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U.S. Rep. Mary Miller defeated Rep. Rodney Davis in the Republican primary for Illinois’ 15th Congressional District on June 28, 2022. With 91% of precincts reporting, Miller had received 57.2% of the vote to Davis’ 42.8%.

The ongoing feud between Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) and the administration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took another twist as the company is questioning the process that will eliminate its special status tax district in June 2023.

Officials have warned that getting rid of the taxing district the company imposed on itself would be a huge tax liability for neighboring residents

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MIAMI — As Florida legislators were rushing through passage of a bill to repeal the special district that governs Walt Disney World last week, they failed to notice an obscure provision in state law that says the state could not do what legislators were doing — unless the district’s bond…

HOPE for Autism representatives join Airdrie, Coatbridge and District Battalion for officers' conference

On March 28, Judge John F. Kness of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissed an Illinois teacher’s lawsuit claiming that, under the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2018 ruling in Janus v. AFSCME, public-sector unions are obligated to inform prospective members of their right not to join…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Two books about transgender kids, including Broward resident Jazz Jennings’ “I Am Jazz,” have been removed from Palm Beach County classrooms and libraries in response to a new Florida law.