Month: June 2023

Dothan Eagle: “Alabama families could soon pay less at the grocery store after lawmakers gave final passage Thursday to a landmark bill that would gradually remove half of the 4% state sales tax on food, capping decades of fruitless attempts at such a tax cut. The legislation now heads to the desk of Gov. Kay…

WaPo: “Calls are growing for an arrest to be made in Florida after a Black mother of four was shot and killed by her White neighbor through the neighbor’sdoor — apparently over a dispute involving the victim’s children. The neighbor had reportedly thrown roller skates at the children Friday, after which their mother knocked on…

The Dispatch: “North Carolina Republicans continue to feel uneasy about their party’s current gubernatorial frontrunner, firebrand Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson. But no coherent strategy yet exists to knock him out in a primary. Those with concerns about Robinson fear his controversial views, as well as his checkered personal and campaign finance history, will alienate suburban and independent voters in…

AL Public Radio: “ELLIOTT: Roby chairs an association of the so-called Foot Soldiers, dedicated to documenting the stories of people, like Roby, who, as children, spent the spring of 1963 peacefully marching for human rights. (SOUNDBITE OF BIRD CHIRPING) ELLIOTT: Roby heads to where it happened – Kelly Ingram Park. ROBY: This is a very…

WaPo: “Tony Federico bought his Tesla Model 3 in 2018. A former Marine who votes Republican, Federico said he was drawn by the cool technology and the chance to save money on gas. “I think selfishly it was, you know, how is this going to help my pocketbook,” he said from his living room one…

Political Wire: “A Texas sheriff’s department has recommended that the district attorney in Bexar County bring criminal charges over the first iteration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ so-called migrant relocation program,” the Miami Herald reports. “Those flights last September sent 49 asylum seekers, most of them Venezuelans, from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.” The operation “allegedly…

Slate: “Early on Wednesday morning, police officers from the Atlanta Police Department and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation raided the Teardown House, a hub for a constellation of organizing activity in East Atlanta. At least a dozen officers in riot gear, wielding assault rifles, arrested three organizers from the Atlanta Solidarity Fund, a nonprofit that supports people…

Slate: “Merrill v. Milligan is a case about redistricting in Alabama. More specifically, it’s about Alabama Republicans’ responsibility to provide Black Alabamians with what’s known as a meaningful opportunity to elect representatives of their choice. This concept flows from the Voting Rights Act, which acknowledges that in many states in this country, voting is racially polarized….

ABC11: “A well-known democratic political consultant was killed Sunday [before last] in a boating accident. Cape Lookout National Seashore confirmed that the incident happened Sunday, May 28th in the ocean south of Shackleford Banks. It involved three individuals who had rented a boat. After the accident occurred, the three ejected passengers made it to Shackleford…

The Week: “Gay Days, an annual celebration at Walt Disney World in the first weekend of June, went on as planned this year despite — or in defiance of — a raft of anti-LGBTQ legislation signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). Organizers urged LGBTQ visitors to come out in force, and despite a slow start…