With elections rapidly approaching, and with so much riding at both national and state level on voter turnout, the stakes could not be higher.
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Voting Laws Roundup 2019
With most legislatures closed, major positive reforms were enacted, but a handful of states made it more difficult to vote.
At this point in the year, 42 state legislatures have concluded their last regular legislative session in the leadup to a presidential election year. Looking back at this session, three new, Democratic trifectas – New York, Nevada, and Colorado – were responsible for an outsize portion of the most impactful expansive voting laws enacted so far this year.[i]
At the same time, a late-session surge in legislation cutting back voting access was successful in creating new restrictions in five states. Most significantly, in Florida, a new restriction cuts back on the gains made by Amendment 4. This new restriction could dramatically curtail the number of people who get their voting […]
Native American solar workers. Credit: Lakota Solar Enterprises
Dozens of new solar and wind projects are sprouting up on tribal lands across the U.S. as Native Americans seek new ways to boost their economies beyond casinos and untaxed cigarettes.
In the fall, Wirsol Solar AG expects to start building a 110-megawatt solar project on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. And last month, the Moapa River Indian Reservation in Nevada was announced as the site for two solar arrays expected to produce 500 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 180,000 homes. They already have a prominent customer: NV Energy Inc., the utility owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
The efforts are the latest in a burgeoning trend. In 2018, the U.S. handed out $6.5 million in grants to 11 tribal communities seeking to develop solar or wind power in eight states. It might be considered a return to nature. That’s certainly the view of Henry Red […]
Dr. Roger Marshall, MD spoke in Dodge City, Kansas, Saturday at the conclusion of an anti-choice, straight pride parade, and offered his thoughts on the issue of abortion in America.
Speaking in front of the audience, Marshall had a chilling observation about the future of choice in America, as republished in The Dodge City Globe:
“For the next decades,” Marshall said, “these pro-life federal judges will make a difference in this country long after I’m gone.
“I am not trying to get political here, these are objective facts.”
But he continued his assessment of the problem with abortion and the lack of godliness in America by wondering aloud who might really be at fault
Marshall says he is pro-abstinence and advocates that young boys and men turn to God instead of the media as their hormones begin to happen.
For young girls and women has says to, “Just say no.”
“I have never heard of a girl being disrespected in her locker room when she said no,” Marshall said. “For boys, show self-respect and show restraint and girls, just say no. Get involved in groups that will make a difference within the Pro-Life movement.
Marshall’s assessment, that there would be fewer issues if women would, […]
Mike Pence has said he would not dine alone with any woman who was not his wife, Karen (pictured)
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Many eyebrows were raised when it emerged US Vice-President Mike Pence would not dine alone with a woman who was not his wife.
How old fashioned, the internet cried.
Only, now it seems he is not alone.
A surprise poll for the New York Times has discovered more than half of women agree with him – as well as 45% of men.
And as for a drink? Forget about it. Just 29% of women think that would be appropriate in a one-on-one situation.
However, the poll – conducted by Morning Consult, surveying almost 5,300 people – found the numbers shift considerably according to your politics: the more liberal your views, the more likely you were to mix with a member of the opposite sex, one on one.
Just 62% of Republicans found it acceptable, compared to 71% of Democrats.
Similar divides can also be seen according to […]
A paper mill near a residential area in Maine. The planned new rules would end communities’ ability to appeal pollution permits.
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WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to weaken rules that for the past quarter-century have given communities a voice in deciding how much pollution may legally be released by nearby power plants and factories.
The changes would eliminate the ability of individuals or community advocates to appeal against E.P.A.-issued pollution permits before a panel of agency judges. However, the industrial permit-holders could still appeal to the panel, known as the Environmental Appeals Board, to allow them to increase their pollution.
The draft plan was described by three people familiar with the document, who requested anonymity because the proposal is not yet public. The document has been largely completed, they said, and the next step would be to announce the proposed rule change and seek public comment.
“This is outrageous,” said Richard Lazarus, […]
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