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The payments were approved as a part of the latest Covid-19 relief package.
Two farmers stand in their soybean field in Parchman, Miss. | Adrian Sainz/AP Photo
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday that it has begun the process for sending $4 billion in direct payments to an estimated 16,000 farmers of color as part of a controversial program aimed at addressing past discrimination.
The Farm Service Agency published the first notice of funding availability for eligible borrowers and said it expects payments to resolve outstanding loan debt to begin in June after the notice is published in the Federal Register next week.
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May 18, 2021 – The Wisconsin Supreme Court has concluded that proposed procedures for anticipated redistricting litigation ”are unlikely to materially aid this court’s consideration of an as yet undefined future redistricting challenge.”
The court declined to adopt procedures that would send any redistricting litigation directly to the state supreme court, rather than federal courts, as an “original action.”
Scott Jensen, former speaker of the state Assembly, joined the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) in filing the petition (20-03), which included provisions on how the case would proceed procedurally as an original action at the supreme court.
The court held a public hearing in January, with numerous speakers either opposing or supporting the petition. This week the court declined to adopt it, with a caveat.
Justices reject rules fast-tracking redistricting lawsuits
TODD RICHMOND, Associated Press
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday rejected a Republican request that all state redistricting lawsuits start in the high court.
In its order denying the request, the court recapped the arguments for and against the Republicans request, but it offered little explanation for its denial, saying only that the rule changes wouldn t help the justices weigh any redistricting challenges.
The court cautioned, though, that its denial doesn t mean it would refuse to hear an appeal from a lower court ruling or reject a request to take a case directly. The order did not say how each justice voted.
As part of the nearly $2-trillion coronavirus relief package President Joe Biden signed in March, $4 billion was set aside to bankroll a loan forgiveness