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You Vote: With 2 former NBA players seeking to play in the WNBA, will the league allow it?
This is considered a test of whether the league will stand behind its public embrace of inclusiveness, or if it is just virtue signaling and a political statement. Time will tell.
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Calif. GOP lawmakers push their Dem counterparts to consider affordability in last week of session
In the letter sent to the Legislative Analyst’s Office, Assembly Republicans said more than 800 bills are awaiting votes before the 2026 legislative session concludes at the end of this week.
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VP Vance visits Maine factory, touts 'manufacturing renaissance'
The visit was Vance's second to the Pine Tree State in the past month and is also aimed at shoring up former Republican Gov. Paul LePage's congressional bid and incumbent GOP Sen. Susan Collins reelection campaign.
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Palestinian asylum seeker arrested in Texas on gun charge, allegedly was planning to attack Jews
Sohaib Abuayyash is set to appear for his arraignment Nov. 13.
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Legislation to spend $150 million to clean up space junk clears U.S. Senate in unanimous vote
In March 2021, debris from a SpaceX rocket lit up the Pacific Northwest sky before thudding to Earth in Washington state. Simply preventing more debris in the future is not enough, said Cantwell.
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Gov. Newsom says California to track residents from 'cradle to career' after China trip
After a trip to China, which uses a social credit score system, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the next phase of the state's "Cradle to Career" system that uses more than one billion data points.
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Gun buybacks in New Mexico this weekend might not do anything to prevent crime
Governor Lujan Grisham initially declared a state of public emergency on September 7.
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Jeff Bezos’ move to Miami will cost Washington state millions in tax revenue
Prior to the capital gains income tax being implemented in 2022, Bezos sold over $8.8 billion worth of Amazon stock in 2021, which would have raked in $616 million for Washington state.
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Michigan House OKs wind, solar site override, 2040 carbon neutral plan
Michigan is currently retiring energy sources that provided more than 60% of electricity generation in 2021, counting coal and other plants.
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Investigation leads to Uber, Lyft agreement to pay $328M to New York drivers
The AG's office determined that Uber and Lyft "systematically cheated their drivers out of hundreds of millions of dollars in pay and benefits while they worked long hours in challenging conditions."
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Police officers from other states flock to Florida due to bonus program
Of Florida’s new 3,350 officers, 915 moved from other states, including 47 from Illinois.
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US economy adds 150k jobs in October, lowest increase since January 2021
Unemployment also rose from 3.8% in September to 3.9% last month.
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Largest cities in US request $5 billion for ‘overwhelming’ immigrant inflow
Biden has already requested $1.4 billion in emergency supplemental funding, but the mayors claim without additional funding they will need to “cut essential city services.”