Carson I has released New Year's Honors for the Kingdom of Northwood-Oregon. The only honor that the Kingdom has is the Order of the Northwest, a state order given to individuals who's contributions are considered valuable to the Kingdom. This honor is limited to citizens and was given to the following people for the following reasons.     COUNTESS JORDAN SILVA - For designing the currency of the Kingdom, the Erieble, and other design work for the Kingdom.     MR. ROBERTS AND MRS. STOCKMASTER - For their work spreading word of the Kingdom throughout the Duchy of Clay.     DUKE GRANT BRUNS - For his work on the national anthem of the Kingdom.

       A new ticket has been announced in the upcoming Cupertino Alliance Chair election. This new ticket has Sertor Valentinus running for Chair and Thorin Neal running for Lieutenant Chair. Valentinus is the current Deputy Minister of International Cooperation and Thorin Neal is the current Deputy Minister of Membership Attainment. Delegates of the Cupertino Alliance are hopeful for a professional campaign and election this cycle. This election will be the first under the new Charter of the alliance and has already seen reform being passed for campaigning venues. Already, a bill was passed limiting the number of campaigning staff of each campaign to be permitted in campaigning venues. This bill, written by Carson Snyder, entitled the Campaign Channel Access Act limited access to campaigning venues to the Chair and Lieutenant Chair of a campaign and two other individuals. A follow up bill is anticipated to formalize who gives access to the channel and to lay out punishments for those

     The bids for the Cupertino Alliance Chair Election opened yesterday on the 28 December in the first election cycle under the alliance's new Charter. The first candidates have filed their Form 98s, Carson Snyder, Superior Judge of the Cupertino Alliance, and James Murray, Minister of Membership Attainment, are running as Chair and Lieutenant Chair respectively.  Carson Snyder is the current Sovereign of Northwood-Oregon, and James Murray is the President of Avalonia, both full member states of the Cupertino Alliance. Snyder running for the position has been a fairly well known happening within the Alliance, with a few delegates anticipating the campaign after Snyder's work writing the new 2021 edition of the Cupertino Alliance Charter. 

 On 9 December 2021 a royal decree was issued by Carson I to create a Revised Code for the Kingdom of Northwood-Oregon. The Revised Code includes all domestic laws for the Kingdom.  Today, two large bills creating many laws for the Kingdom were passed. The first bill, the basic laws bill, formalized many laws which would naturally be a given, relating to things like murder and theft. It also includes protections for assembly, protest, and owning private property. The second bill created many protections for those who are Gender, Sexual, and Romantic minorities. The emcompassing legislation creates a policy of the government not taking a keen interest in how it's citizens identifies or love except for making sure their rights to do so are secured.