Maine could become the first state in the nation to provide public funding to candidates seeking the office of district attorney. Lawmakers are considering the first expansion of the state s Clean Election Act since 1996 to help ensure county-level races are not influenced by wealthy donors. Anna Kellar, executive director of Maine Citizens for Clean Elections, said local and state law enforcement positions are increasingly gaining national attention and drawing large amounts of out-of-state spending. .
By Carrie Baker for Ms. Magazine.Broadcast version by Mark Richardson reporting for the Ms. Magazine-Public News Service Collaboration Wealthy right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation has published a detailed plan for the next Republican president to use the executive branch of the federal government to attack the rights of women, LGBTQ people and the BIPOC community, by eliminating the agencies and offices responsible for enforcing civil rights laws and placing trained right-wing ideologues in staff positions throughout the federal government. Called the 2025 Presidential Transition Project—or “Project 2025,” for short—the plan has “four pillars”: an 887-page policy agenda, a presidential personnel database of vetted conservatives, a Presidential Administration Academy to train these people to achieve the Project 2025 policy agenda, and a 180-day playbook,
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A political action committee supporting Miami Mayor Francis Suarez’s failed presidential campaign paid its top fundraising consultant more money than the super PAC raised in new donations last year, according to an analysis of the committee’s latest report filed last week.