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Gov. Murphy's budget address not great

Phil Murphy’s school funding lucky zip code lottery

Salon · Mar 16, 2023

St. Petersburg’s structural racism study authors are eager to see action

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Mayor Ken Welch promised in his inaugural address that he would oversee a city where people from all backgrounds benefit from a booming economy that is leaving many behind.

Tribune News Service · Mar 16, 2023

Editorial: Seniors beware: Biden policies threaten entitlements

Older Americans tend to vote, and they also tend to be wary of politicians who propose entitlement reform. That combination typically leads to inertia among elected officials whose objective is self-preservation.

Tribune News Service · Mar 16, 2023

Kentucky lawmakers struggle to finish transgender bill

Republican lawmakers in Kentucky are struggling to wrap up a bill restricting gender-affirming care for minors

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2023

Conservatives hate wokeness. Don’t trigger them by asking what it means

An anti-woke commentator short-circuited when asked to define the term, which the right has turned into a catch-all

The Guardian - US · Mar 16, 2023

Stormy Daniels: Donald Trump legal team ‘pushes for end to hush money case’

Lawyers understood to have argued that payments would have been made regardless of presidential run and did not use campaign funds

The Guardian - US · Mar 16, 2023

Trump's VP? Some in GOP already jockeying for consideration

The first Republican presidential primaries are nearly a year away and the candidate field is unsettled

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2023

Ask an expert: is finding purpose the key to career fulfilment?

Here’s how to find meaning in your nine-to-five, from two people who’ve done it

The Guardian - AU · Mar 16, 2023

Rep. Katie Porter comes to Northern California for Senate campaign: ‘I see Sacramento as distinct’

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Southern California Senate hopeful Rep. Katie Porter, D-Irvine, made her first Sacramento-area campaign stop Wednesday at UC Davis — what she called “a little slice of heaven” — in an hour-long meet-and-greet with the Davis College Democrats.

Tribune News Service · Mar 16, 2023

DOJ told court to expect a deluge of new Jan. 6 prosecutions

WASHINGTON — More than 1,000 additional people could still face charges in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to a letter to the D.C. federal court from the U.S. attorney in Washington.

Tribune News Service · Mar 16, 2023