From the States
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Illinois Gov Pritzker touts state for international business, GOP leader pushes for lower taxes
Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Illinois is open to foreign investment, but the Illinois House Republican leader says the governor must lower taxes to grow the economy.
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Justice Department sues Minnesota over civil rights violations regarding girls sports
"The Trump Administration does not tolerate flawed state policies that ignore biological reality and unfairly undermine girls on the playing field," Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a statement.
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Poll: Data centers should supply own energy, says 8 in 10
Requiring facilities to provide their energy generation for artificial intelligence data centers is supported by 8 in 10 North Carolinians, a new poll says. Multiple proposals have been made in the General Assembly. Equit. The Escalation of
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Think tank proposes $700 billion in cuts that could get bipartisan support
Some are as simple as closing loopholes in federal programs and making sure Americans pay their full tax bills. Others are more complex.
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Poll: Celebrity endorsements don't move voters
Former NBA star and current broadcaster Charles Barkley said on a post-election podcast that Democrats needed to run on fixing problems, not by trotting out celebrities.
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More political names surface at Madigan's bribery and racketeering trial in Illinois
Past and present Illinois politicians have figured prominently in wiretapped conversations introduced by prosecutors at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain. At the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S.
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North Carolina counties fail to complete election canvass, leaving judicial race undecided
Still pending is the election results for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court.
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Appeals court allows partial implementation of Louisiana's Ten Commandments law
The law, signed by Gov. Jeff Landry earlier this year, requires public schools to prominently display the Ten Commandments in classrooms by Jan. 1.
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Biden Commerce Department approves $6.6 billion for semiconductor firm hit with discrimination suit
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company faces suit by ex-employees for alleged discrimination.
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Prominent Seattle homeless advocate charged with possession of child porn
David Bloom is an American Baptist minister and one of the founders of the Downtown Emergency Service Center.
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Home and car of University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce vandalized by pro-Hamas group
Video posted to social media showed Cauce’s home and car being spray painted with the words “Free Palestine.”
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DEA says potency of illicit fentanyl pills declining but half can still kill with a single dose
The CDC estimated overdose deaths in 2023 declined about 3.1% to 107,543. That's down from 111,029 in 2022.
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Iowa AG leads Republican states in demanding end to politically-motivated Trump prosecutions
Bird said that the series of criminal cases that have been levied against the former president were not actually about crimes, and were more attempts to stop him from becoming president again.