Former Florida Congressman Avoids $456,000 Fine Over Electoral Campaign Finance

A Florida appeals judge dismissed the lower court’s ruling in the 12-year-old case sending it back to the lower court where it could be tried again. A Florida appeals court has dismissed a lower court’s ruling that a former Florida Republican congressman attempted to weaken an election opponent in 2012 in violation of campaign finance

DOJ Seeks Public Input for Environmental Justice Strategic Plan

The DOJ must publish the plan to address and advance environmental justice by October 2024. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is asking members of the public to help draft an “Environmental Justice Strategic Plan” that will outline the department’s vision, goals, and priorities for advancing environmental justice. In a July 1 press release, the department

Wildlife Officials Plan to Cull Nearly Half a Million Barred Owls to Protect Spotted Owls

The annual cull amount to less than 0.5 percent of the current North American barred owl population, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed culling nearly half a million invasive barred owls in Washington state, Oregon, and California over the next three decades to protect native

Mississippi District Judge Orders Nationwide Stay on Title IX Gender Identity Revisions

A Mississippi district judge has ruled that the federal government can’t enforce its reinterpretation of Title IX protections to include gender identity revisions. U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola granted the preliminary injunction and a nationwide stay against Health and Human Services (HHS) revisions to Title IX after complaints alleging HHS seeks to replace health regulations

Democrat Governors Rally Behind Biden After White House Meeting

President Joe Biden in a campaign message on Wednesday said he is ‘in this race to the end.’ WASHINGTON—Governors who met with President Joe Biden at the White House on Wednesday expressed their support for him after their discussions about Democratic Party leadership. “The governors have his back,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who chairs the

Spending Caps Impose Shortfalls on Planned Fusion Energy Development Allocations

Key Democrat calls on Biden administration, Congress to boost funding if US is to remain the world leader in emerging energy technology. Despite advances in the last two years, the federal government’s fiscal year 2025 budget falls short of annual allocations outlined in 2021’s CHIPS and Science Act and funding requests from industry leaders for

Judge Halts Mississippi Law Requiring Internet Age Verification

The range of content the state had the power to moderate under the law is too broad and subjective, NetChoice argued in its lawsuit. A federal judge has granted NetChoice’s request for a preliminary injunction that suspends Mississippi state law that required internet users to be age-verified. House Bill 1126—intended to protect minors from harmful