In reversal, conservation group supports formation of new Alaska Native corporations | #alaska | #politics
Ketchikan (Getty Images) The conservation group The Wilderness Society has changed its position and now supports a bill that would create five new Alaska Native corporations in Southeast Alaska. It historically opposed the creation of the new corporations. Others have criticized the legislation for putting public lands into the hands of for-profit entities. Senate Bill […]
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Trump demands judge in 2020 election fraud case be removed, says he won’t get fair trial | #elections | #alabama
The former US President fumed on social media that there would be “no way I can get a fair trial” with the Obama-appointed Judge Tanya Chutkan, who has previously ruled against him. Former US President Donald Trump has demanded that the judge of his most recent case into alleged election fraud in 2020 case be […]
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Alabama DOR Grants Extension to Make PTE Tax Election for 2022 Tax Year | #elections | #alabama
In 2021, the Alabama Legislature unanimously enacted an elective pass-through entity tax (PTE Tax) as a workaround to the so-called “SALT Cap,” which was part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The Alabama Electing Pass-Through Entity Tax Act (Act 2021-1) established a new alternate state income tax applicable only to electing partnerships/LLCs […]
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The World and Everything in It: May 23, 2023 | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
PREROLL: The World and Everything in It is made possible by listeners like us. Hi. My name is David Ladwig, and I live in beautiful Pella, Iowa where I’m a compliance manager for a local manufacturing company. I’m also blessed to be a husband, father, and opa. I hope you enjoy today’s program. MARY REICHARD, HOST: Good […]
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U.S. Supreme Court Set to Hear Five Major Cases This Term | #elections | #alabama
The conservative supermajority of the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on some of the most contentious issues in America this term. These issues include the potential end of affirmative action and whether refusing to serve same-sex wedding clients amounts to illegal discrimination or freedom of speech. The high Court also will address […]
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Jan. 6 Panel Urges Ethics Review for McCarthy, GOP Lawmakers | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Washington — Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and three other GOP lawmakers should face ethics investigations for their refusal to comply with congressional subpoenas, the House January 6 committee said Monday in the culmination of a monthslong standoff over their testimony. The committee had issued subpoenas in May for the testimony of McCarthy — who is […]
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With Election Day Around the Corner, Employers Need to Remember You May Have to Give Employees Time Off to Vote | #elections | #alabama
Next week on November 8, voters will head to the polls around the country for our midterm elections for the U.S. House, certain Senate seats, governorships, and other elected offices. And while voters are headed to the polls, employers should remember that they may have a requirement to provide time off to employees to vote. […]
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Why US Courts Are Allowing Voters in 4 States to Use Rejected Congressional Maps | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
washington — When midterm elections get under way next month, voters in several Republican-controlled states will be casting their ballots in congressional districts with borders that courts have rejected. In Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Ohio, the congressional maps were drawn by Republican legislators in the aftermath of the 2020 census. Judges later ruled that the […]
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Why US Courts Are Allowing Voters in 4 States to Use Rejected Congressional Maps | #elections | #alabama
washington — When midterm elections get under way next month, voters in several Republican-controlled states will be casting their ballots in congressional districts with borders that courts have rejected. In Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Ohio, the congressional maps were drawn by Republican legislators in the aftermath of the 2020 census. Judges later ruled that the […]
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US Supreme Court Set to Start Potentially Tumultuous Term | #elections | #alabama
WASHINGTON — Fresh off an unusually rocky term in which it ended the constitutional right to abortion, the U.S. Supreme Court is embarking on another potentially tumultuous calendar of consequential cases. The new term opens Monday, with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson joining her eight colleagues as the first Black woman to sit on the bench. […]
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