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Newsom proposes $420M new subsidy for Hollywood amid California budget cuts
Having narrowly closed a $47 billion budget shortfall this year and economic prospects growing darker, it’s unclear how Newsom plans to pay for the the program’s $420 million expansion.
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Mask requirement at Washington county auditor's office produces standoff
Tracy Abuhl, an Island County GOP precinct committee officer and trained election observer, was forced to leave her observation of Island County elections workers on Monday for refusing to wear a mask.
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Republicans fired up in North Carolina as historic numbers turn out
This means that Republicans have had a 41% turnout of registered voters compared to the Democrats’ turnout of 38%.
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Indicted Arizona senators won’t face committee removals, other punishments, until given due process
The senators, who are members of the Arizona Freedom Caucus, were two of 18 people indicted in the 2020 elector case.
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Arizona school district considers bathrooms with no doors to be able to monitor student behavior
One senior at Ironwood said students support the changes to the bathroom because of the vaping and overcrowding that happens during passing periods or lunches.
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O.J. Simpson’s cause of death revealed as prostate cancer
Simpson announced last year that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
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Bill to block transporting minor for abortion headed to Tennessee governor’s desk
Legislation would make it a misdemeanor punishable by less than a year of imprisonment for helping bring minor across state lines for an abortion.
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Congressional inaction on debt 'irresponsible, inequitable, and immoral' says former comptroller
David Walker, former Comptroller General, said recent economic data should prompt lawmakers to take action. The IMF warned the U.S. that government spending and increasing national debt are not sustainable.
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Louisiana governor, lawmakers want changes to state constitution during fiscal shortfall
First term GOP Gov. Jeff Landry and a free market nonprofit are proposing what Landry terms a "reorganization" of Louisiana's overly complex constitution.
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Fed's key inflation measure shows prices increased 2.7% last month, compared to March 2023
The U.S. government defines the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index as a "measure of the prices that people living in the United States, or those buying on their behalf, pay for goods and services."
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While UCLA med school teaches that weight loss is hopeless, it sells weight loss services
The school did not respond to a request for an explanation of the discrepancy between what the med school teaches and what its website tells the public.
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Missouri legislature sends bill to governor ending funding for abortion providers
Coleman said her research found Planned Parenthood hasn’t received any reimbursements from the state for two years.
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Ohio lawmakers petition for banned MLB superstar Pete Rose to be inducted to Hall of Fame
Rose has been dubbed the “all-time hit king” due to his impressive record of 4,256 career hits, which remains undefeated.