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Texas land office says they blocked covert Chinese attempt to lease mineral assets
Texas' land commissioner says that her office caught a Chinese company masquerading as an American company to purchase a mineral land lease, as the state escalates efforts to break China's rare earth mineral monopoly
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Jersey Mike's unseats Chick-fil-A as America's highest-rated fast food chain: report
This was the first year the American Customer Satisfaction Index included the New Jersey-based sandwich chain, which filed for an initial public offering in July, and it edged out Chick-fil-A by a single point.
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Prosecutors in Charlie Kirk murder case plan to play statements from defendant's roommate
Defense attorneys argue the statements from Robinson's romantic partner would undermine the impartiality of the trial once the media reported on the statements.
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Convention of States President Meckler says FEMA shouldn't exist, states should handle disasters
Meckler said that all the money FEMA hasn't spent should be given to the states for disaster relief.
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SF says homeless tents down 60%; homeless haven’t gone anywhere, just tentless
Newsom has since issued an executive order banning encampments from state property and ordered municipal governments to take similar action.
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Reagan admirers raise money for students, military members to see eponymous film
Turning Point USA, the conservative group founded by radio host Charlie Kirk, is collecting tax-deductible donations by advertising “a tremendous opportunity to share your love of Ronald Reagan with the next generation.”
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Moms for Liberty defeats school district that birthed it, speaking rules deemed unconstitutional
"It would be difficult, if not impossible, for speakers to adequately air their concerns about a particular book without informing both the Board and the community about what that book says," 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says.
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Court weighs Maine's fight over foreign spending in state politics
The law was blocked earlier this year by a U.S. District Court judge who sided with plaintiffs in the case that argued it would violate the free speech rights of U.S. corporations which have a small amount of foreign ownership.
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Georgia university leaders request NCAA ban transgender women from women's sports
University System of Georgia Board of Regents, which represents Georgia's 26 public universities, voted unanimously on the request for the ban.
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Hurricane Helene creates additional issues for already stressed local jails
Statewide, jails are at about 85% capacity. That's still lower than before the COVID-19 era, which was as high as 98%, he said.
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Ohio schools, cities, counties have growing losses from abatements
Abatements come through tax increment financing, allowing businesses to retain increases in property taxes to spend that money on property improvements.
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At least 2,084 California children received gender reassignment procedures from 2019-23
State leads country in part because of California’s requirement that insurance coverage include “gender affirming care.”
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Federal action sought on paying college athletes
Pennsylvania legislature presses Congress to set standard of “Name Image Likeness (NIL) politics across all states and universities.”