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10 May 2024, 3:00 am
From the States and Municipalities Alabama – Legislation to Change Alabama Ethics Law Dies in Committee Yahoo News – Ralph Chapoco (Alabama Reflector) | Published: 5/8/2024 A push to change Alabama’s ethics laws for elected officials died in a Senate committee, with supporters saying they would try to bring legislation back next year. [read post]
5 Apr 2024, 6:00 am
Some Republicans say members of the Freedom Caucus gum up the legislative works and are more interested in publicity and grandstanding than conservative policymaking. [read post]
16 Feb 2024, 3:00 am
Matt Simpson is circulating a draft of legislation that would make several significant changes to Alabama’s ethics laws. [read post]
15 Feb 2024, 9:20 am
Alabama is one of many states that have passed legislation targeting the LGBTQ+ community. [read post]
13 Oct 2023, 4:00 am
Alabama – Court Picks New Alabama Congressional Map That Will Likely Flip One Seat to Democrats Yahoo News – Zach Montellaro and Madison Fernandez (Politico) | Published: 10/5/2023 A federal court picked Alabama’s new congressional map, which will likely result in an additional Black – and Democratic – member in the delegation. [read post]
21 Jul 2023, 4:00 am
From the States and Municipalities Alabama – Alabama Legislature Passes Redistricting Maps That Democrats Say Defy Court Order MSN – John Wagner and Maegan Vazquez (Washington Post) | Published: 7/19/2023 The Republican-led House and Senate in Alabama approved dueling congressional maps that would increase the percentage of Black voters in the state’s Second District but not by enough, Democrats argued, to comply with a federal… [read post]
3 Mar 2023, 3:00 am
From the States and Municipalities Alabama – AG Steve Marshall Accuses Alabama Ethics Director Tom Albritton of ‘Self-Dealing’ from Charitable Trust AL.com – Mike Cason | Published: 3/1/2023 State Attorney General Steve Marshall accused Alabama Ethics Commission Director Tom Albritton of improperly benefiting from a charitable trust for which Albritton was a board member because Albritton’s children received more than $100,000… [read post]
17 Feb 2023, 11:47 am
Representative from Alabama (1871–1873). [read post]
2 Dec 2022, 3:00 am
Jeffries will make history as the first Black member to lead either party in either chamber of Congress. [read post]
15 Apr 2022, 4:00 am
From the States and Municipalities Alabama – Selma Is Tired of Being Just a Symbol – They Want Change MSN – Emmanuel Fenton (Washington Post) | Published: 4/11/2022 On March 7, 1965, more than 500 demonstrators marched in Selma, Alabama, to protest policies designed to keep Black people from voting. [read post]
13 Aug 2021, 4:00 am
Crafted largely in secret by a handful of Trump administration officials and members of Congress, the bill was rushed through the legislative process. [read post]
30 Jul 2021, 4:00 am
Joyce Beatty, chairperson of the Congressional Black Caucus, and U.S. [read post]
13 Nov 2020, 3:00 am
Harris’s victory comes 55 years after the Voting Rights Act abolished laws that disenfranchised Black Americans, 36 years after the first woman ran on a presidential ticket and four years after Democrats were devastated by the defeat of Hillary Clinton, the only woman to win the presidential nomination of a major party. [read post]
23 Oct 2020, 12:42 pm
Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit’s decision dismissing this case conflicts with the Supreme Court’s binding precedent in Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. [read post]
18 Sep 2020, 3:00 am
National/Federal At U.S.A.I.D., Juggling Political Priorities and Pandemic Response New York Times – Laura Jakes and Pransu Verma | Published: 9/13/2020 Political intervention has roiled the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), an agency that prides itself as leading the humanitarian response to disasters, conflict, and other emergencies around the world. [read post]
7 Aug 2020, 3:00 am
Paul Gosar, who heads the House Western Caucus, is asking the Department of the Interior to provide evidence that Cox was at Yosemite in an official capacity and not for personal reasons. [read post]
3 Jul 2020, 3:00 am
Congressional Black Caucus Seizes on Push for Racial Justice to Wield Greater Influence MSN – Rachel Bade, Karoun Demirjian, and Paul Kane (Washington Post) | Published: 6/27/2020 The Congressional Black Caucus is seizing the national moment of reckoning over systemic inequality and racial injustice to wield its greatest level of influence inside the Capitol and in national politics. [read post]
16 Aug 2019, 3:00 am
From the States and Municipalities Alabama – Alabama Ethics Commission Says Airport Authority Employees Fall Under Ethics Law AL.com – Mike Cason | Published: 8/7/2019 The Alabama Ethics Commission adopted an advisory opinion that employees of airport authorities are public employees and therefore subject to the state ethics law. [read post]
7 Jun 2019, 3:00 am
There is now an intense debate within the Democratic caucus over the details of that proposal, with the Progressive Caucus pushing for a bill that it says is stronger because it would strip a company of its monopoly on a drug if the manufacturer refuses to agree to a reasonable price in Medicare negotiations. [read post]
4 Apr 2019, 2:00 am
The Supreme Court vacated the District Court’s judgment and remanded for reconsideration in light of its decision in Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. [read post]
