From the States
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Newsom praises first responders and pushes for $40B in aid on 6-month anniversary of fires
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Monday praised quick recovery efforts and thanked firefighters and other first responders on the six-month anniversary of the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires.
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DeSantis pleased with improvements in Florida school accountability ratings
Only 71 out of Florida's 3,451 public schools (2.05%) received a failing grade (a D or an F), with 44% of them receiving an A and 27% received a B.
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EPA approves Louisiana's long-pending air quality plan
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that the agency would terminate the "Good Neighbor" program as part of what he called "the greatest day of deregulation in U.S. history."
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Former Texas Democratic Party county chair indicted for ballot harvesting after Paxton probe
KSAT reported that Juan Manuel Medina, former Bexar County Democratic Party Chair and former San Antonio mayoral candidate, was among those indicted on two counts of ballot harvesting.
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Death toll rises to at least 82 in Texas floods as frantic search for missing children continues
Officials in Kerr County said they are still looking for children who were attending an all-girls camp
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Michigan legislature misses legal deadline for new budget, triggering finger pointing over holiday
July 1 is the legally mandated statutory deadline for the finalization of the entire budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.
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New law banning foreign ownership of Texas land goes into effect Sept. 1
SB 17, filed by state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, passed the Texas legislature with bipartisan support and was signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott.
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Changes to voter-approved recreational marijuana still debated in Ohio
Many expected the House to pass changes earlier this month that would have cut in half the amount of home-grown marijuana allowed and given cities more power to regulate or ban recreational use.
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Ferocious flooding kills at least 13 in Texas, search underway for 20 girls missing from summer camp
There are confirmed fatalities after dangerous flooding in Texas that has prompted evacuations and rescue operations.
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Wisconsin re-starts film tax credit program with $5M in budget
Advocates, including Gov. Tony Evers, have pushed the tax credits as a way to have more movies and television shows film in the state, saying that will increase the amount of money spent by film production crews in Wisconsin.
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Dallas’ GOP mayor invites New Yorkers to flee to his 'sanctuary city from socialism'
Invite came after the self-described socialist Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic primary for mayor in New York.
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Increases in price, inventory lead to $7B in homes for sale
“What I think has happened, we have very high prices,” said George Kiprios, president of the Vegas Realtors Association. “Our market is doing well, and the home prices are high. Inventory has grown, not a ton, but it has grown. When you combine higher home prices with more inventory, that’s how they got there.”
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CA data: Only one Palisades brush clearance occurred before fire that killed 12
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s then-record $298 billion budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year notably cut $3 million from Cal Fire’s Forest Health Program, $35 million from stewardship programs of state-managed land, and more.