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Apr 10 2024
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Delays, problems with federal student aid application lave applicants in limbo
CHICAGO (CBS) -- On Capitol Hill Wednesday, the U.S. House Higher Education Committee held hearings to examine the failed rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid – or FAFSA. Approved FAFSA applicants are eligible for federal student aid, grants, work-study funds, and loans. The new FAFSA form is supposed to be shorter and simpler. But the rollout has been marred by delays
CBS News (Online)Apr 10 2024
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Federal indictment details threats Pa. man is accused of making to FBI
WILLIAMSPORT — Threats that a Montour County man is accused of making in multiple calls and emails to FBI offices have been detailed in an indictment handed up in U.S. Middle District Court. Thomas Green, 32, of Danville, has been jailed since his arrest March 28 but the allegations against him had not been released until Tuesday’s indictment that charges him with influencing a federal
The Patriot-NewsApr 20 2024
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Biden approves federal aid for 11 Oregon counties to help cover costs from ice storm damage
Cities and counties across Oregon sustained millions of dollars in damage during the January ice storm, but help is on the way.
Over the weekend, President Joe Biden approved FEMA assistance for 11 Oregon counties, including Lane, Lincoln, Benton and Multnomah counties. The Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians will also receive assistance.
The storm covered much of western
Oregon Public BroadcastingApr 12 2024
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Judge rejects defense efforts to dismiss Hunter Biden's federal gun case
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Delaware refused Friday to throw out a federal gun case against , rejecting the president’s son’s claim that he is being prosecuted for political purposes as well as other arguments. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika denied defense efforts to scuttle the prosecution charging Hunter Biden with lying about his drug use in October 2018 on a form to buy a
Associated PressApr 14 2024
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Polis calls for ‘common sense’ federal cannabis regulations at NoCo Hemp Expo – BizWest
ESTES PARK — Lawmakers in Washington ought to adopt an approach more like Colorado’s when it comes to regulating hemp and cannabis, Gov. Jared Polis said Friday during a keynote address at the Northern Colorado Hemp Expo in Estes Park. “We are proudly pushing and moving forward here in Colorado,” he said, and now voters across the country must “call on Congress to act to remove really simple
BizWestApr 03 2024
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Candidates fewer as filing for state and federal offices begins
OKLAHOMA CITY — Filings were a little thin Wednesday for the first day of Oklahoma's three-day filing period for state and federal offices. The 133 offices contested this year drew just 206 applicants, the fewest for an opening day since 2012. Given that about two-thirds of all filings have historically occurred on the first day of filing, this year's total might not reach the 300 who filed in
Tulsa WorldApr 14 2024
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Biden Approves Disaster Declaration, Bring Federal Help To Monterey, Santa Cruz Counties
President Biden has approved Gov. Gavin Newsom's request for a presidential major disaster declaration to support ongoing storm recovery in nine California counties, including Monterey and Santa Cruz. Newsom's office Sunday announced funding to help seven other counties, including Butte, Glenn, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Sutter and Ventura. The storms in early February caused
SFGATEApr 06 2024
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Italian Federation's president Petrucci hospitalised after car accident
April 6 (Reuters) - Italian Basketball Federation (IBF) President Gianni Petrucci has been hospitalized following a car accident, Italian media reported on Saturday. Petrucci, who was president of Italy's Olympic Committee from 1999 until 2013, went off the road in a car in Valmontone, near Rome, news agency Ansa said, citing local police. He was transported by air ambulance to the San Camillo
ReutersApr 03 2024
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With rising debt, the U.S. federal government is in bad company
Misery loves company, as they say. But does financial irresponsibility also enjoy spending a little quality time with friends? If so, it's quite a party. While the U.S. government is famously running up debt to stratospheric levels, governments around the world have been spending beyond their means and borrowing to make ends meet. The likely result: financial markets put at risk by over-
ReasonApr 11 2024
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Alaska delegation recommends AFN president as co-chair of federal Denali Commission
Alaska’s congressional delegation said Thursday that it has recommended Julie Kitka, longtime president of the state’s most prominent Alaska Native organization, to serve as the next federal co-chair of the Denali Commission. The independent federal agency funds economic development and infrastructure projects in rural Alaska, and assists communities facing climate threats, including coastal
Anchorage Daily News