From the States
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PA Gov Shapiro expects significant economic impact from World Cup
“We're looking at $770 million in economic impact here,” Shapiro said in response to a question from The Center Square.
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Illinois Gov Pritzker plans to sign social media law despite criticisms
Illinois may now face one less potential hurdle enacting a law requiring social media and other online platforms to verify the age of users and restrict content harmful to minors. The law differs from many of the other states that have attempted to implement online age-verification.
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Harmeet Dhillon, NC Rep. Murphy, want answers about Major League Baseball's Pride Night
How Major League Baseball can force one viewpoint upon players and “attack” them for expressing another is a puzzler to a North Carolina congressman.
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Colorado launches dashboard to track federal funding cuts
So far, more than $75 million in funds has been terminated or left to expire, according to the dashboard.
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Taxes hiked on tobacco and cannabis in Maine to plug revenue gaps
The $320 million plan, sent to Gov. Janet Mills' desk on Wednesday, seeks to plug revenue gaps in a $11.3 billion state budget approved in April and address a shortfall in the state's Medicaid program while boosting funding for child welfare programs, housing, and other initiatives.
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First section of CA bullet train to connect two small cities at a cost of over $30B
According to CHSRA, the segment, from will cost between $32.7 billion to $36.3 billion, but is on track to be completed on time.
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Education Department targeting federal student aid scammers nationwide
The audit showed that in 2023, years after California lost $55 billion to fraudulent COVID-19 lockdown-era benefits payments, the state likely made “potentially ineligible payments” of nearly $200 million.
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Mayors on both sides of U.S.-Canada border worry about tariffs
Andrew "Drew" Dilkens, the mayor of Windsor, Ontario, said the trading relationships Windsor formed with its U.S. neighbors were built over decades.
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'Anti-riot' bill passes Wisconsin Senate; GOP rift stalls it in Assembly
Rep. Ron Tusler, R-Harrison, who chairs the Assembly Judiciary Committee, previously said he wouldn't schedule the legislation for a meeting until its "problems are addressed."
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Investigation finds over half of Alexandria restaurants in Louisiana serving imported shrimp
The findings show Alexandria’s shrimp mislabeling rate is roughly in line with other inland cities. Baton Rouge had a 30% inauthenticity rate, while New Orleans fared better, with only 13% of restaurants caught mislabeling.
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Rep. LaHood weighs gubernatorial run as Pritzker faces scrutiny after hearing
Pritzker has not officially announced he’s seeking a third term for the 2026 gubernatorial election, but Illinois U.S. Rep Darin LaHood, R-Peoria, didn’t rule out running against him for governor.
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Federal government commits $10M for East Palestine health study
The money and the study came at the urging of Vice President J.D. Vance, who worked with former U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown on train safety and other East Palestine legislation in the months and years following the derailment and subsequent toxic chemical release.
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LA’s $20M response to protests illustrates problems of officer shortages and overtime pay
Of LA's $1.1 billion in overtime in 2024, $265.5 million went to the LAPD, which has just 8,688 officers, or nearly a thousand officers short of its full authorized strength of 9,500.