U.S. House GOP rolls out aid for Ukraine, Israel; votes planned on TikTok, border security
UU.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson of Louisiana, center, listens as Rep. Mike McCaul of Texas, left, speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on April 16, 2024 in Washington, D.C. Also pictured is House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana, right. Win McNamee/Getty Images WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans unveiled…
SCOTUS Justices: Why Isn’t DOJ Treating Dobbs Protesters Like January 6 Attackers?
Eric Lee/ZUMA; mpi34/MediaPunch /IPX Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Conservative Supreme Court justices on Tuesday questioned the Justice Department’s use of a 2002 statute against obstructing an official proceeding to prosecute a number of people involved in the January 6 attack on Congress. In…
Conservative Groups Are Outraising Democrats on the State Level—By a Lot
Mother Jones; Glen Carrie/Unsplash; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.State legislative bodies have always played a leading role in determining outcomes for fundamental but humdrum issues like state budgets, insurance regulations, road safety laws, and civil services. But the last few years have…
State utility regulators approve Georgia Power plan to use fossil fuels to power data centers
State regulators approved on April 16 Georgia Power plans to build three gas and oil turbines at Plant Yates in Coweta County. Several clean energy groups are outspoken about the company’s plans to bring in new fossil fuel generators that would be expensive to build and pose an environmental risk. Grant Blankenship/Georgia Public Broadcasting The…
U.S. Rep. Massie joins move to oust Speaker Johnson, who vows: ‘I am not resigning’
Kentucky Republican U.S. Rep Thomas Massie speaks with reporters inside the U.S. Capitol on April 16, 2024. Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky called on U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson to resign during a closed-door meeting of GOP lawmakers on Tuesday, throwing more uncertainty into that chamber just months before…
Georgians poised to secure incremental gains in mental health treatment options in 2024
Instead of a single massive bill, state lawmakers floated a flurry of proposals seeking to build on the 2022 mental health bill. Several of them made it to the governor’s desk. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder Two years ago, state lawmakers rallied behind a landmark proposal that was touted as the first step in a multiyear effort…