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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – In response to a lawsuit from 12 Democratic state attorneys general attempting to stop the Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger, Paramount is requesting a $1.88 billion bond from the coalition of state officials.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — New York University, Columbia, Boston College and several other elite Northeast colleges are among those with poor rankings for free speech, according to a new report.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – According to numbers from the national firm J. David Tax Law, federal income tax burdens have grown dramatically across the country – with California in fifth place nationally.
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(The Center Square) – Free market state policy group the American Legislative Exchange Council Wednesday released its fourth edition of States That Work, its report ranking states according to their labor policy.
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(The Center Square) – All but one Democrat in the U.S. House helped tank a proposed constitutional amendment Wednesday afternoon that would limit the U.S. Supreme Court to nine justices.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - Octogenerian U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., overcame an intense primary challenge from a candidate who said he was too old to serve the people of Massachusetts.
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(The Center Square) – Massachusetts leads the nation with the highest health scores among residents while Louisiana is at the bottom, according to a new report.
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(The Center Square) - The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is in hot water as a prolonged legal battle revealed the state ignored policies to limit emissions tied to climate change.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – A coalition of education and union groups sued the Trump administration, seeking to block a rule that would impose time limits on visas for international students, exchange visitors and foreign journalists.
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(Legal Newsline) – Massachusetts is asking for extra time to respond to a records request involving Exxon, which wonders why the state has sued it over climate change while ignoring its own emissions standards.
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