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Alabama

Republican debate: Four things to watch at the fourth contest in Alabama | News | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

The Republican debate on Wednesday will pit most of the leading GOP candidates for president against one another for the fourth time this year, less than six weeks ahead of the Iowa caucuses. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy will be […]

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Alaska

Lummis accuses Biden of favoring blue New Mexico over red states in energy policies | News | #alaska | #politics

Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) is accusing the Biden administration of politicizing new public lands protections, accusing it of prioritizing oil and gas production in Democratic-led New Mexico while curtailing oil and gas production in Wyoming, Alaska, and other conservative states. In an interview with the Washington Examiner, Lummis, the chairwoman of the Senate Western Caucus, […]

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Alabama

Alabama voters support Tuberville military hold abortion protest, poll says | News | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

New statewide polling in Alabama shows that Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) has the support of the majority of Alabama voters and that more residents there support his hold on military promotions than don’t. Tuberville began the hold in protest after the Pentagon began reimbursing service members and their dependents for costs incurred traveling out of […]

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Mayor

LA Mayor Karen Bass claims crime continues because ‘there’s profits to be made’ | News

Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass pointed to the profits made off of crime as the main motivator for criminals. Bass appeared for a television interview Saturday to discuss the influx of mass retail theft in her city. Earlier this month, a “flash-rob”-style incident involved more than 30 people in masks stealing $300,000 worth of […]

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Arkansas

Stimulus update: Arkansas capital offering $10,000 bonus to out-of-state residents who move to the city | U.S. & World

The capital of Arkansas is offering anyone living out of state a $10,000 bonus if they move to Little Rock, thanks to a program introduced this month. The program, introduced by the Little Rock Regional Chamber, is offering both former and new residents a personalized job match opportunity as well as a $10,000 bonus for those […]

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Alabama

Cryptocurrency magnate, new GOP megadonor, sunk millions into primaries | U.S. & World | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Budding Republican megadonor Ryan Salame quietly shelled out $13.4 million of his personal fortune to boost 15 GOP congressional candidates in the just-concluded 2022 primaries. Salame, a 29-year-old cryptocurrency mogul, lives in the Bahamas, which is the headquarters of FTX Digital Markets, the firm he oversees as chief executive officer. But he’s a native of […]

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Arkansas

Soros floods cash into Arkansas prosecutor race | U.S. & World

A political group funded exclusively by liberal financier George Soros has dumped over $100,000 in support of a former public defender running to become a prosecuting attorney in Little Rock, Arkansas. Soros is the only contributor to the Arkansas Justice and Public Safety PAC, which was founded in mid-April around the same time the financier […]

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