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You Vote: What does your New Year's resolution focus on improving?
Today is the day most of us make a New Year's resolution, whether we keep it or not. For some, it's to improve something in our lives or in our family's lives.
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Walz responds to Trump admin crackdown on Minnesota over alleged fraud: 'This is Trump's long game'
"We’ve spent years cracking down on fraudsters," Walz said on X. "It’s a serious issue - but this has been his plan all along. He’s politicizing the issue to defund programs that help Minnesotans."
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WA state now drawing scrutiny following DHS raid over childcare center fraud in MN
The DHS raids in Minnesota were precipitated by a video posted on X alleging systemic fraud regarding licensed childcare centers that did not exist.
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Microsoft lays off 6,000 employees
The tech company has 228,000 workers globally, about 126,000 of which are in the U.S.
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After having been there himself, DeSantis offers support for congressional term limits in Ohio
Citing Florida as an example, Gov. Ron DeSantis urged Ohio lawmakers at a news conference in Columbus on Tuesday to pass a joint resolution calling for congressional term limits.
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Louisiana still battling fentanyl crisis, ranks seventh nationwide in overdose deaths: Report
Louisiana continues to face one of the most severe drug overdose crises in the nation, according to a new analysis of federal mortality data. The state is averaging 39.4 overdose deaths per 100,000 residents.
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Annual inflation rate was 2.3 percent in April, federal government
The annualized and month-to-month increases were in line with analysts' forecasts, according to CNBC.
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New car prices higher in April following tariffs
The average price consumers paid for new cars rose 2.5% from March to April, which is more than double the typical 1.1% increase over those two months in recent years.
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Portal opens for consumers to file claims against Apple as part of $95 settlement over Siri
The settlement will be available to any person who owned a Siri-enabled iPhone or other Apple devices between Sept. 17, 2014, and Dec. 31, 2024, and "experienced an unintended Siri activation during a confidential or private communication."
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Congress advances $3.5 billion cut for CA for covering illegal immigrant health care
With an estimated 1.9 million illegal immigrants and $9.5 billion spent by Medi-Cal on their health care, Gov. Gavin Newsom requested a $6.4 billion emergency bailout for Medi-Cal.
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Experts concerned that lawsuit by 11 GOP AGs against asset managers could threaten coal industry
Last fall, Texas AG Ken Paxton and 10 other Republican AGs filed an antitrust lawsuit against Vanguard, BlackRock and State Street alleging the asset management companies violated federal antitrust law.
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NY Gov Hochul criticized over $254B policy-laden, late budget
"This disgraceful budget process ought to serve as a clarion call to both parties and both chambers in the Legislature," state Sen. Jim Skoufis, a Hudson Valley Democrat, said in a statement.
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Episcopal Church ends refugee program with US government, cites Afrikaners arrival as last straw
President Donald Trump classified Afrikaners, descended from white settlers in South Africa, as refugees.