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President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday picked Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) to be his interior secretary. If confirmed, Haaland will be the first Native American to run the department, which oversees U.S. natural resources, parks, and tribal lands. Haaland is expected to shift the Interior Department from supporting fossil fuel development to promoting renewable energy. I come from New Mexico. It s a big gas and oil state. And I care about every single job, the first-term member of Congress told
The Washington Post recently. But, she added, change is needed because that economy wasn t working for a lot of people. In another first for an increasingly diverse Cabinet, Biden also reportedly plans to nominate Michael Regan, North Carolina s top environmental regulator. He would be the first African American to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. [
Nebraska attorney general helps lead 38-state suit against Google
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Nebraska attorney general joins 37 others in filing anti-trust lawsuit against Google
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A bipartisan group of state attorneys general filed another antitrust lawsuit against Google on Thursday focused on its online search market power, adding to the growing legal battles facing the tech giant.
The lawsuit filed by 35 states and Washington, D.C., Guam and Puerto Rico alleges Google illegally maintains monopoly power over search engines and search advertising markets through a series of anticompetitive contracts and conduct.
“Our economy is more concentrated than ever, and consumers are squeezed when they are deprived of choices in valued products and services,” Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) said in a statement. “Google’s anticompetitive actions have protected its general search monopolies and excluded rivals, depriving consumers of the benefits of competitive choices, forestalling innovation, and undermining new entry or expansion.”