From the States
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Spanberger vows to get Virginians ‘representation we deserve’
Virginia’s Democratic governor responded to an invalidated election result and the U.S. Supreme Court’s denial of an emergency stay
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Europe tried wealth taxes. Most gave up.
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., introduced the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act in March. The proposal would impose a 5% annual wealth tax on the roughly 938 Americans with a net worth exceeding $1 billion.
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Budget Bloat: $5.7 billion deficit prompts prediction of 'crisis' in Pennsylvania
There has been no public indication by Gov. Josh Shapiro or any of the 253 lawmakers of any agreement to reduce gap.
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Costly exodus: Jobs continue to flow from pro-union states to right-to-work states
Right-to-work (RTW) states have added 1.3 million jobs since 2020, while the others lost 1.1 million.
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'Soft on crime' policies in Colorado could mean $848M in stolen vehicles this year, report says
Colorado had the highest auto theft rate in the nation last year at 661 thefts per 100,000 people.
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Credit card firms to code gun, ammunition purchases, making them easier to track
Decision comes a week after New York and California asked American Express, Mastercard and Visa to support a merchant category code.
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New York declares 'State Disaster Emergency' over polio fears
Government cites "evidence of circulating poliovirus," though only one case confirmed so far.
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Biden inflation hits soldiers hard as U.S. Army recommends food stamps for troops
New guidance points soldiers to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and links them to welfare program website.
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National security analyst: D.C. officials hypocrites for blaming border states for 'emergency'
A Washington, D.C., councilwoman who blamed the governors of Texas and Arizona for turning the U.S. capital into a “border town” wrote the city’s sanctuary city policy instructing officials not to comply with federal immigration law. On Thursday as Washington, D.C.
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Michigan Court of Claims declares abortion ban unconstitutional
Four separate lawsuits over the legality of abortion in Michigan are in the legal system.
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Lawmakers ask Biden to rescind policy tying school funding to LGBT mandates
The Department of Education said earlier this year that it “will enforce Title IX's prohibition on discrimination on the basis of sex to include: (1) discrimination based on sexual orientation; and (2) discrimination based on gender identity.”
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Oklahoma sued over transgender bathroom law
Three transgender students are suing Oklahoma over a law that requires them to use bathrooms based on the sex listed on their birth certificates.
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Gun policy group amends suit to lower age of open carry to 18 after victory in Texas
Last year, Tennessee's House passed a bill that would have lowered the age to open carry to 18 in the state but the companion bill then died in the Senate Judiciary Committee.