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April 2024

Granholm: Inflation Reduction Act boosted US, New Mexico manufacturing

TL/DR - Jennifer Granholm, the secretary of the Department of Energy, praised the federal Inflation Reduction Act for job creation and business expansion during a visit to Albuquerque, where she attended the groundbreaking of Array Technologies' expanded solar tracking manufacturing campus. The company's new $50 million facility is expected to…

Biden Revives Health Safeguards for Gay and Transgender Individuals

TL/DR - The Biden administration has issued new protections for gay and transgender people, prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in federally funded healthcare. The new rule reverses a policy put in place by the Trump administration. While it has been hailed by civil rights advocates, the rule, which has…

Secret Service Requested by GOP to Relocate Protesters from Convention Venue

TL/DR - The Republican Party has sent a letter to the Secret Service requesting protesters to be kept further away from the venue of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. The letter, signed by Todd R. Steggerda, counsel to the Republican National Committee, cautions that forcing convention attendees to pass by protesters could lead to…

Kari Lake & John Thune: Immigration Focus, Not Abortion

TL/DR - U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake has stated that Arizona's reaffirmed Civil War-era abortion ban is not being enforced and therefore is not the law. The ban, which only allows abortions in order to save the life of the mother, has been the subject of a repeal effort by Democrats and some Republicans in the state Legislature. Lake's stance…