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Alabama

Alabama lawmakers clash over Black voters as redistricting deadline looms | #elections | #alabama

July 20 (Reuters) – Alabama’s Republican-controlled legislature faced a Friday deadline to approve a new congressional map that would boost the number of Black voters in one of the state’s districts after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that its current map was unconstitutional and violated the Voting Rights Act. But Democrats and civil rights groups […]

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Arkansas

Arkansas ban on gender-affirming care for minors blocked by U.S. judge

[1/2]Transgender rights activist waves a transgender flag as they protest the killings of transgender women this year, at a rally in Washington Square Park in New York, U.S., May 24, 2019. REUTERS/Demetrius Freeman/ File Photo June 20 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday struck down an Arkansas law prohibiting doctors from providing gender-affirming care […]

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Alabama

US Supreme Court backs Alabama Black voters, bolsters civil rights law | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Conservatives Roberts, Kavanaugh join liberals in ruling Court opts not to diminish Voting Right Act protections WASHINGTON, June 8 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday handed a major victory to Black voters who challenged a Republican-drawn electoral map in Alabama, finding the state violated a landmark law prohibiting racial discrimination in voting and […]

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Alabama

Republican state AGs sound alarm over foreign litigation funding | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

(Reuters) – A group of 14 Republican state attorneys general on Thursday warned of what they called potential economic and national security threats posed by investments in U.S. lawsuits by “foreign adversaries.” In a letter addressed to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, the state attorneys general asked the U.S. Department of Justice to describe what […]

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Alabama

Flummoxed Congress dims faith in post-FTX fixes | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

NEW YORK, Dec 1 (Reuters Breakingviews) – A congressional grilling on cryptocurrency answered a lot of questions, but far more about the ignorance on Capitol Hill than digital currencies. The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday held the first public hearing since Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX collapsed last month, kicking off Washington’s broader effort to beef […]

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