From the States
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Social media bill passes California Assembly amid Meta lawsuit settlement
Tech giants like Meta, the company that owns social media platforms Facebook and Instagram, could face steep penalties if they are found to have caused harm to children if a bill that passed the legislature Friday is signed into law.
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Legal battle erupts in Pennsylvania over data center projects
A legal battle over public access and transparency has erupted in a community with major data center projects that once were on Gov. Josh Shapiro's "fast track" list, and a group of citizens acting without a lawyer scored a victory.
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Tennessee governor moves to rename Nashville International Airport after Dolly Parton
Parton, a Tennessee native, died earlier this week after a short battle with cancer at the age of 80.
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Wisconsin lawmakers look to make AI-generated child porn illegal
Callahan said creating the new AI porn law would help investigators by eliminating their need to “sift through” the AI images to see which ones were created from a specific real image.
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Proposed Ohio voter expansion amendment turned away
Also, it calls for automatic voter registration, same-day voter registration and an end to automatic roll purges that happen after four years of no voting.
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Number of police officers in US shot on the job in 2023 hits new high, report
The National Fraternal Order of Police says 378 officers were shot last year.
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California home insurance rises by 20%, experts warn of outmigration
In addition to State Farm, Allstate, the state’s third-largest property insurer, is no longer accepting new home insurance policies in California.
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Illinois expanding non-citizen intake center, shelter and food spending
The plan comes after more than 60 buses were sent to Illinois from Texas between Dec. 20-27, with nearly 2,500 new arrivals.
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Florida representative presses to preserve, restore Confederate monuments
In Jacksonville, Mayor Donna Deegan recently removed two statues honoring women of the Confederacy.
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Border residents to Congress: 'Stop holding press conferences, shut down the border'
If Congress continues to use taxpayer dollars to fund policies that facilitate the border crisis, they argue, Congress is complicit in creating it and a national security threat.
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Denver to spend $180M on migrants in 2024, mayor calls it 'unsustainable'
Johnston said the city had 150 buses carrying migrants arrive in December.
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Murders are down but crime is up in Chicago
Homicides in the city dropped by 16% when compared to the previous year.
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Speaker Johnson says border security top priority for Congress in 2024
Another congressional delegation trip is scheduled Wednesday in Eagle Pass, Texas.