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Jun 09 2023
News
Around Bloomfield: Wildfires + Election + Guns + Protests + Taxes
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Get caught up with some of this week’s top stories in Essex County (click headline to read article). Want more local news? Sign up for Patch email newsletters .
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Patch.com
Jun 09 2023
News
Around Verona: Wildfires + Election + Guns + Protests + Taxes
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Patch.com
May 30 2023
Opinion
As noncitizens cast ballots, 'Motor Voter' law needs reform
Illegal immigrants and other noncitizens should not be voting in U.S. elections . Alas, too many do.
When Rep. Bob Livingston of Louisiana led Republican opposition to what was nicknamed the “Motor Voter” bill in 1993, he dubbed it “Auto Fraudo." Thirty years to the week after President Bill Clinton signed the bill into law, it seems an apt monicker, according to a May 23 report from
Washington Examiner
Jun 09 2023
News
Around West Orange: Wildfires + Election + Guns + Protests + Taxes
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Get caught up with some of this week’s top stories in Essex County (click headline to read article). Want more local news? Sign up for Patch email newsletters .
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Patch.com
Mar 07 2023
News
Gov. Justice signs West Virginia tax reform bill, returning $750M to taxpayers
CHARLESTON – Being called the largest tax cut in 37 years, Gov. Jim Justice on Tursday signed a bill putting in place tax cuts and rebates for West Virginia citizens, veterans and small businesses. Justice signed House Bill 2526 at the West Virginia Culture Center before a group of lawmakers from the House of Delegates and state Senate. “Today, we put our stakes in the sand to invite any and
The Intelligencer
May 24 2023
News
Criminal justice reform continues to move through Nebraska Legislature
LINCOLN — Two days of negotiation on a criminal justice reform proposal seemed to gain some ground with Nebraska lawmakers, but a handful of state senators remained unconvinced. Lawmakers advanced Legislative Bill 50 to its final round of debate with a 30-7 vote Wednesday. The bill would cover a wide range of issues, such as increasing Nebraska’s problem-solving courts and expanding parole
Omaha World-Herald
Feb 13 2023
News
Competing Tax Reform Plans for West Virginia Take Center Stage at Roundtable
CHARLESTON – With two competing plans to provide tax relief to West Virginians before the Legislature, Gov. Jim Justice brought two national conservative tax reform advocates to the state. Justice held a tax reform roundtable Monday at the Culture Center on the grounds of the State Capitol Complex with Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, and Stephen Moore, distinguished
The Intelligencer
Jun 08 2023
News
Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael S. Harrison is stepping down; led department through court-ordered reforms
Baltimore’s police commissioner is stepping down after four years in the role. Commissioner Michael S. Harrison’s departure was announced Thursday morning at a news conference held on short notice at City Hall. Harrison was appointed commissioner in 2019 and granted a five-year contract, which would have ended in March 2024. He moved to Baltimore from New Orleans, where he led that city’s
The Herald-Palladium
Mar 13 2023
News
South Dakota legislative session marked by tax cuts, election reform, culture war headway
South Dakota lawmakers are taking a break in the legislative session until they return later in March to consider any bills Republican Gov. Kristi Noem vetoed. Republican legislative leaders were focused on cutting taxes when the session began in January. They now can declare victory on that topic. The record was more mixed on other topics, ranging from restricting gender-affirming care for
Fox News (Online News)
May 19 2023
News
Minnesota lawmakers at odds over adequacy of ‘historic’ tax cuts; tax rebates
Gov. Tim Walz has wanted to give money back to Minnesotans in the form of tax rebates checks since last January. And that position only solidified as the state’s budget surplus grew and grew. First, the governor proposed checks worth $350 for a couple. But the idea drew criticism — especially to the eponymous branding and the timing on the cusp of re-election campaign — from Republicans who
MinnPost