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Mar 05 2023
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W.Va. House Approves Bevy Of Major Bills
CHARLESTON – With a week left in the 2023 legislative session, the West Virginia House of Delegates pushed out bills reforming the state’s public workers health insurance plan, its version of the fiscal year 2024 budget, pay raises for public employees and approved the compromise on tax reform with the Senate. The House met Saturday morning to consider these and other bills before the 60-day
The Intelligencer
May 26 2023
News
Memorial Day 2023: What's Open, Closed In Bowie, Prince George's County
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — Memorial Day serves as a time to remember those who died while serving in the U.S. armed forces. Many services, agencies and government offices in Bowie and other communities in Prince George's County will be closed Monday for the holiday. Bowie's city offices will be closed Monday. Trash and recycling collection in Bowie will not be collected Monday and those with
Patch.com
May 31 2023
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Ahead of debt ceiling vote, Biden, McCarthy work to assemble coalition to push it through
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hard-fought to the end, the debt ceiling and budget cuts package is heading toward a crucial U.S. House vote as President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy assemble a coalition of centrist Democrats and Republicans to push it to passage over fierce blowback from conservatives and some progressive dissent. Biden is sending top White House officials to meet early Wednesday
The Daily Herald
May 04 2023
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Abysmal civics and history scores reveal a generation unprepared for the task of self-government
The latest data from the Nation’s Report Card are disastrous . Eighth grade students’ proficiency in U.S. history and civics dropped to the lowest point since the exams were first administered in 1998. U.S. history scores declined from 263 in 2018 to 258 on a 0-300 scale, and civics scores fell from 153 in 2018 to 150, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or the NAEP.
Washington Examiner
May 12 2023
Fact Check
Is Biden’s New ‘Transit Ban’ on Asylum-Seekers Similar to Trump-Era Policy?
Claim: As Trump-era public health order Title 42 expired on May 11, 2023, the Biden administration implemented another restrictive policy pertaining to asylum-seekers. Similar to a Trump-era rule, this one disqualifies migrants from U.S. protection if they fail to seek refuge in a third country, like Mexico, before crossing the U.S. southern border.
Rating: True
On May 11, 2023,
Snopes
Jun 05 2023
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Tim Scott clashes with 'The View' hosts after calling out 'disgusting message' about race
Sen. Tim Scott joined the hosts of "The View" on Monday and criticized them over previous comments made on the program about him being the "exception" to systemic racism in the U.S., saying it was an "offensive, disgusting message" to send to young people.
Co-host Sunny Hostin asked Scott if he believed in the concept of systemic racism and pressed him on being the "exception" in
Fox News (Online News)
Apr 20 2023
News
'Red Flag' Gun Laws Pass MI Legislature, Whitmer Expected To Sign
MICHIGAN — The Michigan Senate passed a bill Wednesday that will allow officials to take away firearms from a person deemed as a threat to themselves or others. The measure, which cleared the House last week, is now headed to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's desk, where she is expected to sign it into law. The so-called "red flag laws" allow certain people, such as family members, law enforcement and
Patch.com
May 29 2023
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Celtics' Brogdon (forearm), Heat's Vincent (ankle) available for Game 7
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Celtics sixth man Malcolm Brogdon is available for Game 7 against the Heat after sitting out Game 6 with a strained right forearm. Brogdon, the NBA Sixth Man of the Year, tested the forearm during the pregame on Monday and was cleared about an hour before tip-off. He is averaging 12.6 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.1 assists this postseason. “I trust him and if he’s healthy it
San Antonio Local News
Jun 01 2023
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New Website Displays Thousands Of Photos From Hunter Biden’s Laptop All In One Place
A new website published nearly 10,000 photos from Hunter Biden’s laptop archive Thursday with necessary redactions of explicit images and pictures with private information. The website was created by former Trump White House aide Garrett Ziegler who spent months working on it, he told Fox News. “It’s taken us a couple of months to, one, go through the photos, about 10,000 of them, and redact
The Daily Caller
Mar 20 2023
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Ohio becomes latest Republican state to leave a key voting data partnership
Ohio on Friday announced it was the latest Republican-led state to pull out of a key election partnership that has become the focal point of conspiracies on the far-right.
The Ohio secretary of state, Frank LaRose — a Republican who is widely considered to be eyeing a run for U.S. Senate in 2024 — sent a letter to the executive director of the Electronic Registration Information Center
NPR (Online News)