Day: December 15, 2023

Biden administration commits millions in new funding to Columbia River Basin restoration

11:54 pm December 15, 2023

In the 1960s and 1970s, four dams were built along the Lower Snake River in Washington State. They were advertised as a source of cheap, clean energy. Some conservation groups and tribe members nearby said the dams would have a negative impact on the regional environment. Decades later, the controversy has come to a head […]

Wisconsin man gets 3 years for bomb threat against then-Gov. Scott Walker

11:48 pm December 15, 2023

A Wisconsin man who made a 2018 bomb threat that prompted a search of then-Gov. Scott Walker’s office in the state Capitol has been sentenced to three years in prison and two years of extended supervision, the state Department of Justice announced on Friday. WISCONSIN DOJ SUED BY LOBBYING GROUP OVER PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Terrance […]

Appeals court refuses Louisiana’s plea to reconsider House map ruling

11:46 pm December 15, 2023

A federal appeals court refused Friday to reconsider its ruling giving the Louisiana Legislature until Jan. 15 to enact a new congressional map after a lower court found that the current political boundaries dilute the power of the state’s Black voters. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request by Louisiana’s Republican secretary […]

Illinois NAACP president apologizes after likening migrants to ‘savages,’ rapists, burglars

11:44 pm December 15, 2023

The president of the Illinois NAACP has apologized after referring to migrants as “savages,” rapists and burglars during a recent conference call, prompting calls for her to resign. Teresa Haley, the president of Illinois’ National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), apologized profusely in a statement on Friday, saying that she loves and […]

55 arrested in Chilean tax fraud case deemed country’s largest ever

11:41 pm December 15, 2023

Chile’s police on Friday arrested at least 55 people in a fiscal fraud case that could be one of the biggest in the country’s history, amounting to about $275 million and implicating small and mid-sized companies in different parts of the country. Marcelo Freyhoffer, a high officer at Chile’s tax agency, told journalists those arrested […]

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