Because of the ruling, new maps are likely in Alabama and Louisiana that could allow Democratic-leaning Black voters to elect their preferred candidates in 2 more congressional districts.
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Local, statewide and national political news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inPolitics, Religion and Values
Pat Robertson, broadcaster who helped make religion central to Republican politics, dies at 93
For more than a half-century, he was a familiar presence in American living rooms, known for his ‘700 Club’ television show.
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Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
House Republicans pull back contempt charge against FBI director over Biden doc
A contempt resolution against Christopher Wray has been removed after an accommodation was made to will allow the full House Oversight Committee access to the document, which alleges a bribery scheme Biden and a foreign national.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Pence opens presidential bid with denunciation of Trump over Jan. 6 insurrection and abortion
Mike Pence is the first vice president in modern history to challenge the president under whom he served.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Justice Jackson reports flowers from Oprah; Justice Thomas delays filing disclosure
The details of gifts given to the newest Supreme Court justice were among the reports provided by most members of the court in their annual filings, which give a partial window onto their finances.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Man pleads guilty to assisting in plot to kidnap Michigan governor
Shawn Fix Fix trained with a militia, the Wolverine Watchmen, for ‘politically motivated violence,’ prosecutors have said.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics, Schools and Education
The pause on student loan payments is ending. Can borrowers find room in their budgets?
After a payment pause that has lasted more than three years, more than 40 million student loan borrowers will be on the hook for payments starting in late August.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Blinken arrives in Saudi Arabia to meet Crown Prince Mohammed
The kingdom still relies on the U.S. to be the security guarantor for the wider Middle East as tensions have risen over Iran’s nuclear program.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Lawmakers work on bill to let Wabanaki tribes benefit from federal laws
The bill would grant the Wabanaki tribes in Maine to federal laws that benefit the nation’s 570 other federally recognized tribes.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Highway fund raises new tensions over state budget negotiations
A continuing services budget passed by Democrats in March did not include highway funding, which is used to fund operations for the Maine Department of Transportation, Bureau of Motor Vehicles and part of the Maine State Police.