President-elect Joe Biden's Energy Secretary pick, Jennifer Granholm, has disclosed millions of dollars of investments in corporate and private business interests.
President-elect Joe Biden's Energy Secretary pick, Jennifer Granholm, has disclosed millions of dollars of investments in corporate and private business interests.
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Incoming President Joe Biden is raising tens of millions of dollars toward this celebration, including from corporate giants with big business before the federal government.
But so far his inauguration committee won t disclose how it s spending that money, and progressives are demanding transparency.
They hope the committee will change course, especially since Biden has promised a robust political money reform agenda heavy on enhanced transparency. We think the Biden inauguration committee should voluntarily disclose their spending and that Congress should propose legislation that would require full disclosure of inaugural committee spending, said Jana Morgan, director of Declaration for American Democracy.
Will State Supreme Court Draw New Legislative Boundaries?
Chief Justice is leery of the court expanding its role in redistricting. Conservatives want it to be the final arbiter of new district maps. //end headline wrapper ?>Wisconsin Supreme Court. Photo by Dave Reid.
The conservative chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court signaled Thursday she was wary of a Republican-backed plan that would give the court more power over the next round of redistricting.
The petition, which was filed by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL), would send all state redistricting lawsuits directly to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, opening the door for justices to draw their own maps in the process.