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(The Center Square) – Thousands of friends, fans and family members gathered Thursday evening at Utah Valley University to remember the life and legacy of Turning Point USA founder and president Charlie Kirk.
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(The Center Square) – One year after Charlie Kirk, the Turning Point USA founder and president, was assassinated at a Utah Valley University event, the conservative organization reports continued growth in its campus chapters.
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(The Center Square) – Thursday marks one year since the assassination of Christian and conservative leader Charlie Kirk, who will be honored during a Turning Point USA service in the evening.
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(The Center Square) - The Colorado River’s Upper Basin states are not required to make mandatory water cuts that the federal government imposed on the Lower Basin.
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(The Center Square) – A coalition of 17 states, lawmakers and advocacy organizations has filed 12 friend-of-the-court briefs urging the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold that parents and teachers have constitutional rights to know about their children despite public school gender policies.
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(The Center Square) - Tyler Robinson will stand trial for the death of Charlie Kirk, a Utah judge ruled nearly one year after the conservative leader was shot and killed in front of thousands of people at Utah Valley University.
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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) – When Congress returns in September, it faces a backlog of legislative priorities including major bills funding U.S. farms, road and water infrastructure, and the entire federal government.
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(The Center Square) - Nevada sued the Trump administration Monday over its two-year plan to reduce water usage from the Colorado River.
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(The Center Square) – More than 200,000 fentanyl pills have been taken off the streets in Utah in two law enforcement actions.
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(The Center Square) – Other states should take note after the Maryland Tax Court recently struck down that state's digital advertising tax and ordered refunds to be paid to taxpayers for more than five years worth of collections, according to The Tax Foundation.
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(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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(The Center Square) – With Congress in recess until September, SAVE America Act hardliners are chastising Senate Republican leadership for refusing to consider the contentious voter registration reform legislation.
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