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![Peter Navarro](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2024-07/GettyImages-1665669265.jpg?h=d017d09e&itok=m9_Wns_n)
Navarro urges US to be 'smart' on crime, not 'soft' on crime following prison sentence
Navarro said the country's court system currently imposes harsher sentences than necessary for minor crimes, like drug offenses, which stem from the War on Drugs.
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Spokane pushes for public safety tax increase after eyeing $9M cut to police
Brown proposed the one-tenth of 1% sales tax increase earlier this month in an effort to plug some of the city’s approximately $50 million deficit.
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![Kathy Hochul](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2024-04/GettyImages-2056059757.jpg?h=cd81f6e3&itok=LPRNQiVV)
New York Republicans blast Hochul over prison closures
Democratic lawmakers approved the closure of five correctional facilities as part of the recently signed state budget, citing a declining prison population, lack of new staff and the rising cost of operating the aging facilities.