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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Senate has voted to advance the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, a colossal permitting reform bill that would expedite the buildout of energy-related infrastructure.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - Polls are open across the U.S. as control of Congress hangs in the balance.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – This November, roughly one third of gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial seats are up for reelection. A quarter of U.S. states’ secretary of state seats are up for grabs. And 296 state executive offices in 43 states are on the ballot, according to data published by the nonprofit Ballotpedia.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – A group of Democratic lawmakers is demanding answers from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency about its recent guidance exempting data center power generation facilities from certain Clean Air Act rules.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Red states lead in national education integrity ratings based on issues like parental rights, DEI, gender and sexuality policies and more, while blue states generally rank toward the bottom, a new report from Defending Education shows.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — New York is leading a coalition of Northeast states in suing the Trump administration to block agreements with two energy companies that would scrap several offshore wind projects, claiming taxpayer money is being used to pay off the companies.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee was defeated by Democratic challenger Helena Foulkes in Wednesday's elections, becoming the first incumbent governor in eight years to lose a primary.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – A Pennsylvania-based free market think tank released its latest report grading state public sector labor laws on Tuesday, tracking how government unions have worked to advance pro-union legislation at the state level in the wake of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Janus v. AFSCME.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – The typical American has to save for at least a decade to afford a home in their state, despite the federal government spending nearly half a trillion dollars on housing programs since 2015, a new report reveals.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Senate Democrats introduced legislation Wednesday to impose 18-year term limits on U.S. Supreme Court justices by statute, a route that would sidestep the constitutional amendment such a change has long been thought to require.
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