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This year's primary election season reached its conclusion in three Northeastern states on Tuesday and MAGA Republicans succeeded in New Hampshire. Meanwhile, state Supreme Court justices defend their own role and an intergovernmental feud heats up.
Sen. Lindsey Graham’s proposed 15-week abortion ban has received a mixed reaction from candidates for the state’s U.S. senate seat. Sixty-one percent of Americans believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty wrote a letter to President Biden, calling for more funding for state police and rape kit investigations to address the “undeniable deterioration of public safety.”
An audit found that Massachusetts’ third largest city has made progress with the debt in its employees’ pension system, with 39 percent of future obligations covered. But there is still a long way to go to reach solvency by 2033.
Rebecca Vallas, of the Century Foundation, regarding how supplemental security income, commonly known as SSI, does not adjust for rising costs of living and maxes out at $841 a month, which often locks recipients into housing instability and deep poverty. (NPR — Sept. 15, 2022)
Geothermal energy currently provides less than half of a percent of the nation’s power, but experts believe that it could produce as much as 5 percent of the electricity supply using existing technology.
Jason T. Schofield was arrested by the FBI on Sept. 13 for fraudulently obtaining and filing absentee ballots last year for at least eight voters without their permission. Schofield has been charged with 12 felony counts.
State health officials have disclosed that the state’s first major count of pregnancy-related deaths in nearly a decade won’t be released until next summer, which means the data won’t be available to lawmakers until the 2025 cycle.
The legislation would provide $400 million worth of tax credits to reimburse a portion of union members’ dues payments starting in 2024; it’s not yet clear how much each member would be eligible to receive.
The state’s House Ways & Means Committee began to study the possibility of removing individual and corporate income taxes, which would require significant reworking of property, sales or other taxes to offset the loss in revenue.
California state Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel, regarding his authored bill that will require social media companies to publish their policies for removing disturbing content, with details on how and when they remove that content; the legislation is the first of its kind. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the bill into law on Tuesday, Sept. 13. (Associated Press — Sept. 14, 2022)
The pandemic overwhelmed a long-neglected public health system, pressuring many workers to leave. But a new program hopes to inspire AmeriCorps members to work in public health.
Despite no evidence of voter fraud in the 2020 election, conservative activists want the state to unplug electronic voting machines and use paper-only ballots in an attempt to reinforce election security.
Mayor Eric Adams will spend the city money to connect 3,000 high school students with multiyear, paid apprenticeships at large finance and tech firms at a time when 8.3 percent of city government jobs are vacant.
The tax credit would give an incentive for people to enter into the workforce by supplementing their wages with a break on income tax, a credit that would eventually go away as the worker makes more money and stays in the workforce longer.
A new study from Oxfam America reported that Texas was ranked 48th on a list of best states to work, a decrease from its 47th rank the year prior, based on its poor wages, worker protections and organizing rights.
Florida Education Association teachers’ union President Andrew Spar, regarding the state’s attempt to supplement the teacher shortage by inviting military veterans, even without teaching experience, to lead classrooms. The new law, which Gov. Ron DeSantis signed on June 9, gives qualifying veterans a five-year teaching certificate and allows them to work as teachers while they earn their bachelor’s degrees; it passed through the state Legislature without any opposing votes. (Reuters — Sept. 13, 2022)
The state’s ban on the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035 aims to significantly reduce its largest source of carbon emissions and air pollution. Looking at the state’s past climate initiatives may help determine if this plan will work.
Private equity interests have lurked behind the skirts of public pensions to dodge higher income taxes. Now Big Tech moguls are trying to play public servants for patsies to fight stronger federal antitrust laws.
The elections for the lone Republican seat on Dallas County’s Commissioners Court, Tarrant County judge and the Texas House seat for Collin County have become close races in which the Democrats just might win.
The National Association for Gun Rights has challenged the constitutionality of the state’s bans on assault weapons and high capacity magazines. Democrats are digging in their heels and fighting for more protections.
The Iowa county’s ARPA committee has said the money would be allotted for bike trail repairs, an environmental education center project and Mariposa Park campgrounds. The final decision will fall to the Board of Supervisors.
While the entire nation is struggling amid a worker shortage, Maine’s aging workforce presents unique challenges. Workers that may have previously been overlooked are now being sought out and trained to fill labor gaps.
The toll road is looking to solar energy production to eventually electrify part of the road so electric vehicles can charge as they travel. The roadway would charge drivers for the electricity costs as they drove.
Diane Derzis, who owns the women’s health clinic Bristol Women’s Health in Bristol, Va., which had to move a mile from its original location in Bristol, Tenn., to continue providing abortion care after Tennessee banned the procedure. In many states across the nation, including Virginia, many are hoping voters head to the polls for elections over the next several years to change state policy and lawmakers to preserve abortion rights and access. (Reuters — Sept. 12, 2022)
Efforts to improve the city’s streets for bikers and pedestrians are being held up by the Texas Department of Transportation, which has reasserted its ownership of state roads and is focused on prioritizing traffic flow for drivers.
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