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(The Center Square) - Democrats are looking to flip Nebraska’s second congressional district in November as candidates in the race offer similar and competing proposals to address the affordability crisis.
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(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) – Education leaders and lawmakers are weighing in after a bipartisan coalition of 47 state attorneys general announced a $17 billion settlement with Meta Platforms Inc., over allegations that the company harmed children and teens through its social media platforms.
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(The Center Square) – Twenty-two state attorneys general are questioning taxpayer funding of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine amid what the AGs call the group’s “sham”-like “independent review” of its much debated reference manual’s climate science chapter that was removed due to public concerns of political bias.
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(The Center Square) – The National Rifle Association launched its first national bus tour Thursday as the group tries to get gun owners to vote in the 2026 midterm elections.
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(The Center Square) – Sixteen state attorneys general are calling on the “Big Four Accounting Firms” by letter for accountability over their actions that prioritize Environmental, Social, Governance investment strategies and climate goals, which will prove to be detrimental to consumers, the officials say.
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(The Center Square) - The Trump administration will invest more than $100 million into school lunch initiatives across the country, the White House said Monday.
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(The Center Square) - The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to weigh in on the latest water squabble in the West, where Nebraska has accused Colorado of violating a century-old water rights agreement.
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(The Center Square) – From Nebraska to Connecticut, more Venezuelan nationals tied to the foreign terrorist organization, Tren de Aragua, are being arrested, prosecuted and sentenced.
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(The Center Square) – A federal judge struck down waivers allowing five states, including Tennessee, to ban sodas and other sweets from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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(The Center Square) – Federal court records made public Tuesday reveal the identities of five individuals in the alleged terror plot to disrupt the Ultimate Fighting Championship event at the White House over the weekend.
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(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Education confirmed a whistleblower’s allegations that the agency violated a federal court order while handling Title IX cases tied to gender identity and sexual orientation, according to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel .
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(The Center Square) – Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti is leading a 23-state letter demanding answers from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts over a climate science chapter in a federal judicial evidence manual.The letter, addressed to Administrative Office Director Robert J. Conrad Jr., expresses concerns about the Federal Judicial Center and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.The attorneys general say the groups helped create the Fourth Edition of the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, which included a climate science chapter they say favored one side in climate litigation.The letter says the chapter “functions as an ex parte brief for one side of ongoing litigation.”The attorneys general also said the chapter could affect the rights of parties in court.“Federal judges who rely on the Manual to assist them in their duties could inadvertently prejudice litigants due to the bias baked into the chapter on climate science,” the letter says.Skrmetti and the other attorneys general say 27 attorneys general wrote to Federal Judicial Center Director Judge Robin L. Rosenberg in January. That letter noted “methodological and bias conce
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