Along with the massive recent manufacturing investments in electric vehicle (EV) technology and talks of a greener, decarbonized future, there are some not-so-green problems. In its latest New Energy Finance report, Bloomberg News predicts there will be some 730 million EVs on the road by 2040. The year before, Bloomberg predicted half of all U.S. vehicle sales would be battery electric by 2030. … Read more
Senator Angus King (I-ME), a longtime legislator who caucuses with the Democrats, expressed his disapproval on Friday of Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’s (D) decision to take Trump off the ballot in the state. On Thursday evening, Bellows followed the lead of the Colorado Supreme Court and found that Trump was ineligible for the … Read more
2024 will be the biggest election year in history. About 4.2 billion people, or more than half of humanity, live in countries with upcoming elections. Can democracy survive it? That question may sound cynical. But, in the 21st century, romantic ideas of democracy are dying. The latest global reports show democracy contracting across every world … Read more
Ohio governor vetoes bill banning gender-affirming care for minors – CBS News Watch CBS News Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a bill Friday that would have banned gender-affirming care for minors. The bill would have also blocked transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and womens’ school and college sports. Be the first to know Get … Read more
Colorado’s March 5 presidential primaries — the state’s first formal foray into the 2024 election — are firming up, and the competition isn’t as simple as incumbent-versus-challenger. As it stood Friday, voters who mark Democratic ballots will have their pick of eight candidates and a no-preference option. The Republican ballot will have at least six … Read more
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) has shot down legislation that would have prohibited gender reassignment treatment for minors and blocked transgender women from competing in female sports. On Friday, DeWine argued the “gut-wrenching” decision as to whether a minor should have access to so-called gender-affirming care —- whether this decision should “not be made by … Read more
Ohio Republican Governor Mike DeWine vetoed a bill Friday that would have banned gender-affirming care for minors, bucking his party as it seeks to make fear-mongering about transgender youth central to its 2024 election strategy. “Were I to sign House Bill 68, or were House Bill 68 to become law, Ohio would be saying that … Read more
Outgoing Boston City Council President Ed Flynn defended his father’s “record on race relations” in the wake of criticism that’s been leveled at former Mayor Ray Flynn as part of a new documentary recounting the 1989 Stuart murder. Flynn said that while he hasn’t seen the documentary, a collaboration between HBO and the Boston Globe … Read more
Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge says she wants the role of public broadcaster CBC/Radio-Canada redefined before the next federal election. In a year-end interview with The Canadian Press, St-Onge said now is the time to update its mandate, to hedge against a possible change in government. She said the Liberal government believes a strong public broadcaster strengthens democracy and promises to keep … Read more
AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File Donald Trump predicted that as the presumptive GOP nominee for president in 2024, he will not face either President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris in the general election. Trump made the prognostication during a sit-down with alt-right publication Breitbart News. The former president told reporters Matthew Boyle and Alexander … Read more
