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CBS Sports Radio To Rebrand On April 15Audacy’s “CBS Sports Radio” network will rebrand as “Infinity Sports Radio” on Monday, April 15. As first reported by Barrett Sports Media, distributor Westwood One informed stations that they must cease using the CBS Sports Radio name in any form on-air, online, social media, and in sales materials no later than April 15. We have confirmed the upcoming change and can add that it is being caused by a clause in the Entercom/CBS Radio merger that was to originally see the “CBS Sports Radio” brand be dropped at the end of 2020. CBS Sports Radio launched in January 2013 as a partnership between CBS Radio and Cumulus Media. The partnership would then be restructured with CBS taking full ownership and Cumulus’ Westwood One managing the syndication distribution and ad sales. Through its purchase of CBS Radio, Audacy became the owner of the network…

Today in Supreme Court History: April 16, 19624/16/1962: Justice Byron White takes oath. Justice Byron WhiteThe post Today in Supreme Court History: April 16, 1962 appeared first on Reason.com. ….. Read More.REASON – Free Minds & Free Markets | This, That and The OtherTue, April 16, 20248 hours ago

Conservative Groups Are Outraising Democrats on the State Level—By a LotState legislative bodies have always played a leading role in determining outcomes for fundamental but humdrum issues like state budgets, insurance regulations, road safety laws, and civil services. But the last few years have demonstrated their overriding importance in matters related to personal freedom and social well-being. One issue where this has played out powerfully has been in reproductive rights. Since the fall of Roe vs. Wade in 2022, access to reproductive care has almost entirely been up to state legislatures, and sometimes elected state supreme courts. Add to this, access to gender-affirming care, the availability of Medicaid, and even whether a background check is required to buy a gun. Not to mention who gets to vote—and how. All these critical issues are largely dependent on the people elected to statehouses.   That’s why fundraising for these races has been a special priority…

Lawyer for former top lawmaker in Michigan House expects he will be chargedLANSING, Mich. (AP) — Prosecutors plan to file charges of financial crimes against the former leader of the Michigan House, his lawyer said Tuesday.Attorney General Dana Nessel said she would speak to reporters in the state capital at 2 p.m. EDT. Her office disclosed no other details.SWING STATE’S DEM GOVERNOR CONDEMNS ‘DEATH TO AMERICA’ CHANTS IN HER STATE MORE THAN A WEEK AFTER PROTESTLee Chatfield, a Republican who is no longer a state lawmaker, was House speaker in 2019 and 2020 when the GOP controlled the chamber.”We’ve learned that the charges are financial in nature,” Chatfield’s attorney, Mary Chartier, told The Associated Press. “We’re prepared to fight them each and every step of the way.””It took almost 2 1/2 years for the AG’s office to come up with charges. It’s going to be pretty flimsy if it took…

Donald Trump’s Historic Hush-Money Trial Finally BeginsSo, here we are.  The first day of the first criminal trial of a former US president. Can it get more extraordinary than that? “He keeps setting new Guinness Records in terms of unprecedented history,” Mother Jones’ own David Corn explained in a new video outside a Manhattan courtroom where Donald Trump’s trial kicked off this morning. Which case is this again? Good question. This one alleges that Trump falsified business records related to the hush-money scandal involving Stormy Daniels. As David explained in a curtain-raiser, the trial, though salacious in nature, is a very fitting symbol for Trump’s political rise and should be taken seriously. “He is a creature of this trashy, celebrity, tabloid culture,” Corn says. “And that’s all going to be on display here in the next couple of weeks.” Trump pleaded not guilty to the 34 felony counts last month. Less than…

Outside Influence: A Third Party TimelineFrustrated by the two-party system? Polling shows you’re not alone, with more Americans than ever supporting the idea of a third party. But the winner of November’s presidential election will be either Biden or Trump, and voters weighing other candidates need to consider if a protest vote to end the duopoly might instead help end our democracy. In the May+June 2024 issue, we examine the past and present of third-party outsiders, and how they could upend this year’s race. You can read all the pieces here. Even before the last shots of the Revolutionary War were fired, John Adams wrote a friend to warn, “There is nothing I dread so much as a division of the Republic into two great parties.” Alas, political scientists will tell you the winner-takes-all system the founders established virtually ensures consolidation into just two rival blocs. But that hasn’t stopped…