’s convention. Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen, a Republican, made the statement Tuesday, a day after a similar concern was raised in […]
Read MoreArkansas governor’s office potentially violated laws by buying lectern: audit
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders ‘ office potentially violated state laws on purchasing, state property and government records when it purchased a $19,000 lectern for the Republican governor that’s prompted nationwide attention, an audit requested by lawmakers said Monday. Legislative auditors referred the findings in the long-awaited audit of the […]
Read MoreArkansas lawmakers question governor’s staff about purchase of $19,000 lectern
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers on Tuesday pointedly questioned Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ staff about the $19,000 purchase of a lectern that an audit says potentially violated laws on purchasing, property and government records. During a nearly three-hour hearing before the committee that requested the audit, the first-term Republican governor’s top aides faced […]
Read MoreAlabama: Voters to decide primary runoffs in new Congressional District | #elections | #alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama voters decided primary runoffs on Tuesday for the state’s newly redrawn 2nd Congressional District, setting up a potentially historic November race that could play a part in the battle for control of the U.S. House of Representatives. Shomari Figures, a former top aide to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, defeated […]
Read MoreFederal appeals court hears arguments over Arkansas’ ban on gender-affirming care for minors
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Arguments before a federal appeals court that is considering whether to reinstate Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for minors focused Thursday on whether it and similar restrictions adopted by two dozen states discriminate on the basis of sex. Ten judges with the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. […]
Read MoreBiden’s ballot access in Ohio and Alabama is in the hands of Republican election chiefs, lawmakers | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Democratic President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is wrangling with Republican-dominated state governments in Ohio and Alabama to assure he is listed on their fall ballots, as once-mundane procedural negotiations get caught up in the nation’s fractious politics. Both states, which control a combined 26 electoral votes, have deadlines for appearing on […]
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