Arkansas Senate Approves Bill Classifying Drag Performances as Adult Entertainment
The Arkansas Senate voted on Jan. 24 to approve legislation that would classify drag performances as an “adult-oriented business” in the same way as strip clubs and escort services. Senate Bill 43 (pdf), sponsored by Republican state Sen. Gary Stubblefield and state Rep. Mary Bentley, would ban drag performances from being carried out on public property that are “intended […]
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Arkansas Gov. Sanders Bans ‘Latinx’ From Government Documents
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed an executive order on Tuesday prohibiting the word “Latinx” from official use in the state government. The order (pdf), which was among several Sanders signed, came just hours after she was sworn in as the new governor. The order states that ethnically insensitive and pejorative language “has no place in official government […]
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Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders Signs Executive Order Banning CRT in Arkansas
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed an executive order banning indoctrination and critical race theory (CRT) in the state after being sworn in as governor. Schools must “educate, not indoctrinate” students and that the state’s education policies need to “protect children and prepare them to enter the workforce,” according to the executive order, obtained by […]
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Outgoing Arkansas Governor Sued Over Enforcing Race-Based Quota in State Appointments
A man has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Arkansas because state law prevents him from serving on a state board because of the color of his skin. The legal complaint (pdf) in the case, Haile v. Hutchinson, filed Jan. 4 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, claims that a […]
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EV Industry Continues to Emerge Throughout the Battery Belt | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
With the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law incentivizing corporations and consumers to invest in the manufacturing and purchase of electric vehicles (EV), its August passage has opened the door for a surge of EV-related industrial plants, many of which cropping up in southern states such as Alabama. The German-based ADS-TEC, an EV […]
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Utah, Alabama Ban TikTok From Government Devices, Joining Growing Number of US States | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Utah and Alabama on Monday joined a growing number of Republican states in banning video-sharing app TikTok from government devices, amid concerns of threats to the states’ cybersecurity. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican, issued an executive order (pdf) to prohibit TikTok use on all state-owned electronic devices. “China’s access to data collected by TikTok […]
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Senate Republicans Demand McConnell Only Accept Short-Term Spending Bill | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Senate Republicans have vowed to oppose any spending bill that would go on beyond the 117th Congress. After a long effort to pass an omnibus spending bill for fiscal year 2023, Democrats were forced to accept a short-term continuing resolution (CR) instead. CRs, while they prevent the government from shutting down, make no changes to […]
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Arkansas Gov. Hutchinson Makes Case for Traditional Conservatism
SIMI VALLEY, Calif.—Asa Hutchinson was a young lawyer when President Ronald Reagan first nominated him to serve as a U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas in 1996. As he wraps up his second term as Arkansas’ governor, the self-described common-sense conservative shared memories of the former president and called for the return of […]
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San Clemente City Council Approves Senior Housing in Split Vote | #citycouncil
The San Clemente City Council voted 3 to 2 Nov 15, to approve new senior housing operated by the MemorialCare Health Care System to replace an abandoned hospital in the northwestern corner of the city. The project will be located at 654 Camino De Los Mares and consist of 250 apartments for residents aged 55 […]
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GOP Attorneys General Seeking to Prevent Vanguard From Purchasing Utilities Over Climate Agenda | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
A coalition of 13 Republican attorneys general filed a “motion to intervene” on Monday, asking a federal energy regulator to block The Vanguard Group from buying shares of publicly listed utility firms due to its decarbonization goals. In February, Pennsylvania-based Vanguard asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to extend the blanket authorization granted in […]
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