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Privately backed tollway plan in Louisiana prompts debate over use of residential lots

By The Center Square Staff

Health

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The CDC

U.S. bans permanent residents from entering U.S. from certain countries due to Ebola concerns

The ban covers those returning from travel during the previous 21 days.

Elections

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Trump

New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart introduces Trump at New York rally

The rally took place in Rep. Mike Lawler's district

Transportation

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Waymo's Jaguar I-PACE electric vehicle

Waymo suspending robotaxi services on freeways across the U.S

Waymo has been accelerating its expansion of robotaxi services across the U.S.

Elections

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Voters cast their ballots in the Ohio primary election at a polling location at Worthington Kilbourne High School on May 3, 2022 in Worthington, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus

Colorado using federal funds for Sunday voting, pay for judges and upgrading voting systems

Colorado will grant $1.5 million in federal funds to pay for Sunday voting, improve pay for election judges and promoting voting on tribal lands.

Energy

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Bird electric scooters, Reno, Nevada, April 4, 2021

Measure to allow more electric scooters in Illinois headed to governor

The bill states that low-speed electric scooters can only be used in municipalities or park districts if authorized, and that they cannot be operated on highways with a speed limit over 35 mph.

Energy

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Merger

ConocoPhillips will buy Marathon Oil in a $22.5 billion merger deal

The wave of mergers and acquisitions that began last year and continues in 2024 suggests that oil companies, contrary to estimates of peaking oil demand, are expecting demand to continue well into the future.

Education

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Iran flag

Al-Qaeda, Iran's supreme leader praise pro-Palestine protests by U.S. students

Protests occurred earlier this spring, largely before graduation ceremonies, in response to Israel's war against Palestinian-backed Hamas in Gaza

Polling

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L: Donald Trump, Aug. 5, 2023, Columbia, S.C.; R: Joe Biden, Nov. 29, 2023, Pueblo, Colo.

Majority of Americans are 'worn out' by presidential campaign coverage: Poll

The numbers are slightly higher than the 2016, and 2020 elections, when 59% of respondents said they were burned out on coverage in 2016, and 61% said the same in 2020.

Education

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Money

Millions of Americans over 55 still owe money on student debt: Survey

The Federal Reserve Board’s 2022 Survey of Consumer Finances found that 2.2 million United States citizens above the age of 55 are struggling to pay off their debts, just as they head towards the retirement

Elections

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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger holds a press conference on the status of ballot counting on November 6, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia

Georgia elections chief: Democrats tipped hand in court case on desire to unleash noncitizen voting

"We have a robust citizenship verification process — they wanted us to stop that, we won in court, and now we can continue to do citizenship verification," Brad Raffensperger said.

All Things Trump

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Donald Trump

Attorney Robert Costello says judge in Trump hush money trial is pushing hard for a conviction

Trump is accused of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment involving porn star Stormy Daniels.

Energy

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100% renewable

Washington clean energy project mired in ‘no man’s land’ amid planning setbacks

Meanwhile, the process has drawn concern from local officials for its potential impact to natural resources in addition to what some perceive as skirting state environmental regulations.

Energy

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Coal

EPA’s new rules on power plant emissions may be worse than originally thought, new analysis shows

As a result of flawed assumptions in the EPA's analysis of the impacts of its power plant rules, 5.2 million people in the center of America could be sitting in the dark when they need energy the most.

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