China skirts US efforts to stiff-arm CCP interference by bolstering state, local relations
China is skirting U.S. efforts to block its interference in areas ranging from trade to national security by cozying up with ...
Will Republicans Approve Quarter-Million Dollar Windfalls For Government Employees?
Some government employees don't pay into Social Security. Yet because of this, they can collect windfall Social Security benefits. Congress shouldn't let them.
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Time Is Running Out for State and Local Governments to Protect Pandemic Funds
Stakeholders are concerned that this is a real possibility. State and local governments received $350 billion to help them recover from pandemic impacts through the State and Local Fiscal Recovery ...
Millions of people may get expanded Social Security benefits. Who are they and how would it happen?
Nearly 3 million people could receive a boost in Social Security payments under legislation that's set for a final vote in ...
States, cities gear up to take lead on climate as Trump returns
States and municipalities are preparing to take the lead on climate action in a second Trump term as they brace for an ...
Illinois Policy1h
Voters near O’Hare take up unfunded state mandates
Voters in Leyden Township will be sounding off April 1 on state mandates made without state funding being provided. Unfunded ...
CRN2h
Trace3 Expands Government Reach With Zivaro Acquisition
Zivaro brings Trace3 a 200-plus Denver area team focused primarily on government and mission-critical infrastructure business ...
Election confidence flip-flop: Poll shows trust in state election officials increase among Utah GOP
A new Deseret News/Hinckley of Institute Politics poll found that trust in state election officials has fallen by 20 ...
Gov. Newsom declares state of emergency for bird flu in California
California Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency on Wednesday to address the rapid rise of the highly pathogenic ...
Florida Politics9h
Fiona McFarland wants politics out of child welfare and transparency introduced to AI
Rep. Fiona McFarland wants proper funding around child protection and an easier ability to identify artificial ...
California declares a state of emergency as a new severe bird flu case was discovered. What it means for the rest of the country
On the same day that the first severe case of the avian virus in the U.S. was disclosed in Louisiana, halfway across the ...
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Public employees often must disclose outside income and gifts to the public. Why aren’t top LA homelessness officials?
Out of hundreds of employees at the L.A. Homeless Services Authority, only the CEO currently files state-mandated disclosure forms meant to flag potential conflicts of interest, according to an LAist ...