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Alaska

Feds disburse $207M in grants to modernize power grid | #alaska | #politics

The triple-digit heat baking Texas is pushing demand for electricity to record levels, and to keep the power flowing during extreme weather, the Biden administration is providing tens of millions of dollars to the state — part of a $207 million total grant across nine states and three tribal nations — to improve the resiliency of […]

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Alabama

Civil rights groups encouraged after redistricting decision | #elections | #alabama

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has chiseled away at federal protections aimed at restricting racial bias in political mapmaking for years, which is why it was such a surprise earlier this month when justices ruled in favor of Black voters who challenged Alabama’s legislative lines. That case could have major implications across the […]

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