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Excerpt from cbsaustin.comA Senate committee tasked with looking into election security policies gave the green light to ask for records from certain big tech companies, including the potential for subpoenas, in a hearing on Wednesday.
The Senate State Affairs committee, chaired by Sen. Bryan Hughes, R- Mineola, unanimously passed a resolution authorizing subpoenas for Alphabet, the parent company of Google; Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram; TikTok; X, formerly known as Twitter; and “any other relevant company or entity.”
“Before issuing subpoenas, we’ll contact each of these entities,” Sen. Hughes said in the committee hearing on Wednesday. “We’ll visit with them, we’ll be real nice, and we’ll try to get the information we need. We’ll give them a chance to comply. We’ll send a request to them in writing. And we’ll let them know in writing that if you do not comply with our request, then a subpoena will be coming.”
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The first major hurdle to a merger between two energy giants, Hess and Chevron, has been overcome despite early reports suggesting the vote by the Hess shareholders could be delayed. The delay never happened so the vote went forward successfully for those supporting the merger.
Hess Corp. CEO John Hess (left) and Chevron CEO Mike Wirth said, “We are very pleased that the majority of our stockholders recognize the compelling value of this strategic transaction.”
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Hess Corp. CEO John Hess (left) and Chevron CEO Mike Wirth. “We are very pleased that the majority of our stockholders recognize the compelling value of this strategic transaction,” Hess said.
Hess Corp. shareholders approved Chevron Corp.’s $53 billion takeover despite reservations among several prominent investors about a dispute with Exxon Mobil Corp. over a key asset.
Hess shareholders approved the deal during a meeting May 28, the company said in a statement. The company’s shares initially fell on the news but then recovered, climbing as much as 1%.
“We are very pleased that the majority of our stockholders recognize the compelling value of this strategic transaction,” CEO John Hess said.
The affirmation is a major win for Chevron and CEO Mike Wirth, who sought to secure a stake in the biggest oil discovery of the past decade by acquiring Hess and its 30% interest in a Guyanese field. In the final days leading up to the vote, John Hess, the longest-serving major oil boss, personally lobbied shareholders to back the deal.
The 11th U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that employers’ health care programs must cover transgender mutilation surgery, regardless of religious conviction.
The leftist court, led by Clinton-appointed Judge Charles R. Wilson, used the Title VII law against discrimination because of race, religion, and sex, while forcing employers to be discriminated against (face possible criminal and civil charges) for their religious beliefs. The ruling is expected to be appealed. The judges in this case have not been removed despite making a blatantly unconstitutional ruling.
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A federal court is declaring that employers must cover gender transition surgeries for their employees in their health insurance plans.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruled last week that a refusal by an employer to cover gender transition surgeries in an employee’s health insurance violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which “prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin.”
In the court’s majority opinion, Clinton-appointed Judge Charles R. Wilson wrote, “Generally, discrimination in the Title VII context occurs when an employer intentionally treats an employee worse than other similarly situated employees.” Citing the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, he then explained that “an employer who discriminates based on transgender status is intentionally treating that employee differently ‘because of their sex.’”
The case began when Anna Lange, a biological male who identifies as a woman, sought a gender transition surgery in 2018. Lange had at the time been employed by the Houston County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia for more than 10 years. Houston County’s health insurance plan, which also covers employees of the Sheriff’s Office, excludes coverage of “[d]rugs for sex change surgery” and “[s]ervices and supplies for a sex change and/or the reversal of a sex change … .” Lange filed an appeal with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, the organization which administers Houston County’s health insurance plan, but was denied.
