Private equity barons just pocketed as much as $850 million from the company behind this week’s massive chemical blast in Georgia.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump Allies Charged Yet Again Over ‘Fake Elector’ Scheme
The public evidence and mounting legal action tell a pretty clear story.
Posted inTAP
Georgia’s Latest Attack on the Right to Vote
Today on TAP: The Republican legislature has a clumsy new effort to disqualify registered voters.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Best of 2023: Luke Goldstein
Our writing fellow offers his favorite stories of the year.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Salvaging Voting Rights Long After ‘Shelby’
The Supreme Court’s elimination of preclearance has come back to haunt the courts in cases involving Southern states’ attempts to dilute Black voting power.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Construction Bids for EV Projects in Georgia Go to Gov. Kemp’s Donors
Under an obscure program, state and local authorities got to pick construction firms for Rivian and Hyundai plants. They chose non-union firms that have contributed heavily to Republicans.
Posted inTAP
It Took a Village to Try to Seize the Presidency
Today on TAP: As the Georgia indictments make all too clear.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Sketchy Auto Title Loans Under Fire
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is taking aim at the practice of borrowers exchanging the title of their vehicle for a small-dollar loan.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Green Industrial Policy in Deep-Red Georgia
In the former carpet capital of the world, a solar manufacturing boom is taking hold. Will conservative residents credit Biden’s industrial policy?
Posted inWorking in America
Unionized Workers at Blue Bird Hit the Next Hurdle: a Contract
An assist from Biden administration electric bus subsidies helped pave the way to victory at a plant in right-to-work Georgia. But workers say tensions with management have grown.