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Florida Agency Spent $200K on PR Firm After Being Accused of Withholding Aid
The agency is tasked with providing aid for children with birth-related neurological disorders.
Michigan’s Nonpartisan-Drawn Maps Give Dems Chance to Win State Legislature
However, some critics have noted that the new maps will reduce the voting power of majority-Black areas like Detroit.
Encampment Near Biden’s Delaware Home Calls for Declaration of Climate Emergency
“When it's ‘code red’ you do things you've never done before,” said one member of the group.
Delta Cuts Paid Sick Leave for Workers With COVID After Lobbying for CDC Change
Delta's policy change vindicated warnings that corporate America would readily exploit the CDC's less strict guidelines.
Oil Lobbyist Mary Landrieu’s Foundation Connects Congress With Corporate Execs
The group has close ties to other fossil fuel company-funded orgs pushing carbon pricing to address the climate crisis.
Even With Trump Out of Office, the Far Right Continued to Mobilize in 2021
Despite anti-fascists’ best hopes, far right forces have remained active and Trumpists within the GOP are empowered.
Flight Attendant Union Criticizes CDC for Decision “Pushed by Corporate America”
The agency has come under fire for its decision to halve the quarantine period for COVID-19 from 10 to five days.
Historians Warn the GOP Is Pushing Nation Toward Trump-Based Authoritarianism
Far right Republicans must lose the midterms and the 2024 presidential race to ensure democracy survives, they said.
Elon Musk Brags About Owing Small Fraction of His $280B in Taxes
The bill was incurred by transactions made over the past months in which he’s sold about $16 billion in stock so far.
Oklahoma Republican Wants to Deputize Private Citizens to Sue School Districts
The latest thing in GOP politics? Creating culture war bounty hunters.