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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz. The Texas Republican has unveiled a plan that would create a $1,000 investment account for every American newborn, to which families could add up to $5,000 per year. Cruz said this will help individuals get in the investing habit. He said the idea is supported by President Donald Trump. A pilot version is included in the larger tax bill currently moving through Congress. (Dallas Morning News)
The study is meant to answer doubts about the expensive proposal, which has already been rejected by voters. Separately, Gov. Jared Polis also signed bills guaranteeing access to emergency care.
To take effect, the city would need a green light from state lawmakers. A statewide RCV measure failed in Massachusetts in 2020.
The city is short by $31 million for the fiscal year ending next month. Tapping reserves will make balancing next year’s budget that much harder.
The Yorba Linda, Calif., water district has the country’s largest PFAS treatment facility of its kind. The drinking water it delivers to customers is free of these unwanted “forever chemicals.”
Police departments use these techniques to help determine where they should concentrate their resources. Artificial intelligence is raising new questions of privacy and transparency.
On Tuesday, John Ewing Jr. was elected as the first African American mayor of Omaha, Neb...
David Wecht, a justice on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The court heard a case challenging the state’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. The lawsuit turns on the question of whether the program is strictly a policy tool to control air pollution or an illegal tax on electricity generators who release carbon dioxide. (Pennsylvania Capital-Star)
The state insurance commission is allowing the insurer to raise rates due to financial distress caused by $7 billion in claims from Los Angeles County fires. Rates will rise an average of 17 percent for homeowners.
Given easy accessibility, more young people are using cannabis. Public health experts recommend lawmakers combat misinformation, expand prevention programs, set stricter potency limits and enhance law enforcement against false advertising and repeated use by minors.
A bill would allow local governments to devote up to a quarter of their homeless funds to residential programs that practice sobriety.
While primarily a military reserve force, the National Guard also responds to a wide variety of state-level missions — some familiar kinds of missions, some more unusual.
During the pandemic, California released about 15,000 prisoners early. About a third ended up back in prison by the start of this year.
Christopher Bond, a former Missouri governor and senator, rallied schoolchildren to save an important collection of drawings. Bond died on Tuesday at 86.
The amount of additional funding for prisons approved by Georgia lawmakers this year. The system has been plagued by security lapses and violence...
Colorado state Sen. Julie Gonzales, a Denver Democrat. She spoke at a signing ceremony for the state-level Voting Rights Act, which will prohibit election practices limiting participation of people of color and other protected groups. Gonzalez decried erosion of 1960s-era voting rights under federal law by courts and political action, saying that state lawmakers were determined to preserve protections in Colorado. (Colorado Newsline)
Washington State joins Virginia, D.C. and Georgia in requiring the installation of speed-limiting devices on cars belonging to drivers convicted of excessive speeding.
A major debate in contemporary politics is whether it's smarter to nominate less ideological candidates. Recent scholarship suggests moderates don't do much better in general elections.
With the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act set to expire in the coming year, the National League of Cities is asking local leaders to tell Congress its priorities for the next transportation bill.
Borrowing to finance infrastructure is now more expensive. Meanwhile, congressional tax writers are toying with the municipal bond tax exemption, scaring both investors and issuers. State and local debt managers have a lot to think about — and worry about.
It’s no accident that Utah once again leads the nation in job and GDP growth. Free-market reforms in other states are boosting their competitiveness as well.
The amount of cash that Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand comes into the race for governor carrying in his campaign accounts ...
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. On Sunday, Rollins announced the U.S. is halting shipments of live cattle, bison and horses through the southern border with Mexico, to be reviewed on a month-to-month basis. The concern is the prevalence of the New World Screwworm, a flesh-eating maggot that has been detected on Mexican farms 700 miles from the border. (X)
Concerned about pollution and health effects at a time when the feds are deregulating, cities and counties are using lawsuits and regulations to delay or cancel some energy projects.
A new law shifts both funding and focus away from game animals, while overhauling the governance structure for the state's primary wildlife agency.
There are active secession movements in western states where Republicans feel underrepresented. A form of semi-independent home rule within existing states might work better.
New York City’s congestion pricing program was feared dead last year, and is still subject to threats from the Trump administration. But it’s delivering results, with less traffic and more revenue for the transit system.
They help a lot of individuals and their communities. The proposed cuts would just shift the burden to emergency rooms, shelters and already overwhelmed local systems.
With more than 750 confirmed cases of measles, the outbreak in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico is now the nation’s largest...
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