California's Supplier Diversity Program has been giving preferential treatment to LGBTQ-owned businesses in utility contracts.
California’s Supplier Diversity Program has come under scrutiny for its preferential treatment of LGBTQ-owned businesses in utility contracts. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: California’s Supplier Diversity Program has been giving preferential treatment to LGBTQ-owned businesses in utility contracts. DETAIL: California’s Supplier Diversity Program, which is managed by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), began in 1988 to promote minority- and women-owned businesses. The program was expanded in 2014 by then-Governor Jerry Brown (D) to include “LGBTQ” firms. Under incumbent Governor Gavin Newsom (D), additional energy sector companies were encouraged to participate. In 2022, CPUC announced a target of allocating 1.5…Open
A legal battle is underway over how U.S. history is presented at National Park Service sites. Several lawsuits are challenging the Trump administration’s push to remove certain materials it says violate President Trump’s executive order targeting “ideological indoctrination or divisive narratives.” Democracy Forward President and CEO Skye Perryman explains why the group believes federal courts need to step in. #nationalparks #nationalparkservice #nps #ushistory #usa #presidenttrump #trump #trumpadministration #lawsuit #thegavel
It’s the third such deal the Interior Department has struck to pay firms to abandon plans for offshore turbines, spending roughly $2.5 billion to get companies to abandon their wind projects.
An Alaskan election official determined Monday that a candidate with the same name as incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) is ineligible to appear on the ballot. “On review of the complaints and other information in the Division’s possession, I conclude that your declaration of candidacy was not properly filed with the Division because it was not filed in order to declare an actual good-faith candidacy for the office of United States Senator, but was instead filed with a purpose to confuse or mislead and to thereby compromise the ballot’s fairness or neutrality,” Carol Beecher, director of the Governor’s Division of Elections, wrote in a Monday letter to the candidate, Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. Read More:…
A Trump administration official read the terms outlined in the memorandum to reporters earlier in the day, which addressed Iran's nuclear program, ongoing fighting in Lebanon, sanctions relief, and plans for the release of frozen funds.
