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Mar 24 2024
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Donald Trump misstep opens new debate over future of Social Security funding
WASHINGTON — Shooting from the hip as he so often does, Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, ignited a debate that lawmakers successfully have ducked for more than three decades: How should we shore up the fast-emptying fund that pays Social Security benefits to 71 million seniors and disabled? During a March 11 interview on MSNBC “Squawk Box,” Trump was asked about dealing with
The Times-PicayuneMar 22 2024
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Grand Jury report details multi-year reporting discrepancies by Visit Lompoc LLC
LOMPOC, Calif.– A Santa Babara County Grand Jury report released Friday details that over the last five years, more than $500,000 has been under-reported by Visit Lompoc LLC in required annual reported submitted to the City of Lompoc. According to the Grand Jury Report, entitled "Lompoc Tourism Improvement District Management Agreement 2019-2028", currently there is $800,000 transferred to
KEYTMar 22 2024
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Man charged in Independence shooting back in court with officers, chief in attendance
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 69-year-old man was back in court Friday three weeks after he allegedly shot and killed an Independence police officer and a Jackson County process server. More than a dozen Independence police officers, including Chief Adam Dustman were all in attendance as Larry Acree went before a judge. Acree applied for a public defender but was denied because of having too many
Fox 4 Kansas CityMar 22 2024
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Student loans forgiven for more borrowers
WASHINGTON -- Another 78,000 Americans are getting their federal student loans canceled through a program that helps teachers, nurses, firefighters and other public servants, the Biden administration announced Thursday. The Education Department is canceling the borrowers' loans because they reached 10 years of payments while working in public service, making them eligible for relief under the
Arkansas Democrat-GazetteMar 21 2024
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Summit carbon capture pipeline case reaches South Dakota Supreme Court
Summit Carbon Solutions says its proposed carbon capture pipeline would move something of value from one place to another for a fee, and is entitled to survey private land and use eminent domain to obtain the rights of way needed for its construction. Opponents say it would merely move its own product to be buried underground and is therefore ineligible to be granted those privileges. In South
Des Moines RegisterMar 21 2024
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Stacey Abrams, Cori Bush join advocates in push for a bigger seat at the table for Black women
Black women are becoming increasingly more visible in politics, but a bipartisan group of advocates who have served in positions of power across the country say representation is still lacking. “Our representation matters, because it’s the way we get to the American Dream that we’ve all been told we are entitled to,” former Georgia House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams (D) said Thursday at The
The HillDec 11 2012
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House, Senate Democrats: ‘We’re Not Budging’ on Entitlement Cuts in Fiscal Cliff Deal
Senior House and Senate Democrats said that they were opposed to any fiscal cliff deal that would cut Medicare or Medicaid, telling the White House and House Republicans they opposed any plan that would cut federal health care programs.
CNSNews.comMar 21 2024
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Evidence under debate as Minnesota State Trooper charged in motorist's killing appears in court
The Minnesota State Trooper charged with killing motorist Ricky Cobb II during a traffic stop last summer appeared in court Thursday for arguments over what information his attorneys are entitled to from an independent use-of-force expert as they build their defense. District Judge Tamara Garcia heard arguments amid escalating tensions between the defense and prosecutors in Hennepin County
Star TribuneMar 21 2024
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Whitney Fox continues attack on Anna Paulina Luna over IVF issue
Congressional candidate Whitney Fox is again calling out the Republican incumbent she hopes to face in November over what she describes as a “fake bill” protecting women’s access to in vitro fertilization treatments. U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, who represents Florida’s 13th Congressional District in Pinellas County, proposed legislation entitled the “Right to Try IVF Act.” The move comes
Florida PoliticsMar 19 2024
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Any Louisiana family could apply for private school tuition money under new bill
Louisiana would give parents tax dollars to pay for private school under a bill introduced Monday, which would vastly expand private school vouchers from an aid program for needy families to a universal entitlement. Likely to become the centerpiece of Gov. Jeff Landry’s education agenda, the proposal would add Louisiana to a growing list of Republican-led states using public money to help
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