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☆ Small Business Group Challenges Law Requiring Corporate-Ownership Disclosure
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Dylan Tokar | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +3 min

A small business group is suing to block a law that was designed to stop money-laundering by rooting out the use of anonymous shell companies. The Corporate Transparency Act, the law’s formal name, was passed as part of annual defense spending legislation and signed into law last year. The group filed its lawsuit with Isaac Winkles of Huntsville, Ala., who owns a small business managing real-estate properties. The lawsuit poses a new challenge to FinCEN, which has already missed the mandated timeline for launching the corporate-ownership database. In addition to setting up the corporate-transparency database, the law also requires FinCEN to take a number of other steps—a whistleblower award program, among others—to strengthen the U.S.’s anti-money-laundering safeguards.

WASHINGTON — With the 2022 election over, Congress will return to work Monday with a packed to-do list for the final weeks of the year. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, is expected to get a vote in the lame duck session. A package of revisions to the bill easily cleared the Senate Rules and Administration Committee on a 14-1 vote in September. Same-sex marriage billThe House has passed a bipartisan bill to codify federal recognition of same-sex marriage. The Senate punted it to the lame duck session, with the leader of the effort, Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., saying the chamber needed more time to secure 60 votes.

Spreading lies, misinformation and doubt about the 2020 election have proven to be a winning strategy for many Republicans across the United States. The analysis identified more than 370 candidates who cast doubt in some way on the 2020 election. House Republican newcomer said the 2020 election was stolen House Republican newcomer questioned the 2020 election in other ways W y o . M o . T e x as T enn. A vast majority of states will have one or more Republicans who cast doubt on the 2020 election. More than a Dozen Skeptics Elected in the SenateThe 16 Republican skeptics elected so far include several who have outright denied the 2020 election, including J.D.

☆ How Diverse Are the Candidates in the Midterm Elections?
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Maggie Astor | Eleanor Lutz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

The House of RepresentativesThere are at least 403 people of color, women or nonbinary candidates running for seats in the House of Representatives in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Incumbent Democrat Republican White men women Black men women Hispanic men women Other and multiple race men womenThere are 11 Senate candidates who are Black this year. Democrat Black candidates Republican Ga. Raphael Warnock Ala. Will Boyd Ark. Incumbent Democrat Republican White men women Black men women Other and multiple race men womenThere are 25 women nominated for governor — 16 Democrats and nine Republicans. Democrat Black candidates Republican Ala. Yolanda Flowers Ark.

☆ Alabama’s Three Largest Newspapers to Stop Printing Next Year
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Alexandra Bruell | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The print readership of the three Alabama newspapers has been shrinking rapidly. A view of downtown Birmingham, Ala.One of the nation’s biggest publishers has decided to stop printing Alabama’s three largest newspapers and make them digital-only, the latest in a long string of local paper closures across America. Advance Publications , which owns 24 newspapers as well as the Condé Nast magazine-publishing empire, plans to announce it will end the print operations of the Birmingham News, the Huntsville Times and Mobile’s Press-Register in February.

☆ US Midterms 2022: 5 States Are Voting to Ban Slavery in Prisons
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Voters in Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, and Vermont will be voting on changing this legislation. The landmark 13th Amendment to the US Constitution, ratified on December 6, 1865, officially abolished slavery but allowed it to continue as a punishment in prisons against convicted felons. For states in the former Confederacy, the loophole was a tool to maintain the dynamics of slavery, post-abolition, said AP. But in some states, including Alabama, inmates get paid nothing for their work. "For an entire generation, it put Black men and women back into slavery by incarcerating them and selling their labor to private corporations," said Chase.

☆ Sierra Club says Mountain Valley Pipeline to give up on N. Carolina extension
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Oct 21 (Reuters) - U.S. environmental group the Sierra Club said on Friday that the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) is abandoning legal efforts in North Carolina to secure land necessary for its proposed Southgate extension. Were it completed, the Southgate project would have added 75 miles (121 km) of pipeline from Southern Virginia into central North Carolina, the statement by Sierra Club read, adding that without the land, the extension is unlikely to ever be built. Mountain Valley - owned by units of Equitrans (ETRN.N), NextEra Energy Inc (NEE.N), Consolidated Edison Inc (ED.N), AltaGas Ltd (ALA.TO) and RGC Resources (RGCO.O) - is one of several U.S. pipeline projects delayed by regulatory and legal fights with environmental and local groups that found problems with federal permits issued during President Donald Trump's administration. read moreRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Seher Dareen in Bengaluru; Editing by Bill BerkrotOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ DOJ says it needs more money for the Jan. 6 probe. The next spending bill may be its last chance.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Sahil-Kapur-Headshot.Jpg | Sahil Kapur | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration says it is in critical need of more money to bring the Jan. 6 rioters to justice. The Justice Department has told Congress that more than $34 million in funding is "critically needed" to fund the investigation. “The cases are unprecedented in scale and is expected to be among the most complex investigations prosecuted by the Department of Justice,” the Justice Department wrote to the legislative branch. Before they broke for recess, lawmakers involved in the talks told NBC News that the fate of the Justice request was still unsettled. I don’t have any problem giving the Justice Department the resources it needs to do that,” he said.

☆ NAACP denounces 'flat out racist' remarks by GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville at Trump rally
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Rebecca-Shabad-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Rebecca Shabad | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

WASHINGTON — Leaders of major civil rights organizations on Monday condemned Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., for suggesting at a Trump rally over the weekend that descendants of Black slaves are criminals in remarks about reparations. "Senator Tuberville’s comments are flat out racist, ignorant and utterly sickening," NAACP President Derrick Johnson said in a statement. As a speaker at former President Donald Trump's rally Saturday in Minden, Nevada, Tuberville called Democrats "soft on crime" and "pro-crime." National Urban League President Marc H. Morial on Monday called Tuberville's comments "bigoted" and "stunning." A request for comment was not immediately returned by Tuberville’s Senate office.

“Tim Ryan is running the best Senate race in the country and having to do it all by his lonesome,” said Irene Lin, an Ohio-based Democratic strategist who managed Tom Nelson’s Senate primary campaign in Wisconsin this year. After losing two presidential campaigns and a race for governor in the state since 2016, national Democrats are wary about spending in Ohio, once a quintessential battleground. The barrage includes a spot attacking Ryan, who has portrayed himself as a moderate, as a party-line voter beholden to Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer. Other national Democrats have tipped their hat to Ryan, noting how his moderate message has put the seat within striking distance, if not higher on the party’s list of priorities. “The national Democrats have walked away from Ohio prematurely,” Griffin said.

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Tuesday to move forward with funding the government through mid-December ahead of a Friday deadline to avert a shutdown. The short-term funding measure includes money for Ukraine aid, Afghan resettlement, parolees and security enhancements for U.S. courts, among other provisions. Republicans, still angry about Manchin's vote for the Democrats-only bill in August, credibly threatened to tank the government funding bill if his permitting measure was tacked on. During the Senate vote, Manchin reached out to Republicans to discuss restarting negotiations over a permitting package, including Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., Cassidy said. "The fact that Joe traded his vote for permitting reform doesn’t make permitting reform any less of a noble venture," Cramer said.

☆ These 7 states have the least air pollution in the U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

That's good news for residents of several states, according to a new U.S. News and World Report analysis, which ranked all 50 states according to how polluted they are and the risk that pollution poses to their population's health. That ranking is consistent with other 2022 analyses: The American Lung Association (ALA) says Vermont's cities are among the cleanest by air quality in the country, and have low levels of the most harmful and widespread types of air pollution. The state's Burlington-South metro area in particular is one of only two U.S. cities that rank as the cleanest for the worst types of air pollution, which include particle pollution and ozone air pollution. In 2022, the ALA said the state's air quality got "mixed grades." Several pieces of research point to the state's poor air quality.

☆ Supreme Court Clears Way for an Execution in Alabama
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Jess Bravin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Alan Miller was sent to death row for the 1999 workplace murders of three co-workers at two locations in Pelham, Ala.WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court voted 5-4 late Thursday to let Alabama execute an inmate by lethal injection, setting aside lower-court decisions finding prison officials likely violated the condemned killer’s right under state law to choose death by nitrogen hypoxia instead. The Alabama attorney general’s office said the execution would proceed Thursday, before the death warrant expired at midnight.

☆ Wildfire Smoke Is Erasing Progress on Clean Air
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Mira Rojanasakul | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

Smoke from wildfires has worsened over the past decade, potentially reversing decades of improvements in Western air quality made under the Clean Air Act, according to research published Thursday from Stanford University. The new analysis reveals a picture of daily exposure to wildfire smoke in better geographic detail than ever before. Where Wildfire Smoke Pollution Increased Over the Past Decade 0 0.25 0.5 1 2 4+ micrograms of PM2.5 Seattle Spokane WASH. Portland MAINE Missoula MONT. FLA. Micrograms of PM2.5 0 0.25 0.5 1 2 4+ Note: Map shows increase in average wildfire smoke from 2006-2010 to 2016-2020. The research isolated wildfire smoke from background pollution from other sources, which has actually decreased in recent decades.

☆ The ‘Cost’ of Voting in America: A Look at Where It’s Easiest and Hardest
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Nick Corasaniti | Allison Mccann | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +13 min

Researchers focused on 10 categories related to voting, including registration, inconvenience, early voting, polling hours and absentee voting. The state also stopped using special voting deputies, officials whose tasks had sometimes included conducting voter registration drives, according to the study. To assess the voting laws passed after the 2020 election, this year’s Cost of Voting Index study added new categories and scoring. While the political debate surrounding new election laws has centered on ballots and the voting process, the Cost of Voting Index also gives heavy weight to the ease of voter registration. States rank higher in the index if they allow voter registration drives, provide automatic voter registration, offer same-day registration and maintain longer periods in which to register.

☆ More than 1,600 books banned during 2021-22 school year, report finds
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Jo Yurcaba | Jo Yurcaba Is A Reporter For Nbc Out. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

More than 1,600 books were banned in over 5,000 schools during the last school year, with most of the bans targeting titles related to the LGBTQ community or race and racism, according to a new report. PEN America, a nonprofit that advocates for free expression in literature, released a report Monday, the start of Banned Books Week, that shows the sweeping scope of efforts to ban certain books during the 2021-22 school year. Books were banned in 5,049 schools with a combined enrollment of nearly 4 million students in 32 states, the report found. Friedman pointed to a case in Walton County, Florida, where a popular children’s book called “Everywhere Babies” landed on a banned books list last spring. The most frequently banned books were “Gender Queer: A Memoir,” by Maia Kobabe, followed by “All Boys Aren’t Blue,” by George M. Johnson and “Out of Darkness” by Ashley Hope Pérez, the report found.

☆ MLB roundup: Aaron Judge belts 2 more HRs in Yankees' win
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +10 min

Gerrit Cole (12-7) earned the win with four hits, four runs, three walks and eight strikeouts in five innings. Eloy Jimenez had three hits, including a two-run home run, and drove in three runs. Willi Castro hit a two-run homer and Javier Baez had a solo shot for the Tigers. Rays 5, Rangers 3Christian Bethancourt and Jose Siri hit back-to-back homers in host Tampa Bay's win over Texas. The duo went deep in the second inning for a 2-1 lead that the Rays never relinquished.

☆ These 7 states have the worst air pollution in the U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Air pollution takes a toll on your lungs and can be bad for your brain, increasing psychological stress and cognitive decline in adults. At least 85 cancer cases per year in the state are due to exposure to high levels of air pollution, according to a January 2022 study from Tulane University. Nevada's status as the second-most polluted state is also seemingly well deserved: In 2021, the American Lung Association also ranked the state's air quality among "the unhealthiest for the most harmful and widespread types of air pollution." Oregon's website notes that cars and trucks are the state's largest source of air pollution, and frequent wildfires only worsen the state's poor air quality. Vermont's cities are among the cleanest by air quality in the country, and have particularly low levels of the most harmful types of air pollution, the ALA says.

☆ (video) O femeie din Iași a susținut BAC-ul la vârsta de 43 de ani: „Pentru copiii mei a fost o lecție foarte importantă”
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-08 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

(video) O femeie din Iași a susținut BAC-ul la vârsta de 43 de ani: „Pentru copiii mei a fost o lecție foarte importantă”O femeie din Iași și-a dorit să le arate copiilor ei cât de importantă este școala. Femeia spune că aceasta a fost o lecție importantă pentru copiii săi: „le-am arătat o lecție, ce mult contează să înveți la timp”, explică mama de 43 de ani”. Cătălina Duzinschi are 43 de ani și a dat bacalaureatul, la 25 de ani distanță de momentul în care ar fi trebuit să treacă de examenul maturității. „Pentru copiii mei a fost o lecție foarte importantă asta. Eu le-am arătat o lecție, nu neapărat le-am explicat, le-am arătat o lecție, ce mult contează să înveți la timp”, explică mama de 43 de ani.

Persons: Digi24, Duzinschi, Cătălina, Mihaela, Emil Racoviță Locations: Iași, Cătălina Duzinchi

☆ TERMEN EXTINS! AO „Părinți Solidari” contractează expert(ă) jurist
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-06 | by ( Alte Articole | ) www.civic.md time to read: +3 min

AO „Părinți Solidari” - organizație apolitică și non-profit ce reprezintă interesele părinților și militează pentru asigurarea accesului echitabil la servicii educaționale de calitate pentru copii, prin dezvoltarea de servicii și elaborarea de politici la nivel local și central în Republica Moldova. Domeniile prioritare de implicare ale AO „Părinți Solidari”: dreptul la o educație echitabilă și non-dicriminatorie; asigurarea accesului la un sistem de învățămînt integru și fără corupție, creșterea transparenței și eficienței utilizării resurselor bugetare în instituțiile educaționale. Candidatul / candidata selectată va realiza sarcinile descrise în perioada lunilor iulie 2021- octombrie 2022, în volum total de 10 zile de expertiză. Disponibilitatea de a reprezenta organizația „Părinți Solidari” în raport cu autoritățile competente, pe marginea încălcărilor sesizate. Colaborarea anterioară cu AO ”Părinți Solidari” va constitui un avantaj.

Persons: Angela Buliga Organizations: CNA, Power Locations: Republica Moldova, IM Swedish

☆ TERMEN EXTINS! AO „Părinți Solidari” contractează expert/expertă pentru analiza declarațiilor de avere și interese
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-06 | by ( Alte Articole | ) www.civic.md time to read: +3 min

AO „Părinți Solidari” - organizație apolitică și non-profit ce reprezintă interesele părinților și militează pentru asigurarea accesului echitabil la servicii educaționale de calitate pentru copii, prin dezvoltarea de servicii și elaborarea de politici la nivel local și central în Republica Moldova. Domeniile prioritare de implicare ale AO „Părinți Solidari”: dreptul la o educație echitabilă și non-dicriminatorie; asigurarea accesului la un sistem de învățământ integru și fără corupție, creșterea transparenței și eficienței utilizării resurselor bugetare în instituțiile educaționale. Context general:AO „Părinți Solidari”, în cadrul proiectului ”Educație transparentă și eficientă”, implementat cu suportul financiar al AO “Reprezentanța IM Swedish Development Partner”, anunță concurs de selectare a unui expert/ unei experte pentru analiza declarațiilor de avere și interese personale ale managerilor școlari și agenților publici angajați în sistemul educațional. Expertul/ experta selectată va realiza sarcinile descrise în perioada lunilor iulie-septembrie 2021, în volumul total de 18 zile de expertiză. Colaborarea anterioară cu AO ”Părinți Solidari” va constitui un avantaj.

Persons: Angela Buliga Locations: Republica Moldova, IM Swedish

☆ Pretendenții la funcția de deputat ai Partidului „Puterea Oamenilor”. Un fost primar interimar al Capitalei și un medic, care a candidat în 2019 pe listele PDM-ului lui Plahotniuc
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-05 | by ( Daniela Calmis | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +6 min

Inclusiv Codreanu a fost acuzat că ar fi făcut jocurile lui Plahotniuc, după ce televiziunile gestionate de acesta îl prezentau în termeni laudativi. Conform informațiilor depuse la CEC, Codreanu a avut în ultimii doi ani venituri oficiale de aproape 390 de mii de lei. În ultimii ani, numele lui Ruslan Codreanu a fost vizat în mai multe procese contravenționale, mai mulți executori judecătorești cerând pedepsirea acestuia pentru că nu a executat, din postura de primar al capitalei, hotărâri judecătorești definitive. În ultimii doi ani, familia Stratulat a avut venituri oficiale de aproximativ un milion de lei din salarii sau dividende. Candidata nu a declarat însă venituri oficiale pentru ultimii doi ani.

Persons: Ruslan Codreanu Ruslan Codreanu, Capitalei . Codreanu, Andrei Năstase, Nistor Grozavu, Codreanu, Iurie Leancă, Vladimir Plahotniuc, Plahotniuc, Ruslan Codreanu, Codreanu . Stratulat, Stratulat, Irina, candidata, Ala, Candidata, Inga, Ea Organizations: Partidului, Partidul Popular, CEC, Volkswagen, Opel, Hyundai Santa FE, Honda, Nissan, Garden Service, Hyundai Tucson Locations: Chișinăului, Capitalei, Chișinău, Moldova, Germania

☆ Consolidarea relaţiilor de parteneriat dintre ASEM şi Universitatea din Bucureşti
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-05 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Consolidarea relaţiilor de parteneriat dintre ASEM şi Universitatea din BucureştiRectorul Academiei de Studii Economice a Moldovei (ASEM), dr.hab., prof.univ., academician, Grigore BELOSTECINIC a avut o întrevedere cu Rectorul Universităţii din Bucureşti (UB), dr., prof.univ., Marian PREDA. Întâlnirea a urmărit stabilirea de obiective pentru colaborarea academică dintre ASEM și UB, în vederea implementării proiectelor comune de dezvoltare. Astfel, unul dintre obiectivele colaborării dintre UB și ASEM vizează inițierea unor programe pentru obținerea diplomelor duble. hab., Prorector Programe de studii și Practica studenților, Universitatea din Bucureşti, Ala COTELNIC, dr. univ., Prim-prorector cu activitate didactică, ASEM şi Dorin VACULOVSCHI, dr., conf.univ., șeful departamentului Resurse Umane, Afaceri publice şi Comunicare, ASEM.

Persons: Grigore BELOSTECINIC, Marian PREDA, Marian Preda, Rectorul, Grigore, Laura COMĂNESCU, ., . dr . hab, . hab Organizations: Universitatea din Bucureşti, Studii, Moldovei, Universitatea din București, Academiei, Universitatea din Locations: ASEM, Bucureşti, UB, Moldovei, Universitatea din Bucureşti, Ala

☆ (video) „Avem o responsabilitate.” Cum funcționează birourile electorale din cadrul secțiilor de votare
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-05 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: 1 min

În episodul curent vorbim cu Ala Grigorița, președinta biroului electoral nr.4 din Ialoveni. Funcționara electorală ne spune despre munca din ziua alegerilor, importanța conlucrării în echipă și cum face față celor peste peste 18 ore de muncă. De asemenea, discutăm cu Alexandru Berlinschii, șeful Direcției Management Alegeri a CEC, cum se formează un birou electoral, care sunt criteriile în baza cărora sunt selectați membrii, dar și cum se păstrează evidența istorică a funcționarilor.

Persons: Ala Grigorița, Alexandru Organizations: Management, CEC Locations: Ialoveni

☆ (grafic) Un an de COVID-19 în Moldova. Retrospectiva celor mai importante evenimente ale anului pandemic
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-04 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +24 min

Astăzi înregistrăm un an de la primul caz de COVID-19 înregistrat în Moldova, care a fost depistat pe 7 martie 2020. Acesta a menționat că mama sa nu a părăsit spitalul, dar medicii italieni au eliberat-o din motiv că a fost testată negativ la coronavirus. Deputatul a scris că Dodon a comis cel puțin 58 de încălcări a regimului epidemiologic. Prima persoană care a fost vaccinată a fost o asistentă medicală din București. Reducerea cererii externe din partea principalilor parteneri ai Republicii Moldova a rezultat în scăderea exporturilor, iar diminuarea consumului a dus la scăderea importurilor.

Persons: Chicu, Ion Chicu, Igor Dodon, Nicoleta Hriplivîi, Dodon, Viorica Dumbrăveanu, Ala, Sandu, Ștefan Vodă, Nicolae Furtună, . Deputatul, Igor Dodon . Dumbrăveanu, . Ea, Ion, Igor Șarov, Pavel Filip, Leonid Bujor, Putin, OMS, Maia Sandu, Janssen, Aureliu Ciocoi, Sergiu Sergiu, Sergiu, Sergiu . Tânărul Organizations: Naționale, Psihiatrie, Organizației Mondiale a Sănătății ( OMS, Ministerul Sănătății, Muncii, Protecției Sociale, Organizația Mondială a Sănătății, Agenția Medicamentului, Sk Bio, Center, Sputnik, Comitetului, Economiei Locations: Moldova, Italia, România, Republica Moldova, Chișinăului, Soroca, Drochia, Republicii Moldova, Rusia, China, Britanie, București, Ungaria, Germania, Slovacia, România Republicii Moldova, UE, India, României, UK, Sinopharm, Sinovac, Moderna, Chișinău

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