New Republican FTC commissioners must counter Khan
The Senate recently confirmed Andrew N. Ferguson and Melissa Holyoak as commissioners to the Federal Trade Commission in a unanimous vote. Their appointment not only returned the agency to five members for the first since 2022 but also restored bipartisan representation. Ferguson and Holyoak are both Republican. For almost a year, the FTC had been run […]
West Midlands PCC applies for judicial review over scrapping of his role | Police and crime commissioners
The West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) has announced that she will take the Home Secretary to court over plans to abolish her role and transfer powers to the region’s mayors. Simon Foster, who took up the West Midlands PCC job in 2021, said he had applied for a judicial review to challenge what […]
Fani Willis Still Hasn’t Responded To Commissioner’s Request For Information Relating To Alleged Misuse Of Funds
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had not responded to requests for information from Fulton County commissioners regarding the alleged misuse of county funds as of late Friday night. Fulton County Commissioner Bob Ellis said Willis did not respond to a Jan. 19 request for information about whether he “misused” county funds. Ellis set a […]
GOP agriculture commissioners go after big banks for backing UN’s ‘failed, left-wing climate agenda’
A group of Republican state agriculture committees recently launched an investigation into six large U.S. banks over their membership in and commitment to the United Nations’ environmental, social and governance goals. fox business It was reported on Monday. The coalition, made up of 12 Republican state agriculture commissioners from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, […]
Virginia General Assembly appoints SCC commissioners without opposition
The Virginia General Assembly on Wednesday selected two experienced attorneys appointed the day before to fill long-standing vacancies on the state's powerful regulatory commission, which oversees interests ranging from utilities to insurance companies. Without opposition, both chambers approved the appointments of Sam Towell and Kelsey Baggott to the State Corporation Commission, an independent state agency […]