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Americans pay more for garbage collection under Biden-Harris admin: report
Data from the U.S. Department of Labor shows that Americans pay 4.75% more for trash collection than last year
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Nearly 50% of all Georgia voters have already cast their ballots
Another 340,000 absentee ballots have also been requested, but only about 200,000 of those have been returned to the state.
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Chicago named country’s ‘rattiest city’ for 10th straight year
With the number of infestations sharply on the rise since the pandemic, part of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget recently allocated almost $15 million to the Bureau of Rodent Control to combat the problem.
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Louisiana Senate passes bill that would add to Parental Bill of Rights
The bill passed on a 28-11 vote and is now headed to the House, where it has yet to be assigned to a committee.
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Protesters calling for Gaza ceasefire shut down Golden Gate Bridge
The arrests come as other demonstrations broke out in several major cities across the country.
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Bureau of Prisons to close California women’s prison where inmates were sexually abused
Multiple employees at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, have been accused of sexually abusing inmates at the facility, and retaliating against those who have tried to report it.
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Maine will become 17th state to join effort to elect president by popular vote
A coalition of 16 states and Washington D.C. have agreed to send all of their electoral college votes to the candidate that wins the popular vote nationwide, but the states will need to control 270 electoral college votes in order to implement the proposal.
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Report: Biden has taken over 200 actions against US oil
Within a week of being in office, Biden issued additional moratoriums on new oil and gas leases on public lands or in offshore waters and imposed new regulations related to permitting and leasing practices, which were tied up in the courts for years.
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California moves to create genealogy office for reparations eligibility
According to analysis shared by the National African American Reparations Commission, lineage-based reparations programs such as these could result in white Americans becoming the majority of those qualified for reparations.
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Tennessee House to discuss offense of transporting minor for abortion
The offense would be called abortion trafficking and can only be avoided with signed and notarized parental consent.
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Colorado House passes assault weapons ban bill
The legislation defines assault weapons as .50 caliber rifles, semi-automatic rifles and pistols with detachable magazines, or ones that can be modified to include one, and semi-automatic rifles or pistols with fixed, large-capacity magazines.
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New York 'equal rights' proposal draws criticism
However, critics argue that the measure is too vaguely worded and could be used to block parents from having a say on whether their children undergo gender reassignment surgery while opening the door to biological males in women's sports.
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California imposes closures on major LA highway to build large wildlife crossing
The closures will last several weeks and will be limited to nights and weekends.