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Sep 12 2024
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'The NHS has a sickness' Wes Streeting claims as Starmer's 'reform or die' warning
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has claimed that the "NHS has a sickness" ahead of Prime Minister Keir Starmer's warning that the health service needs to "reform or die". Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is set to deliver a crucial speech on NHS reform today, following a damning report by Lord Darzi that found the health service to be in "critical condition". The rapid review, completed in just
GB NewsSep 15 2024
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Baltimore’s high property taxes sustain a broken system
The Maryland Supreme Court‘s decision to nix the ballot initiative to reduce Baltimore City’s taxes was a sad day for our city. The members of the Renew Baltimore coalition and the 23,542 residents who signed the petition from across all neighborhoods of the city understand that tax reduction is essential to Baltimore’s future. These are the people who care about our city and are deeply
Baltimore SunSep 11 2024
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Commissioners approve 8% tax-rate increase
In order to pass the new rate, a quorum and at least three votes were needed, and those votes were obtained. All commissioners were present. “A lot of people have been involved in getting to where we are today. After COVID, the American Rescue Fund was created. Every city and every county received funds from that. But you had a timeline that you had to meet. So we’ve been doing our best to
Lufkin Daily NewsSep 17 2024
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Trump Floats Easing Cap on State and Local Tax Deductions
Former President Donald Trump posted on his social network that he ‘would get SALT back’—a reference to the $10,000 cap on the state and local tax deduction. WASHINGTON—Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that he wanted to reverse—not extend—a crucial piece of the tax law he signed in 2017. A day ahead of a rally planned Wednesday on New York’s Long Island, Trump
Wall Street Journal (News)Aug 13 2024
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England's child prisons and the potential for reform
A "never-ending cycle of child harm" means youth imprisonment should be ended altogether in England, children's rights and justice organisations have argued. A concludes that child imprisonment "is beyond reform" and that the Department for Education should take a greater role in handling young offenders, rather than the Ministry of Justice, said . The report into young offender institutions (
The Week - NewsFeb 13 2024
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Backers of property tax, election reform measures shooting for November ballot
Only one statewide measure has a chance to be on the June 11 ballot in North Dakota but supporters of two others — one on property tax reform and another on election reform — are working toward being on the November ballot. A committee behind a proposed measure that will put an age limit on members of Congress from North Dakota was the only one to meet a Monday deadline to get on the June
InforumOct 26 2017
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Tax Reform Debate Taxing Republicans' Negotiating Skills
Fiscal responsibility takes a backseat to cutting taxes.
ReasonSep 07 2024
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Military reform: Reversing decades of decline by Gary Anderson, Real Clear Wire
Since 2020, the nation’s military has undergone one of the most humiliating periods in its history. The disgraceful rout at Hamid Karzai International airport during the Afghanistan withdrawal. Soon after, the decrepit state of naval maintenance and shipbuilding is the worst since the Navy’s founding. Further compounding the humiliation, the Marine Corps has been castrated into a regional
WNDSep 05 2024
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Yellen touts benefits of tax incentives
WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned voters in the battleground state of North Carolina that they could lose jobs if Republicans weaken a signature Biden administration law that encourages investments in manufacturing and clean energy. Yellen said that Republican-dominated states like North Carolina are greatly benefiting from tax incentives under the 2022 Inflation Reduction
Arkansas Democrat-GazetteAug 30 2024
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In Los Angeles County and San Francisco, government reform is on the ballot
In long-term impact, the most significant measure on California’s Nov. 5 ballot may be one that, if passed, would overhaul governance in Los Angeles County, home to a quarter of the state’s nearly 40 million residents. The proposition would expand the county Board of Supervisors from five to nine members and make the county executive, now appointed by the board, an elected position with
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