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In the final week before the annual budget deadline, state lawmakers have once again added hundreds of last-minute line items to a spending bill they are now planning to send to Gov. Phil Murphy for final approval on Friday. The negotiated budget that Democrats who control the Legislature plan to...

Lawmakers bulk up budget with $600M in last-minute spending

Fox Business

Senate Democrats said they are coming up with a "menu" of tax proposals for 2025 as they prepare for the expiration of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Senate Democrats plan for a 'tax Armageddon' in 2025

California State

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Alameda Post

California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug. California’s Public Utilities Commission on June 20 rejected AT&T’s application to stop providing landlines and other services in areas where there is no other option.

Still Need Your Landline?

Pennsylvania State

Morristown Minute

NEW JERSEY – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, along with the Division on Civil Rights (DCR), has co-led a multistate comment letter supporting the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) proposed rule aimed at reducing criminal history-based barriers to public housing. This initiative is a collaborative effort with the Attorneys General of Maryland, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania to improve access to safe and affordable housing.

HUD Rule Fights Housing Barriers for Ex-Offenders

Michigan State

Michigan Advance

Formerly incarcerated individuals, their loved ones and allies held a Rally For Reform event on Tuesday, calling on the Legislature to prioritize several criminal justice reform packages that have been untouched for months — which has shaken their trust in Michigan’s Democratic leadership. Michigan lawmakers have sponsored criminal justice reform bills, but those who hold […]
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Criminal justice reform advocates pan Democrats over stalled reform bills

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The HD Post

CALIFORNIA – California Assembly members voiced concerns, May 14, over a proposed 47 cent gas increase in 2025 and annual increases, to the California Air Resources Board (CARB).

Assembly members voice concerns over proposed 47 cent per gallon gas increase in 2025

Missouri State

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CJ Coombs

The first time my family walked into a Ponderosa Steakhouse was in the late 1960s. It was new and the experience was great. Like other new restaurants, if the management doesn't stay on top, the quality of service can decline. The location we went to did change through the years, but in the beginning, it was great.

The 1960s: the Ponderosa and Bonanza Steakhouses are still around in some states

Georgia State

The Current GA

People held in Georgia immigrant detention centers will soon face new challenges in their search for lawyers to represent them in immigration court, a development that will likely doom many people’s chances of fighting deportation.

For migrants in Georgia, fighting deportation will become harder. Here’s why.

NewsOne

The monument depicts an enslaved Black woman known as a "mammy."
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192 House Republicans Voted To Restore A Confederate Monument Depicting White Soldiers And Black ‘Mammies’

Denver, CO

David Heitz

The mother of a Denver homeless man told the City Council Monday that city-sponsored services have failed her son. Barbara Hallick Yeomans made her remarks during public comment period of the City Council meeting. She said her son grapples with substance abuse and mental illness and repeatedly has been harassed by police. She said her son also suffered verbal abuse by a guard in the Denver County Jail. Yeomans said she heard the guard harassing her son over the phone.

Mother says Denver homeless services have failed her son

Arms Unlimited accused of selling and shipping large-capacity magazines to New Jersey, violating state laws. The state takes action against Arms Unlimited for allegedly violating local gun control laws.

NJ Sues Arms Unlimited for Illegal Sale of High-Capacity Magazines

Newark, NJ

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

The City and County of Denver likely will pay $500,000 next week to settle lawsuits against the police and sheriff’s departments. The City Council will vote Monday on two settlements. The first, stemming from a lawsuit filed against the police department in U.S. District Court, case 2023 CV00750-RM-JPO, is for $100,000. The second settlement is for $400,000 to be paid to Scott Peters and stems from a prisoner’s civil rights allegedly being violated, according to Justia. According to Justia, the lawsuit lists as defendants the City and County of Denver, Daniel Rodriguez, John Doe 1, John Doe 2, John Doe 3-12, Mohammed Mohammed, Michael Fitzmaurice, James Casias, Billie Humbles, Daniel Trujillo, Ian Schiffhauer, Michael Bennett, Cherif Sarr and Noreen Roberson. Additional information was not available Thursday.

Denver to pay $500,000 in lawsuit settlements against police, sheriff departments

Colorado State

The Finance and Governance Committee of the Denver City Council voted Tuesday to ask voters whether the U.S. citizenship requirement for police and firefighters should be dropped.

Committee OKs removing citizenship requirement for police, firefighters in Denver

The Hill

House Republicans on Tuesday unveiled a bill to fund the departments of Commerce and Justice, as well as science agencies, for fiscal 2025, legislation that is poised to be at the center of one of the most contentious spending battles this year. Conservative Republicans in the lower chamber have zeroed in on the commerce, justice…

House GOP unveils DOJ funding bill after promising crackdown on ‘weaponization’

CBS Sacramento

The California Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Gov. Gavin Newsom and removed a measure from the November ballot that would have made it harder to raise taxes, saying the change would have upended the way government works.The measure would have required voters to approve any tax increase passed by the state Legislature. It also would have required all local tax increases to be approved by two-thirds of voters instead of a simple majority vote. The biggest impact, however, was that the measure threatened to retroactively reverse most tax increases approved since Jan. 1, 2022. Local governments warned they would...

California Supreme Court axes ballot measure that would make it harder to raise taxes

Oregon State

The court also upholds ban on sleeping outdoors in homeless case. As this U.S. Supreme Court session nears its end, the justices have been delivering several long-awaited decisions. On Friday, in a 6 – 3 vote, the court reduced the power of federal agencies and regulators after overturning a decades-long precedent known as the Chevron doctrine, which permits agencies to enact protection rules; for example, the Environmental Protection Agency enacting environmental protections.

US Supreme Court curbs power of federal agencies

NEWARK, N.J. — Thomas Manzo, the ex-husband of a star from Bravo's "The Real Housewives of New Jersey," was convicted today of planning an assault on his ex-wife’s current husband in exchange for a lavish wedding reception, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. The 59-year-old Franklin Lakes resident was found guilty after a two-and-a-half-week trial before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton in Newark federal court.

Real Housewives Star's Ex Convicted of Violent Assault

(The Center Square) – The U.S. House of Representatives laid out a plan to prioritize funding border security and cut programs Republicans argue facilitate illegal immigration and national security threats when debating HR 8752, The Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2025. House Republicans also passed an amendment to the bill...

House Republicans prioritize funding border security, defunding Mayorkas’ salary

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Democrats rush spending bill, clear path for record-high budget

Democrats who control the Legislature introduced a budget and then rushed it through committees late Wednesday, signing off on a record $56.6 billion spending bill backed...

Democrats rush spending bill, clear path for record-high budget

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