State lawsuit claims federal government owes Alaska $700 billion for quashing Pebble mine • Alaska Beacon | #alaska | #politics
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The federal government owes Alaska more than $700 billion in compensation for the 2023 Environmental Protection Agency action that blocked development of the massive and controversial Pebble Mine in Southwest Alaska, Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration claims in a lawsuit filed in a federal court. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims […]
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U.S. Senate Republican blocks legislation protecting in vitro fertilization • Georgia Recorder | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
WASHINGTON — U.S. Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi blocked a bill from passing Wednesday that would have preserved access to in vitro fertilization nationwide, stalling a push by Democrats following a landmark Alabama state Supreme Court decision. The court ruled earlier this month that frozen embryos counted as children under state law and parents could collect […]
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4,600 people received erroneous voting information • Alabama Reflector | #elections | #alabama
The Montgomery County Board of Registrars said Tuesday that 4,600 voters in Montgomery County received incorrect information about which congressional district they resided in ahead of Tuesday’s primary election. Zane Snipes, chair of the Montgomery County Board of Registrars, said Tuesday that postcards reminding people of their voting precincts and districts misidentified people as living […]
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U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Colorado 14th Amendment ruling, clearing Trump for ballot • Arkansas Advocate
This is a developing story and that was last updated at 10:28 a.m. Monday, March 4, 2024. Former President Donald Trump must be placed on Colorado’s 2024 ballot, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday, striking down a first-of-its-kind holding by the Colorado Supreme Court that the Republican front-runner is disqualified from office under a Civil […]
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Who’s not discussing the Alabama IVF ruling? State judicial candidates. • Alabama Reflector | #elections | #alabama
The Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling declaring frozen embryos human beings set off an uproar in the state and around the nation. But one group has remained largely silent on the issue. The Alabama Reflector reached out to judicial candidates at all appellate levels, including chief justice, about the Feb. 16 ruling. Nearly all declined comments […]
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A voter’s guide to the Alabama 2nd Congressional District primaries • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Voters in Alabama’s redrawn 2nd Congressional District will choose nominees for the seat on Tuesday, and they don’t lack options. Eighteen candidates — 11 Democrats and seven Republicans — are running in the new district, which runs through the southern part of Alabama’s Black Belt, and takes in Montgomery and northern Mobile County. The district […]
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U.S. Supreme Court to decide if Trump is immune from prosecution for acts as president
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear former President Donald Trump’s argument that he should be immune from criminal charges related to the 2020 election. In a one-page order, the court set an expedited briefing schedule, with oral arguments to be held the week of April 22. Proceedings in the federal trial court […]
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Anti-democratic moves by state lawmakers raise fears for 2024 election | #elections | #alabama
In Wisconsin, Republican lawmakers are threatening to impeach both the state’s election administrator, who is highly regarded nationally, and a state Supreme Court justice despite a ruling by the state’s judicial commission that the justice had done nothing wrong — effectively nullifying a recent statewide election she won, Democrats say. In North Carolina, a bill […]
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Voting rights decision may curb push to diversify Georgia, Alabama utility commissions | #elections | #alabama
Brionte´ McCorkle was “furious” when a federal appeals court ruled in late November that Georgia could keep its current method of electing its powerful utility regulators. She punched her kickboxing heavy bag so hard that it broke. “I busted the bag, I was that mad,” she said. But, McCorkle added, “We’re not going to let […]
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Alabama lawmakers refuse to create 2nd majority-Black congressional district | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama on Friday refused to create a second majority-Black congressional district, a move that could defy a recent order from the U.S. Supreme Court to give minority voters a greater voice and trigger a renewed battle over the state’s political map. Lawmakers in the Republican-dominated House and Senate instead passed a […]
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