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Dec 14 2023
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Whitmer: 700K Michigan households will get tax refund checks starting in February ⋆ Michigan Advance
Beginning Feb. 13, more than 700,000 Michigan families will receive tax rebate checks averaging approximately $550. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced the rebates Thursday morning, which will come ahead of schedule, as part of $1 billion in tax cuts she signed into law earlier this year that also decreased taxes on retirement income. The Working Families Tax Credit for lower-income workers, also
Michigan AdvanceOct 16 2020
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Despite A Sexting Scandal, Democrat Cal Cunningham Is Favored In North Carolina’s Senate Race
When the polls don’t change after a scandal happens, what do we make of it? That’s the question we’re asking after news broke on Friday, Oct. 2, that North Carolina Democratic Senate nominee Cal Cunningham had been sexting a woman who wasn’t his wife. This development seemingly presented an opening for embattled Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, who has trailed Cunningham in most polls in one of
538 (ABC News)Dec 21 2023
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Democrats Propose New Bill To Make AI More Transparent
Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif) will introduce a bill in the House of Representatives on Friday that would require companies creating artificial intelligence models to disclose details about how they develop that technology.
The AI Foundation Model Transparency Act will call on federal agencies to set transparency standards and give the public a chance to understand
The MessengerOct 12 2020
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These 6 swing states are pivotal in the White House race. But what are the keys to winning each state?
USA TODAY Network reporters explore battlegrounds within 6 swing states– the keys to the political map in the states likely to choose the next president.
Six states above all others have emerged as the top electoral prizes in the 2020 race for president.
Three are Great Lakes battlegrounds that Donald Trump carried four years ago by less than a percentage point: Wisconsin,
USA TODAYDec 13 2023
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Texas Republicans drove Kate Cox out of her own state. What her abortion story means for America
It's impossible for any man, without the experience of pregnancy, to fully comprehend the unbearable trauma that Kate Cox just endured. At the same time, every one of us can appreciate the service she performed for America. Her suffering has viscerally exposed the harm to women and their families that has come from the Supreme Court’s decision in U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in , the June 2022
SalonSep 12 2019
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Democratic primary polls are showing a 3-way race going into the third debate
On Thursday night, the third Democratic debate will be the first to put all the major Democratic candidates on one stage together. But among the 10 candidates, only three have been consistently registering frontrunner status in the polls: Former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
And that’s been pretty consistent for several months now.
VoxOct 09 2020
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A covid-19 diagnosis, texts suggesting infidelity roil pivotal N.C. Senate race
On Thursday night, Sen. Thom Tillis (R) and Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham bumped elbows at their final debate in the contentious North Carolina race that could determine which party controls the Senate.
Not 24 hours later, both candidates’ lives — and possibly the fate of the upper chamber — were upended, as Tillis tested positive for the novel coronavirus and Cunningham
Washington PostDec 13 2023
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GreenPower unveils new buses for West Virginia schools
SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – All-electric school buses have made their way to the Mountain State and now they’re being sent to four different school districts this week. GreenPower Energy made the announcement Wednesday morning. Cabell, Kanawha, Clay, and Monongalia Counties will each receive one of the “Nano Beast Access” model school buses. The bus comes with seating for up to 18 ambulatory
WOWK 13Nov 29 2023
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Eight Police Officers Who Shot Man 46 Times in Akron Traffic Stop Cleared of Wrongdoing
An internal investigation has absolved the eight Akron, Ohio, police officers involved in the 2022 fatal shooting of Jayland Walker, the young Black man whose killing triggered protests nationwide. Akron Police have released the results of their probe into Walker's killing, which found the officers did not violate the department's use-of-force policy. In fact, the investigation determined the
The MessengerDec 13 2023
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Lawmakers and activists petition Oregon AG to investigate NW Natural
About two dozen environmental organizations and eight elected officials have sent a public letter to Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum calling for her to follow up on misleading and false information put out by NW Natural about the health impacts of gas stoves. The methane-based fossil fuel has been increasingly linked to health problems, particularly asthma in children, and cities in
Oregon Public Broadcasting