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Jun 19 2024
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Parents who helped son flee to Jordan to avoid prosecution paroled early
Each has been paroled after serving only months of a 5-year sentence IOWA CITY — A couple from Northwest Iowa who helped their son flee to Jordan to avoid prosecution on accusations he robbed and attempted to kill a woman on the University of Iowa campus in 2022 have been paroled early — serving less than a year of their five-year sentences. Alfred Ali Mohammad Younes, 49, of Sutherland,
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Jun 24 2024
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Biden-Trump debate offers rare chance for change in stubbornly tight presidential race
"Somebody's going to take advantage of it," one strategist predicted. Even with under five months left to go until Election Day, the electoral calendar is nearly devoid of marquee chances for this year's presidential race to change in a major way. There are the two party nominating conventions, with the Republican confab in July likely coinciding with a vice presidential pick from Donald Trump
ABC News (Online)
Jun 19 2024
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Washington Commanders settle season-ticket lawsuit with Virginia fans
RICHMOND, Va. -- The Washington Commanders have settled a lawsuit with Virginia over their handling of season-ticket deposits under previous ownership, the last litigation remaining from that situation a decade ago. The $1.3 million settlement with Virginia includes returning $600,000 to nearly 500 fans who were affected. The team settled similar suits with Maryland in 2022 and the District of
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Jun 17 2024
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FSA plans county committee info meetings
The Farm Service Agency in South Carolina is hosting county committee elections informational meetings across the state. Farm Service Agency county committees are a critical component of the day-to-day operations of FSA and allow grassroots input and local administration of federal farm programs. Farmers and ranchers who are elected to serve on FSA county committees apply their judgment and
The Times and Democrat
Oct 17 2023
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In new Supreme Court filings, battle lines are drawn in the fight over Wisconsin's elections maps
MADISON — Wisconsin's electoral maps are "unsalvageable" and "infected" with partisan bias, attorneys for Democratic voters and Gov. Tony Evers argued in new court filings with the state Supreme Court. Attorneys for the voters who brought the suit in August, after the court flipped to a liberal majority, are asking justices to declare the state's legislative districts unconstitutional and
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Jun 17 2024
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Tonto Creek bridge opens in common flooding area, providing safer new route
TONTO BASIN, AZ — The Tonto Creek bridge in Gila County is officially open after years of construction and debate. ABC15 has been covering the flooding issues in the Tonto Creek area in Gila County for years. It is an area prone to the power of Mother Nature during the monsoon and can be deadly if crossed at the wrong time. The $21-million bridge project began in 2022 and is intended to
ABC 15 Arizona
Jun 24 2024
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Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to move family back to Bay Area
In this Jan. 6, 2019 file photo Governor-elect Gavin Newsom, left, and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, center, watch their children, daughter Montana, second from left, and sons, Dutch, foreground, and Hunter, foreground fourth from left, operate robot games at the California Railroad Museum, Sacramento, Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom and first partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom plan to move their
San Francisco Chronicle
Nov 08 2023
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Where St. Paul voters supported — and didn't — the 1% sales tax hike that passed on Election Day
In Tuesday's election, six in 10 St. Paulites at the ballot box voted "yes" to increase the city's sales tax by 1% to pay for roads and infrastructure projects. The sales tax measure didn't just win by a wide majority across St. Paul. It also won almost everywhere in the city, a Star Tribune analysis of election results shows. Kathy Lantry, a longtime former East Side City Council member and a
Star Tribune
Jun 20 2024
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Private preschools fear cuts, closures under ‘gut punch’ Michigan plans
Among them: A House plan to end a requirement that school districts allocate preschool slots to private providers, and a Senate wage mandate that some private providers say they cannot afford. • Feds: Michigan failed students in special education during COVID. What's next? • Gretchen Whitmer wants free preschool for all. But is Michigan ready? • What is Michigan’s free pre-K program for 4-year
Bridgemi.com
May 02 2020
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Senate battle brewing on coronavirus oversight
The Senate is scheduled to reconvene Monday with a battle over coronavirus oversight brewing.
Senate Democrats are calling for lawmakers to hold a series of oversight hearings aimed at holding the Trump administration “accountable for the federal government’s COVID-19 pandemic response.”
Washington Examiner