Freedom Caucuses push for conservative state laws, but getting attention is their big success
Sen. Colton Moore and Rep. Charlice Byrd are leaders in Georgia’s state-level Freedom Caucus. Both are often at odds with their chamber’s leadership. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — When a Republican colleague threatened to read aloud from a 2-foot stack of books — including a biblical guide to leadership and a tome by anti-tax activist Grover Norquist…
“They Don’t Want to Teach Black History”
David Carson/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This story was originally published by Capital & Main. The protests and student walkouts have stopped as an uneasy calm settles over St. Charles County, Missouri, after the community’s all-white school board threatened to eliminate both a…
With Famine “Imminent,” Israeli Military Kills Seven Aid Workers Delivering Food to Gazans
Seven aid workers from the World Central Kitchen were killed in an Israeli airstrike, according to the NGO.Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This week, Israel fired three missiles at an aid convoy for the World Central Kitchen (WCK), killing seven workers delivering…
The Biden Administration Just Rescued Parts of the Endangered Species Act
A Mantled Howler Monkey, which is listed as an endangered species by the US Fish & Wildlife ServicesJon G. Fuller/VW Pics/Zuma This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. During former President Donald Trump’s time in office, his administration rolled back a variety of safeguards for wildlife and…
State PSC poised to hear Georgia Power’s plan to increase fossil fuel use to power data centers
Every time Georgia Power builds a new gas plant, it gets to fully recover the cost of that construction from customers, and then some. John McCosh/Georgia Recorder Environmental and consumer groups are urging state regulators not to approve Georgia Power’s plans to increase its use of fossil fuels to meet a rapidly growing industrial demand.…
Florida Supreme Court Approves a Six-Week Ban—And Lets an Abortion Rights Ballot Measure Move Forward
Abortion rights advocates protested in Florida last year as the legislature debated a six-week ban—which will now take effect next month. The Washington Post/Contributor/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Florida’s Supreme Court issued a pair of major rulings today on abortion that will both further…