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Alaska

EPA blocks mining project proposal that threatened Alaskan salmon | #alaska | #politics

CNN — The Environmental Protection Agency has blocked a controversial mining project set for development in Alaska over concerns about adverse effects on salmon fisheries in the area, according to a release from the agency. The announcement stops the Pebble Mine project, which would have become the largest copper, gold and molybdenum extraction site on […]

Alaska

Biden administration takes another step toward advancing a controversial oil drilling project in Alaska | #alaska | #politics

CNN — The Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday advanced the controversial Willow oil drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope, releasing the final environmental impact statement before the project can be approved. The ConocoPhillips proposed Willow drilling plan is a massive and decadeslong project that the state’s bipartisan Congressional delegation says will create […]

Alabama

Governor signs bill banning surgical procedures for minors seeking gender-affirming care | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

CNN — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill on Saturday that banned hormone treatment and surgical procedures for minors seeking gender-affirming care, the latest in a series of anti-trans bills involving minors that have been passed across the country. Senate Bill 16, which the governor signed a day after it was sent to his […]

Alabama

The redistricting wars aren’t over and that could tip control of the House | #elections | #alabama

CNN — The battle for control of the House of Representatives increasingly resembles a sporting event in which the teams are changing the dimensions of the playing field even after the game is underway. As many as a dozen or more states could redraw the lines governing their congressional elections again before the 2024 election, […]

Arkansas

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders repeals emergency COVID-19 measures

Former Trump White House Press Secretary and Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed an executive order to repeal COVID-19 executive orders issued at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 on January 13, cementing the re-opening campaign accelerated under the Democratic administration of Joe Biden. The action repealed an executive order to establish a […]

Alabama

Anti-abortion rally March for Life sets its sight on US Capitol | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Anti-abortion activists are once again gathering in Washington for the “March for Life,” but this time something has changed. The annual protest first began the year after the Supreme Court’s ruling on Roe v Wade in 1973, which made abortion legal in the US. It’s been held every year ever since. But last year, just […]

City Council

Indian-American sworn-in as Oakland City Council member | #citycouncil

Indian-American attorney Janani Ramachandran became the youngest and first queer woman of colour to take oath as City Council member for Oakland’s District 4. Ramachandran, 30, became the first Oakland City Council candidate to declare her victory in the November 8 mid-term election where she edged past her opponent Nenna Joiner by winning 18,874 in […]

Mayor

NYC mayor cites slower economic growth spurred by high office vacancy, cost of migrant crisis and health care, in budget address

CNN — New York City Mayor Eric Adams unveiled the state of the city’s economic outlook as part of a $102.7 billion budget proposal for 2024 on Thursday, highlighting slow economic growth despite spikes in tourism and jobs. Adams touted investments that will be made into public safety and affordable housing while promoting what he […]

Arkansas

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders bans use of term ‘Latinx’ in state documents

CNN — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed an executive order this week barring the use of the term “Latinx” in official state documents, saying the government should use “ethnically appropriate language.” Sanders, a Republican who gained national recognition as White House press secretary in the Trump administration, signed several orders involving government regulations Tuesday […]

Alabama

Alabama attorney general says people who take abortion pills could be prosecuted | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

CNN — Alabama’s Republican attorney general said this week that women in the state who use prescription medication to terminate their pregnancies could be prosecuted under a chemical-endangerment law, even though Alabama’s anti-abortion law does not intend to punish women who receive abortions. Steve Marshall made the comments in the wake of a decision earlier […]