Democrats unveil sweeping proposal for wealthy tax hikes in $3.5 trillion plan House Democrats have unveiled a sweeping proposal for tax hikes on large corporations and the wealthy to fund President’s Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion rebuilding plan The top tax rate would turn back to 39.6% on people earning more than $400,000 or $450,000 for… Continue reading Legislative News – 09-14-2021
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Legislative News – 08-07-2021
Texas Democats continue their holdout and refuse to return to state Capitol As the Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott begins his third attempt at passing new election laws, Texas Democrats still refuse to return to Austin as of August 7 In a joint statement Saturday, Democrats said 26 of them would remain “part of an… Continue reading Legislative News – 08-07-2021
Legislative News – 07-28-2021
Senate Democrats and Republicans have reached an agreement on the Large Infrastructure Bill On July 28, 2021, the Senate GOP has reached an agreement with Democrats over the many issues surrounding the $1 trillion infrastructure package This bipartisan package includes government spending of $600 billion which will go to highways, bridges, transit, waterways other public… Continue reading Legislative News – 07-28-2021
Legislative News – 07-13-2021
Residential/Business solar power fees in Alabama causes federal lawsuit Homeowners and Environmental groups in Alabama have filed a federal lawsuit against the state regulators for approving Alabama’s Solar Power fees on customers who have on-site or rooftop solar Alabama Power argues that the fees are needed to maintain the infrastructure that provides backup power to customers… Continue reading Legislative News – 07-13-2021
Legislative News – 07-12-2021
Senators from holdout states want new plan similar to Medicaid Coming from states that have not accepted the expansion of Medicaid , Three Democratic US Senators want the federal government to come up with a plan similar to Medicaid Today (Monday) Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff of Georgia along with Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin… Continue reading Legislative News – 07-12-2021
Legislative News – 07-10-2021
As GOP weighs in on voting law, group of Democrats plan to walk Among a small group of Democrats, they prepare to stage a second walkout again in order to stop a voting measure in Texas from being passed Republicans this weekend have intended to advance the new election bill which would restrict polling places… Continue reading Legislative News – 07-10-2021
Legislative News – 06-28-2021
Biden is attempting to revive the infrastructure package By highlighting the economic benefits of his Infrastructure Package plan, President Joe Biden hopes he can get it on track I highlighting the benefits, he is stressing the $973 billion is going to include the largest investment in transportation in almost 100 years and would create many… Continue reading Legislative News – 06-28-2021
California News – 5-27-2021
Oscars for 2022 has been delayed by a month Now set for March 27,2022, a month later than the original planned date, the 94th Academy Awards will happen and return to usual venue As a result of the pandemic, this year’s Oscars screw an audience of only 10.4 million which is a 56% drop from… Continue reading California News – 5-27-2021
National News – 5-25-2021
One injured after gunfire near George Floyd Square on first anniversary At least one person suffered non-life-threatening injuries after gunshots were reported near the spot where George Floyd was killed one year ago, a spokesperson for the Minneapolis Police Department said Tuesday The Associated Press earlier reported that as many as 30 shots were heard… Continue reading National News – 5-25-2021