Tuberville Pushes to Confirm Marines’ No. 2 After Commandant Hospitalized | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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WASHINGTON—Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who has held up hundreds of military promotions, is asking his colleagues to support an effort to quickly confirm Lt. Gen. Christopher Mahoney as second-in-command to the U.S. Marine Corps after its top officer collapsed during a jog on Sunday and was taken to the hospital, according to a senior Senate aide. […]
Read MoreThese redistricting fights could determine which party controls the House | #elections | #alabama
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CNN — Around the country, politicians are waging high-stakes battles over new congressional lines that could influence which party controls the US House of Representatives after the 2024 election. In North Carolina, the Republicans who control the state legislature are crafting district lines that could flip as many as four Democratic-held seats. Democrats, meanwhile, could […]
Read MoreNorth Carolina Republicans unveil map proposals that could help GOP gain up to four House seats in 2024 | #elections | #alabama
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CNN — Republican legislators in North Carolina on Wednesday released two redistricting proposals that could put at risk as many as four Democratic-held seats in the US House – in a move that could help determine which party gains the upper hand in the chamber after the 2024 elections. The new maps are slated to […]
Read MoreAlabama gets new congressional map that could yield Democrats a second seat | #elections | #alabama
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CNN — A federal court on Thursday approved a new congressional map in Alabama that significantly boosts the Black population of a second district and could represent a pickup opportunity for Democrats in next year’s elections. The action by the three-judge panel – along with the outcomes of several other closely watched redistricting cases around […]
Read MoreSpecial master in Alabama redistricting case proposes three House maps in a closely watched voting rights fight | #elections | #alabama
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CNN — A court-appointed special master offered three proposals on Monday to boost the Black voting-age population in a reconfigured Alabama congressional district – the latest development in a closely watched redistricting case with implications for control of the US House of Representatives after next year’s elections. The maps drafted by special master Richard Allen […]
Read MoreTo Build Ships That Break Ice, U.S. Must Relearn to Cut Steel | #alaska | #politics
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Read MoreNewbern: Black mayor of tiny Alabama town says he was ousted by his White predecessor | #elections | #alabama
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Newbern, Alabama CNN — Patrick Braxton accomplished something no Black man in his Alabama town had done in its 166-year history: he became mayor. He told CNN he ran for office in 2020 to serve the fewer than 300 residents of Newbern, to connect them to help if they didn’t have enough food or to […]
Read MoreFact check: Trump makes new false claim to support old false claim that he won Georgia in 2020 | #elections | #alabama
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Washington CNN — Former President Donald Trump keeps telling the lie that he won Georgia in the 2020 election. This weekend, he delivered a new false claim in support of that old false claim. Trump’s deception about what happened in Georgia has not relented even as he prepares to turn himself in this week to […]
Read MoreAP African American Studies won’t count toward graduation requirements in Arkansas, education officials say
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CNN — Students in Arkansas public high schools enrolled in the controversial Advanced Placement African American Studies course will not be able to receive credit toward graduation, state education officials told districts last week. The direction from the Arkansas Department of Education came as teachers and students across the state were preparing to start the […]
Read MoreLyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage bill for drivers
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New York CNN — Lyft and Uber threatened to stop doing business in Minneapolis after the city council adopted a new rule Thursday that would set a minimum wage for rideshare drivers. In a 7-5 vote, the Minneapolis City Council passed an ordinance that includes a number of rideshare worker protections, including a minimum wage […]
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