Politically connected or otherwise untested companies were given hundreds of millions of dollars in federal contracts.
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Advocates cheer the legalization as a crucial step toward achieving racial justice in the states.
The bill received near-unanimous backing, with the state House voting 169-0 and the Senate voting 51-1 in its favor.
Republicans are positioning themselves against the plan with popular proposals like replacing all lead pipes.
The heads of Brazil’s Army, Navy and Air Force all quit after President Jair Bolsonaro ousted his defense minister.
Greene wants Fauci out, and for the Senate to approve his replacement — but the role is not subject to Senate approval.
The GOP effort comes just months after Democratic judges swept appellate races in five of the state’s 14 districts.
The ruling concludes a multiyear-long argument about the statues, which sometimes brought far right violence with it.
Lawmakers have filed a total of 361 bills in 47 states in 2021 seeking to restrict voting, the Brennan Center finds.
Free-market fundamentalism, religious fundamentalism and manufactured ignorance turned the GOP toward neofascism.