Author: The Center Square
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TCS eye: Taxpayers’ tens of millions brought the Super Bowl to Louisiana
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save (The Center Square) – Louisiana taxpayers put up tens of millions of dollars to land Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, with contracts, grants, and special funds directed to organizers and economic development groups in the…
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Hochul says ‘game on’ with NY redistricting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save (The Center Square) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said it’s “game on” with plans to redraw the blue state’s congressional districts to favor Democrats as the Texas‘ Legislature moves ahead with a GOP-led redistricting plan. …
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Parents who lost daughters at Camp Mystic: Their deaths were ‘100% preventable’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save (The Center Square) – Parents who lost their daughters from flood waters at Camp Mystic said their deaths were “100% preventable” and asked the legislature to implement mandatory safety protocols for camps statewide. Camp Mystic,…
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Education trust fund proposed to replace school property taxes
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save (The Center Square) – A new solution for Pennsylvania’s perennial struggle over education funding began circulating in the Legislature on Wednesday. This time, Republican Rep. Jason Ortitay, who represents a district southwest of Pittsburgh, wants…
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Abbott signs bills to improve childcare, early learning programs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save (The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Abbott continues to travel throughout the state or host bill signing events in Austin to ceremoniously sign bills to raise awareness about legislation that passed during the regular legislative…
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School bank accounts take a hit as budget impasse persists
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save (The Center Square) – Many students across Pennsylvania began school on Tuesday, though the state funding that supports them did not follow. That’s because the state spending plan is nearly three months overdue, leaving schools,…
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$750 million facility to protect Texas cattle, wildlife from screwworm threat
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save (The Center Square) – Responding to calls by state lawmakers and the agricultural industry for immediate action to be taken to protect cattle and wildlife from a parasitic fly, the Trump administration is investing $750…
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Policymakers must confront weaponized migration to address border crisis
(The Center Square) – Unless Congress and policymakers understand how weaponized migration is being used against the U.S., they won’t be able to solve the problem, foreign policy analysts warn. More than 11 million foreign nationals, including gotaways, illegally entering the U.S. from all over the world is not an accident, military and foreign policy…
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Denver to close shelters amid ongoing migrant, budget crisis
(The Center Square) – The city of Denver is consolidating homeless shelters and cutting other city services to reduce expenses amid an ongoing migrant crisis that has cost city taxpayers tens of millions of dollars. At a Wednesday news conference, Mayor Mike Johnson said the city will close four shelters – one a week over…
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Oil, gas industry to fight stricter environmental bills in Colorado legislature
(The Center Square) – Business leaders joined leaders of Colorado’s petroleum and natural gas industries in denouncing a wave of legislation creating higher environmental standards and phasing out drilling. “These concepts range from banning any development for any industry that requires an air permit in up to 50% of the state to tracking and limiting…