Tag: Top News
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Friday Federal Spending Watch: Money awarded to New Jersey health services, fire departments
The federal government continues to shower money on the Garden State. Here are some recent announcements.
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Federal expanded unemployment benefits end Sept. 4 in New Jersey
Expanded unemployment insurance (UI) benefits established under the federal CARES Act in March 2020, and renewed by the Continued Assistance Act in December 2020 and again by the American Rescue Plan in March, are expiring Sept. 4.
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Ohio lost 7,900 private sector jobs in February
The bad news could compound lawmakers’ budget decisions.
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Atlanta city council wants independent review of hiring practices
The Atlanta City Council wants an independent review of how personnel transactions were processed during the transition from former Mayor Kasim Reed’s administration to Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ administration.
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Watchdog.org: Maintaining Ohio’s roads is the key to economic viability, witnesses tell Senate hearing
Increasing the motor fuel tax to fund infrastructure projects across Ohio is a matter of economic development and necessary for the state to remain competitive, witnesses told state lawmakers Wednesday.
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Former Reed press secretary charged with violating the Georgia Open Records Act
The state of Georgia has charged the former press secretary for former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed with violating the Georgia Open Records Act.
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Busy polls, rain reported on election morning in Atlanta area
Election Day started with rain for much of Metro Atlanta, but so far the weather apparently has not dissuaded voters from casting ballots.
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Senate confirms Brett Kavanaugh to Supreme Court
The U.S. Senate today confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme following a contentious nomination fight.
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Susan Collins: Kavanaugh confirmation process looks ‘like a caricature of a gutter-level political campaign’
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, yesterday decried the confirmation process of Brett Kavanaugh as “so dysfunctional it looks more like a caricature of a gutter-level political campaign than a solemn occasion.”
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Kasim Reed’s former deputy chief of staff pleads guilty to accepting bribes
A former deputy chief of staff for former Mayor Kasim Reed has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes.