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Sep 15 2022
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The number of people working remotely tripled during COVID
The number of people primarily working from home tripled between 2019 and 2021, per survey results released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Why it matters: The new figures provide a fresh look into how the pandemic upended how Americans work, play and live.
By the numbers: 17.9% of people primarily worked from home in 2021, compared with 5.7% in 2019, per the survey results
AxiosAug 30 2022
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Biden administration to cancel $1.5B in student loans for former Westwood College students
The Biden administration announced Tuesday that it is erasing $1.5 billion in federal student loan debt for the 79,000 borrowers who attended the now-defunct Westwood College after officials discovered the school exaggerated the job prospects of its graduates.
Any federal student loans used to attend the for-profit school over a 13-year stretch will be canceled, the Education
Fox BusinessJul 01 2022
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As Federal Climate-Fighting Tools Are Taken Away, Cities and States Step Up
Legislators in Colorado, historically a major coal state, have passed more than 50 climate-related laws since 2019. The liquor store in the farming town of Morris, Minn., cools its beer with solar power. Voters in Athens, Ohio, imposed a carbon fee on themselves. Citizens in Fairfax County, Va., teamed up for a year and a half to produce a 214-page climate action plan.
Across the
New York Times (News)Jul 27 2022
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Uvalde aftermath: In this policing era, what does leadership look like?
In high school, Joel Shults’ friendship with the mayor’s son led to an offer from a local police officer: “‘Why don’t you come along for a ride?’
“I did a ride-along with a crusty old sergeant, and it was the most amazing, brilliant, beautiful thing that I’d ever seen,” says Mr. Shults, author of “The Badge and the Brain.” “I just got eaten up with wanting to be a police officer.”
Christian Science MonitorSep 13 2022
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Lindsey Graham proposes new national abortion restrictions bill
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) introduced a bill on Tuesday that would ban abortion nationally after 15 weeks.
Driving the news: "We will introduce legislation ... to get America in a position at the federal level I think is fairly consistent with the rest of the world," Graham said Tuesday in announcing the legislation.
The legislation includes exceptions for situations involving
AxiosOct 11 2022
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Locks, laws and bullet-resistant shields: Election officials boost security as midterms draw closer
In Douglasville, Georgia – just west of Atlanta – a new buzzer-entry system secures the doors of the Douglas County election office. And elections director Milton Kidd said he now varies the times and the routes he uses to travel to work – all to evade the attention of election conspiracy theorists who have targeted the office.
In Madison, Wisconsin, where a top election official faced
CNN (Online News)Jun 27 2022
Analysis
9 Democratic Primaries To Watch In Illinois And New York
By the end of the day on Tuesday, 29.5 states — why do you always have to make things difficult, New York? — will have held their 2022 primary elections. But we still have to get through Tuesday first! On June 28, voters in Colorado, Illinois, New York, Oklahoma and Utah head to the polls (or mail in their ballots) for primaries; Mississippi and South Carolina will also hold runoff elections;
538 (ABC News)Mar 25 2021
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Boulder shooting suspect makes 1st court appearance as community grieves
The 21-year-old accused of gunning down 10 people, including a police officer, at a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday made his first court appearance Thursday.
Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, of Arvada, Colorado, was taken into custody about 50 minutes after the shooting was reported. He was charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder as well as one count of attempted
ABC News (Online)Nov 04 2022
Perspectives Blog
What 2022 Candidates Have Said About the Country's Top Issues
Leading up to the 2022 midterm elections, AllSides has examined where candidates in key races stand on the country’s biggest issues.
Now that the elections are upon us, we’ve compiled our coverage of candidates’ stances on abortion, immigration, climate change, healthcare, voting rules, and gun control to offer a guide as a new group of lawmakers gets set to take office.
Rose MercerFeb 23 2022
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Emboldened GOP looks to expand midterm battleground map
Republicans are looking to expand the battleground map ahead of the November midterms, eyeing gubernatorial, Senate and House races outside of traditional swing states in the middle of a favorable political atmosphere.
Republicans boast that gubernatorial races in New Mexico and Connecticut, Senate races in Colorado and Washington state, and House races in blue districts are now in
The Hill