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May 12 2024
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Maura Healey defends her administration’s migrant crisis response and spending
Boston HeraldMay 10 2024
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Lawmakers return for veto day as Mills warns against additional spending
AUGUSTA — Lawmakers return to Augusta to cast override votes on six bills vetoed by Gov. Janet Mills and to potentially vote on as many as 80 leftover spending bills despite warnings from the governor. Mills has vetoed 49 bills since taking office, none of which have been overturned by the Legislature. Lawmakers have already sustained two vetoes this year that would have banned noncompete
Portland Press HeraldApr 23 2024
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Council to discuss Measure H spending on homelessness
The Santa Clarita City Council plans to talk about local spending on homelessness Tuesday — in particular, how it plans to spend a little more than $335,000 from Measure H, a countywide quarter-cent sales tax intended to help those without housing. The city staff recommendation on the agenda for Tuesday’s council meeting calls for about $309,000 to help Family Promise of Santa Clarita Valley
The Santa Clarita Valley SignalMay 09 2024
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Maine lawmakers to take up 80 spending proposals in addition to vetoes
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine Legislature is ready to dispatch unfinished business that extends well beyond several vetoed bill. Lawmakers are also voting Friday on 80 late spending proposals that the governor warned could push the budget “to the breaking point.” Democratic Gov. Janet Mills chided the budget committee this week for advancing additional spending proposals after she urged the
Associated PressMay 06 2024
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FIS raises annual profit forecast on strong consumer spending
May 6 (Reuters) - Banking and payments processing conglomerate Fidelity National Information Services (FIS.N) raised its forecast for annual adjusted profit and posted a 49% jump in its first-quarter profit on Monday, helped by resilient consumer spending. Payment processors such as FIS collect transaction fees from financial institutions and businesses that are strongly correlated with
ReutersMay 12 2024
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Putin Reassigns Longtime Defense Minister in Major Kremlin Shakeup
In a surprise shake-up to his cabinet, Vladimir Putin has sacked his defense minister Sergei Shoigu in favor of a civilian economist with no military experience, according to the Kremlin. The 68-year-old Shoigu was “relieved” of the position he has held since 2012 on Sunday, moved over to become secretary of Russia’s Security Council. He will also oversee Russia’s Military-Industrial
Daily BeastMay 12 2024
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Putin replacing defense minister met with wave of jokes and speculation
Sunday's announcement that Russian President Vladimir Putin is replacing Sergei Shoigu as his defense minister was met with speculation and jokes on social media. Shoigu, who has been in the post for 12 years, will reportedly be replaced by a civilian, Andrei Belousov, a former deputy prime minister and economic specialist. Shoigu now shifts to Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian
NewsweekMay 11 2024
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Alaska House spends hours debating transgender athletes as session deadline looms
JUNEAU — The Alaska House began on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. to debate a ban on transgender girls’ participation in girls’ sports. Eight hours later, the lawmakers were still at it. With days remaining until the end of the legislative session, Republican members of the House majority said it was a priority for them to pass the bill, even though Senate majority leaders have said they would not
Anchorage Daily NewsApr 30 2024
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In Defense Of Dog-Killer Kristi Noem
By now, everyone on God’s green Earth has heard the story of how South Dakota rancher and Gov. Kristi Noem shot her 14-month-old dog “Cricket” after it attacked and killed a neighbor’s chickens. Horrified by the carnage, she tried to restrain the chicken-loving canine who bit her for her efforts. Things escalated from there. “At that moment,” writes Noem, “I realized I had to put her down.”
The Federalist