By Reid Wilson - 04/22/21 05:29 PM EDT
The chairman of the top outside group dedicated to electing Republican attorneys general has resigned his position in the wake of a show of force by rivals from other states, months after it supported a rally with then-President Trump
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr (R) last week stepped down as chairman of the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA), citing a “significant difference of opinion” with the group’s strategic direction.
He is the latest in a string of departures from the organization, including its executive director, Adam Piper, who resigned under what sources said was pressure from the group in the days after the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Georgia AG Steps Down From GOP Group That Promoted Pre-Insurrection Rally
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With the US Supreme Court poised to decide this month whether it will review a ruling key to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s future, majority-owner of the project Dominion Energy has received support in its case from Republican state Attorneys General and the US Department of Justice. Both US Attorney General William Barr and the state Attorneys General have close financial ties to the utility – including through a GOP group that funneled millions to one key proponent.
Barr served on Dominion’s Board of Directors from 2009 until his confirmation as Attorney General in February of this year. In June, US Solicitor General Noel Francisco, who reports to Barr, asked the Supreme Court to revisit an appeals court decision that vacated essential permits for the $7.5 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). A joint venture between Dominion, Duke Energy, Piedmont Natural Gas, and Southern Company, the 600-mile ACP would transport fracked gas from West Virginia to Virginia, North
Floridaâs Ashley Moody joins legal battle against federal stimulus money
This is the second lawsuit against Bidenâs administration that Moody has involved herself with recently. Last year, Moody joined 16 other Republican attorneys general who urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a Texas lawsuit siding with Trump over election results.
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By News Service of Florida
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TALLAHASSEE â Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody joined a multi-state coalition challenging part of a $1.9 trillion federal relief package that prohibits states from using stimulus money for tax cuts.
Moodyâs office said in a news release Wednesday that the lawsuit, filed in U.S. district court in Alabama, contends federal treasury officials cannot force states to relinquish control of their taxing authority in return for the coronavirus-related economic aid.
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Legal Petition Aims to Stop Utilities From Forcing Customers to Bankroll Anti-Environment Trade Groups
WASHINGTON The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today to prevent electric utilities from forcing customers to finance anti-environment trade groups.
Current accounting systems allow electric utilities to recover the costs of financing anti-environment trade groups from their customers. Today’s petition says that practice violates the First Amendment and asks FERC to amend the accounting system so that ratepayers aren’t forced to support these trade associations.
“It’s time to stop forcing people to support anti-environment trade groups that stand in the way of the urgently needed transition to clean energy. Often those groups are working directly against the customers’ own interests, as well as the future wellbeing of their children,” said How
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