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In Arkansas next month, two supreme court justices are seeking re-election, sort of—neither is running for the seat they currently hold, but rather for each other’s seat on the bench.

Nick Bronni and Cody Hiland were both appointed to the state supreme court in late 2024 by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Technically, both were barred from running to keep their place on the court this year since the Arkansas constitution forbids officials who were appointed to fill a vacancy to then run for that position when it next appears on the ballot. But luckily for them, the timing of their appointments offered Bronni and Hiland a solution: Since they each faced this same predicament at the same time this year, they could just trade spots.

This game of musical chairs, while legal, has the effect of circumventing the constitution’s ban, which typically prevents gubernatorial appointees from reaping the benefits of incumbency before they’ve earned it from voters.

A South Jersey-headquartered auto company is set to receive a $10 million contract to equip U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement vans with detainee-transportation inserts.

ICE intends to award the contract to Holman, a global company that serves commercial clients with automotive needs and also has several car dealerships.

Holman is headquartered in Mount Laurel. The company's manufacturing facility in Pennsauken is listed as the contractor in the outlined agreement with ICE.

Update

The contract between Holman and ICE will not move forward, a Holman spokesperson told Patch.

"I have been informed that we declined that particular body of work," the spokesperson said.

No other details on this development were immediately available.

Just noticed all models of the steam deck are marked as OOS now.

I know the LCD models were going but the other oled models were still good.

Did I miss any news about there being a freeze on the sales from Valve or any info about this?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/43045855

Unlimited campaign donations have reduced politics in the U.S. to pay to play. Those with the most money, win. Billionaires have used this to buy influence with media and social media, crowding out smaller voices, and limiting discourse.

In Montana, we are fighting this with a ballot initiative too limit campaign donations once again. This is a crucial step in taking back our democracy from the Fascist Billionaires and there deep pockets.

I plan too donate my time, by helping collection petition signatures. If you don't have time, but you have some cash to spare, consider donating. If you can't do either of those, at least upvote this post and share it with friends and family.

THANK YOU!

The Fediverse is huge and overwhelming to a newcomer, with many different types and each with servers to pick from. Which ones would you suggest checking out or avoiding?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/60301204

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