Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia | August 16, 2021
Minorities Fleeing High-Tax, Democrat-Run States for High-Opportunity, Republican-Run Country
Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia | August 16, 2021
Many black Americans moved from northern blue states to Georgia, Texas, Florida, North Carolina and Virginia.
Data from the 2020 census confirms a population shift that reflects “the decade’s broad population shifts: slow growth in the Northeast and Midwest, and gains in the South and some Western states.”
The last decade’s interstate migration shift also indicated that states with higher taxes and less opportunities for job growth lost residents to lower tax states with more job opportunities.
Population losses or small gains were widespread in the Northeast and Midwest, the 2020 census found, with Florida and Texas receiving the most interstate migrants, gaining 2.4 million and 2 million more people, respectively.
From 2010 to 2020 three states, Illinois, West Virginia, and Mississippi lost more people than they gained. Illinois and West Virginia each lost a congressional seat, and Illinois lost $6 billion in 2019 due to population losses alone, an analysis of Internal Revenue Service data by the nonprofit Wirepoints website found….
(Excerpts from the Virginia Star)
Virginia | July 7, 2021
Virginia Redistricting Commission Working to Fill Vacancy
Virginia | July 7, 2021
The Virginia Redistricting Commission has its first resignation. On Tuesday at the Commission’s first in-person meeting Republican Citizen Member Marvin Gilliam announced his departure. His replacement will be selected from candidates already identified by Senate Minority Leader Thomas Norment (R-James City.)
Gilliam, participating virtually, didn’t say why he was resigning. He said, “I’ve just enjoyed my time here. I wish I could have met people in person. It would have been much more fulfilling I think. But I do wish everyone good luck moving forward, you have a difficult task ahead of you, and I wish you the best.”
Staff will contact the other finalists from Norment’s list to see if any are still willing to serve. Then, the commission will select Gilliam’s replacement. The Virginia Public Access Project reported that Gilliam was the only member from southwest Virginia or from west of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Commission Co-Chair Greta Harris said, “Because time is of the essence and there are lots of meetings and lots of work that needs to happen over the next few weeks and months, we want to get that citizen identified, help get them up to date as we continue to look forward.”
Staffers also instructed the 16-member commission on in-person procedures. No proxy voting is allowed, and although members can teleconference in an emergency, a quorum must be physically present in the meetings. For the commission, a quorum requires a majority of legislators and a majority of citizen members present, or five legislative members and five citizen members present…
(Excerpts from the Virginia Star)
Alaska, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming | May 17, 2021
Enough! State Attorneys General URGE Facebook to Scrap Instagram for Kids
Alaska, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming | May 17, 2021
The National Association of Attorneys General had to urge Facebook to drop a potentially “harmful” project targeted at kids. Apparently, Facebook needs to be encouraged to protect children online.
Attorneys general from 44 states and territories sent a letter to Facebook Chief Executive Officer and founder Mark Zuckerberg. The Attorneys General urged Zuckerberg to scrap plans to develop an Instagram platform for children under the age of 13. Facebook is the parent company of Instagram. ..
(Excerpts from MRC News)