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Sep 05 2023
News
Federal Court Throws Out Alabama’s Revised Congressional District Map
People waited outside the federal courthouse in Birmingham, Ala., last month to watch a redistricting hearing. A federal court threw out Alabama’s latest congressional map on Tuesday, saying the state defied a Supreme Court decision in June requiring it to create a second majority-Black U.S. House district. In a 198-page opinion, a special three-judge district court in Alabama ordered a
Wall Street Journal (News)
Sep 04 2023
News
Florida voting map DeSantis pushed is tossed out by judge
A Florida redistricting plan pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis violates the state constitution and is prohibited from being used for any future U.S. congressional elections since it diminishes the ability of Black voters in north Florida to pick a representative of their choice, a state judge ruled Saturday. Circuit Judge J. Lee Marsh sent the plan back to the Florida Legislature with
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Sep 05 2023
News
Governor Appoints Leslie Fisken as Secretary of Transformation & Shared Services
We were unable to send the article. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday named Leslie Fisken as secretary of the Arkansas Department of Transformation and Shared Services. Fisken replaces Secretary Joseph Wood, who was elected chair of the Republican Party of Arkansas last month. Wood had led the department since January. Fisken currently serves in Sanders' administration as director of
Arkansas Business
Sep 15 2023
News
US economy going strong under Biden – Americans don’t believe it
Americans do not trust the government’s economic news – or the media’s reporting of it – according to a Harris poll conducted exclusively for the Guardian that presents the White House with a major hurdle as it pushes Biden’s economic record ahead of next year’s election.
The US has roared back from the Covid recession by official measures. But two-thirds of Americans are unhappy about
The Guardian
Sep 05 2023
News
Joe Biden's chances of pulling out of 2024 race
Joe Biden is more than likely to be the Democratic candidate for the 2024 election as the president dismisses suggestions that he could pull out of the race, bookmakers have said. Biden has frequently hit back at those who say he should not run for president again next year, as numerous polls suggest Democratic voters are concerned about the age of the 80-year-old incumbent, as well as his far
Newsweek
Sep 06 2023
News
Wisconsin Democrats launch $4M effort to fight GOP push to impeach liberal judge
Wisconsin Democrats are launching a $4 million effort aimed at defending a newly elected liberal justice on the state Supreme Court from a potential impeachment push by Republican state legislators. The Democratic Party of Wisconsin and other aligned groups rolled out a multi-million dollar initiative on Wednesday called Defend Justice that aims to “to hold Wisconsin Legislative Republicans
The Hill
Sep 05 2023
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Georgia Legislature could achieve extra Dems if decide guidelines GOP map illegally weakened Black voting energy
Democrats might achieve a seat within the U.S. Home and a number of seats in Georgia’s Legislature if a decide guidelines Republicans drew maps illegally weakening Black voters’ energy. The trial starting Tuesday is a part of a wave of litigation progressing after the U.S. Supreme Courtroom earlier this 12 months stood behind its interpretation of the Voting Rights Act, rejecting Alabama’s
Palm Beach News Central
Sep 05 2023
News
Court strikes down Alabama congressional map in scathing opinion
A three-judge panel struck down Alabama’s new congressional map on Tuesday, finding the GOP-led state fell short of complying with the Supreme Court’s recent directive. The ruling paves the way for a court-appointed official to instead draw the lines for the 2024 election cycle. “And we are struck by the extraordinary circumstance we face,” the judges wrote in a 196-page opinion. “We are not
The Hill
Sep 05 2023
News
A three-judge panel has blocked Alabama’s congressional districts, ordering new lines drawn
Federal judges said Tuesday that they will draft new congressional lines for Alabama after lawmakers refused to create a second district where Black voters at least came close to comprising a majority, as suggested by the court. The three-judge panel blocked use of the state's newly drawn congressional map in next year's elections. A special master will be tapped to draw new districts for the
Miami Herald
Sep 05 2023
News
A three-judge panel has blocked Alabama’s congressional districts, ordering new lines drawn
Federal judges said Tuesday that they will draft new congressional lines for Alabama after lawmakers refused to create a second district where Black voters at least came close to comprising a majority, as suggested by the court. The three-judge panel blocked use of the state's newly drawn congressional map in next year's elections. A special master will be tapped to draw new districts for the
Daily Kos