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A new bill proposed by North Carolina Senate Democrats would put constitutional amendments to legalize recreational and medical cannabis on the ballot. But its odds of getting a vote in the Senate are not high, Republican leadership says. Senate Bill 1072 would put two separate amendments on the ballot in November, asking voters to legalize […]

Fort Worth’s Brandi Waller-Pace lends her voice and musical skills to the upcoming collaborative album “Outlaws’ Almanac.”

The Wisconsin case is one of the last cases standing in the effort to prosecute those who tried to overturn the 2020 election. The post Alleged Wisconsin fake elector accomplices plead not guilty as Trump seeks to rewrite 2020 election appeared first on Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.

Georgia's special legislative session has been called to address the state's election system, which uses QR codes to count ballots, but has faced criticism from cybersecurity experts and proponents of hand-marked paper ballots, and requires about $66 million in state funds to switch to a new system. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization providing in-depth watchdog journalism for Savannah and Coastal Georgia’s communities.

After mistakenly issuing a license to a Des Moines massage parlor, state regulators have imposed a $1,000 fine against the company for doing business without a license. A woman who answered the phone at the business on Wednesday indicated she could not comment on the state’s actions but said the massage parlor was still open […]

Jeffrey Sachs explains why Chancellor Friedrich Merz has a responsibility to act before Europe is embroiled in another war.

This story was published by the Border Belt Independent in collaboration with Inside Climate News. Viv Tolson Wayne rang the large dinner bell on her front porch along Britt Road in St. Pauls, North Carolina. The crowd on her front lawn hushed their conversations and turned toward the 75-year-old, who wore a red T-shirt and […]

On June 16, the Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich fired warning shots at a small private yacht that had drawn close to it in the English Channel. No one was injured. Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the Russian sailors’ actions “reckless” but noted that the incident was unlikely to have been “malicious.” The yacht’s owners, meanwhile, said British authorities were deliberately trying to blame them to avoid further straining already tense relations with Russia.

A week ago, Noureddine Bitat watched helplessly on West 36th Street as rowdies trashed his yellow taxi following a Knicks win — and worried about how he would keep making a living. “The crowd was really wild,” he said in Arabic through a translator. “I was scared.” On Wednesday, the father of three sat in […] The post Cabbie Knocked By Knicks Mob Thanks Donors to $75,000 Fund to Help Him appeared first on The City Reporter.

Aceitamos a conciliação com o atraso, porque a alternativa é pior. É nesse terreno que ele opera. Sua alquimia não cura a fratura. Apenas a administra. Evita-se o espelho porque ele é desconfortável. Ganhamos o direito de respirar. O abismo será adiado. The post O Mago da Recusa e da Recomposição appeared first on Outras Palavras.

There's more than just "Toy Story 5" hitting theaters this weekend. MIke Wendt is here with your weekly Movie Nerd Report. The post The Movie Nerd Report: What’s showing in Northeast Ohio for Juneteenth and Father’s Day Weekend appeared first on The Land.

African Union High Representative for the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea, Jakaya Kikwete, The post AU envoy Kikwete in Juba to engage leaders on peace process appeared first on Radio Tamazuj.

Data center developers would be required to pledge transparency in Pennsylvania communities where they want to build in order to get a sales tax break on computer equipment, under legislation aiming to prevent secrecy around the massive computing hubs.

Los nuevos datos del Reuters Institute reflejan una caída histórica del consumo de noticias en páginas web, especialmente entre los menores de 25 años, mientras ganan terreno los podcasts, los creadores de contenido y los asistentes de inteligencia artificial.

The city had requested six additional years to ready the projects for construction.

A lawsuit filed in Montgomery County Circuit Court on Wednesday seeks to put Republican gubernatorial nominee Tommy Tuberville on trial over allegations that he does not meet residency requirements for the governor’s office.  Filed on behalf of two realtors, Brooke Lynn Dorgan and Justin Jude LeBlanc, the lawsuit claims that Tuberville has not lived in […]

El líder de la oposición asume que meterá a Vox en el gobierno si los necesita después de las elecciones y defiende que no cambiará la actual ley de plazos del aborto si llega a MoncloaEl juez Calama concluye que la declaración de Zapatero no ha disipado las sospechas contra él El líder del PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, cree que José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero era para la izquierda “una especie de Gandhi español”, que el exdirigente socialista está buscando “un jeque árabe, a ser posible muerto” para que no pueda desmentir el origen de las joyas encontradas por la UDEF en el registro de su oficina y vaticina que el PSOE acabará en algún momento imputado en los juzgados. El líder de la oposición ha reservado su análisis del interrogatorio a Zapatero para el prime time del programa de Pablo Motos, diez horas después de que el expresidente socialista saliese de la Audiencia Nacional y pidiese públicamente “confianza” a los ciudadanos para demostrar que es “completamente inocente”. El juez José Luis Calama, de momento, difiere y cree que la declaración no ha anulado los indicios contra él, aunque ha decidido que no era necesario imponerle medidas cautelares. “Hoy no ha declarado por el tema de las joyas. ¿Qué es lo que está esperando? Está buscando decir que se lo ha regalado un jeque árabe, a ser posible que esté muerto, para que no pueda desmentirle. Creo que es lamentable. Cuando una persona se ha dedicado a blanquear una dictadura también puede blanquear capitales”, ha comentado ante Motos. El mismo dirigente que defendió que no sabía a qué se dedicaba Marcial Dorado cuando veraneaba con él ha argumentado este miércoles que Sánchez debía tener conocimiento de las maniobras de Leire Díez y de las causas de corrupción que atenazan a su partido. Lo ha desarrollado con un ejemplo de su etapa al frente de la Xunta: “Cuando iba a inaugurar una obra y veía a un director de obra pública con un cochazo yo llamaba al consellero. Le decía: oye, ¿cómo es posible que un funcionario público tenga un coche como este? Mientras no me lo aclarase había una sospecha”. Lejos han quedado los tiempos en los que el PP denostaba a Junts, de quienes hoy ha dicho que comparte sus políticas económicas y ha recordado que han “pactado bastantes cosas” antes de pedirles de nuevo su apoyo para una moción de censura contra Sánchez. “Desde el PNV a Vox pasando por Junts y el PP hemos dicho que no se puede continuar así. Hagámoslo”. Da por hecho que gobernará con Vox si es necesario La entrevista ha comenzado con Motos citando el “bucle de escándalos” de la política española, entre los que ha recopilado casos vinculados al PSOE y ha omitido el juicio contra la Operación Kitchen, la guerra sucia del PP pagada con fondos públicos reservados para destruir pruebas de la caja b del partido.“¿Qué pueden esperar los españoles de usted si llega a Moncloa?”, le ha preguntado Motos. “Decencia”, ha respondido Feijóo. Los temas que ha puesto sobre la mesa Motos hasta llegar a la primera pregunta que pudiera resultar incómoda para Feijóo han versado desde la mala situación económica de España al exceso de ministros, los “900” asesores del Gobierno y el papel de los sindicatos. Solo después ha llegado el momento de hablar de la “prioridad nacional”, el principio exigido por Vox para permitir las investiduras de presidentes autonómicos del PP como María Guardiola en Extremadura o Alfonso Fernández Mañueco en Castilla y León. Feijóo ha dado por hecho que gobernará con la extrema derecha en coalición si no le dan los números para la mayoría absoluta: “No voy a demonizar al tercer partido de España. No quiero gobernar con nadie pero aceptaré el resultado de las urnas”. Al hilo de la conversación sobre Vox ha defendido que no cambiará la actual ley de plazos del aborto si llega a Moncloa y, en un momento dado, lo ha calificado como un “derecho” de las mujeres, aunque luego ha matizado que era una “decisión”. “Daremos toda la información a la mujer. A partir de ahí si decide interrumpir el embarazo nosotros lo respetaremos”, ha añadido. Sí pretende modificar la ley de eutanasia porque requiere “más consenso” de profesionales sanitarios y políticos.

For decades, the American oil and gas industry has watched viable infrastructure projects collapse under the weight of a federal permitting system that was never designed to deliver timely decisions. Projects with strong economics, willing investors, and genuine public need have spent five, six, or ten years waiting for federal approvals before a shovel touched the ground. That is now changing, through a convergence of executive action, landmark legislation, and agency reform that together constitute the most significant overhaul of energy permitting in a generation. On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed EO 14156 declaring a National Energy Emergency under the National Emergencies Act and EO 14154 titled “Unleashing American Energy,” directing all agencies to identify and eliminate regulations imposing undue burdens on domestic energy development. U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright followed on February 5, 2025 with a secretarial order directing the Department of Energy to prioritize more efficient permitting for energy infrastructure. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued Order No. 908 on June 30, 2025, authorizing reliance on environmental reviews completed by other agencies and eliminating redundant parallel reviews. On October 7, 2025, FERC permanently rescinded Section 157.23, which had barred natural gas pipeline companies from proceeding with construction while rehearing requests were pending. Executive orders are reversible, which is why the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed last July 4, represented a more durable development. The OBBBA capped Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) reviews at 150 pages and two years and created a fast-track mechanism under which a project sponsor pays a fee equal to 125% of anticipated preparation costs and receives a completed environmental assessment within 180 days or a full EIS within one year. It replaced the presidential permit requirement for cross-border energy infrastructure with a Certificate of Crossing issued by FERC or DOE, removing the State Department and White House from a process subject to political manipulation, as demonstrated by the Biden administration’s cancellation of the Keystone XL permit. The Interior Department was ordered to mandate a minimum of 30 oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of America through 2040, restart Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) lease sales, and the OBBBA raised the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) revenue-sharing cap from $500 million to $650 million annually through 2034, benefiting Texas and three other Gulf-producing states. Last December, the U.S. House also passed the bipartisan SPEED Act, introduced by Chairman U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-AR, and U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, D-ME, proposing a 150-day statute of limitations for NEPA legal challenges and limiting judicial remedies to remand only, eliminating a court’s ability to vacate a permit or enjoin a project outright. That single change would do more to alter the litigation environment for energy infrastructure than any other reform currently under consideration. The U.S. House also passed H.R. 3668, the Improving Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Act, designating FERC as the sole lead agency for National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reviews of interstate natural gas pipelines and liquified natural gas (LNG) import and export terminals. The Texas congressional delegation has been among the most consequential contributors. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-TX, introduced the Natural Gas Export Expansion Act in October 2025, treating LNG export applications to non-free trade agreement countries on the same terms as free trade partners. Cruz and Sen. John Cornyn, R-TX, jointly introduced the Protect LNG Act, prohibiting vacatur of authorized LNG permits and establishing a 90-day window for legal challenges. Cruz introduced the Stop Climate Shakedowns Act in April 2026, prohibiting liability against energy companies for damages arising from the use of their products. U.S. Rep. August Pfluger, R-TX,’s Foreign Emissions and Nonattainment Clarification for Economic Stability Act, the FENCES Act, which passed the House in April, ensures foreign emissions and natural events such as wildfires are not counted against air monitoring data in domestic permitting decisions, protecting the Permian Basin from nonattainment designations based on pollution outside its control. In the Senate, U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, R-PA, introduced the Unlock American Energy and Jobs Act in April, targeting four primary barriers: Clean Water Act Section 401 abuse by states blocking infrastructure through procedural delays unrelated to water quality; LNG export authorization reform replacing case-by-case DOE approval with statutory authorization; nuclear licensing reform; and NEPA litigation reform preventing courts from vacating approved projects during pending challenges. McCormick’s office estimates over $1 trillion in infrastructure investment is stalled in federal permitting proceedings, representing $2.4 trillion in potential economic activity. More recently, U.S. Republican senators from Wyoming, John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, introduced the Let America Build Act of 2026 last week. Building on Barrasso’s earlier SPUR Act framework, the bill targets several persistent bottlenecks in oil, gas, and coal permitting. It proposes NEPA judicial reforms including lawsuit deadlines and a remand-only remedy standard, reduced federal regulatory burdens, greater deference to state oversight and primacy for drilling permits on federal land, and streamlined federal reviews for split estates, LNG exports, new coal leases, and mining exploration. What distinguishes this period from prior reform efforts is statutory depth. The OBBBA changed the law. FERC’s Order No. 908 and rescission of Section 157.23 established durable procedural standards. The SPEED Act and McCormick bill, if enacted, would codify changes no future administration could unilaterally reverse. Federal courts are scrutinizing the administration’s emergency declarations, the Senate remains the decisive forum, and comprehensive NEPA reform will require bipartisan support not yet secured. Texas, responsible for roughly 44 percent of domestic crude oil production, conducts the overwhelming majority of that production on private land, meaning onshore federal leasing reforms have limited direct application to Texas operators. The federal reforms that matter most to the state govern pipelines, LNG infrastructure, NEPA litigation, and offshore Gulf of America development. Houston is headquarters to the major offshore operators and their supply chains, and the OBBBA’s mandate for 30 minimum Gulf lease sales through 2040, combined with increased GOMESA distributions, translates directly into economic activity along the Texas Gulf Coast. The regulatory chokepoints most directly affecting Texas oil and gas development sit within the state’s own permitting system. The 89th Legislature passed SB 2037, establishing expedited review procedures and compressed contested case hearing timelines for LNG export terminal air permits at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), where approval timelines for minor amendments had approached three years and contested case procedures were adding six to twelve months compared to states such as Louisiana. Next year, when the Texas legislature convenes, state lawmakers could extend SB 2037’s framework to include major energy infrastructure permits across all facilities TCEQ regulates. The legislature could also establish statutory decision deadlines for individual air permit reviews under the New Source Review process, paired with deemed-approved provisions when the agency fails to act. The Texas Railroad Commission already issues standard drilling permits in approximately four business days. There is no structural justification for the state’s air quality permitting process to operate on timelines that stretch into years. For an industry that has spent decades operating under a permitting framework more effective at generating litigation than approving infrastructure, the statutory and regulatory record now before Congress and the Texas Legislature represents the most credible opportunity in a generation to establish a permitting system that functions as it should. Whether both bodies deliver on that opportunity will define the investment and development landscape for American energy for years to come.

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