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Insurance industry crime-scoring can raise costs on local business
The building was boarded up and looked vacant except for one detail: Someone had pulled back the plywood just enough to sneak in.
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Six months after Borel Fire, recovery still seems a long way off
It’s been six months since the Borel Fire destroyed the town of Havilah and displaced dozens of households, and while recovery efforts are moving forward, some residents feel like they’ve been forgotten.
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Request to display 10 Commandments
The county board of education has no jurisdiction over any of the school districts in Kern County and those districts are governed by their own elected trustees.
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DeWine to Appoint Husted to Vance Senate Seat
Ohio’s Governor Mike DeWine has announced that Jon Husted, the state’s lieutenant governor, will fill the vacant seat created by J.D. Vance’s elevation to the vice presidency. Vance resigned his senate seat on January 10, so the appointment increases the Republican advantage in the Senate to 53–47. It is my honor to accept the appointment…
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Justices take up Maryland parents’ challenge to LGBTQ books in schools
Share The Supreme Court will decide whether a group of Maryland parents can opt to have their children exempted from LGBTQ-themed storybooks. The justices on Friday afternoon granted Mahmoud v. Taylor, in which a coalition of parents from Montgomery County, Md., contend that requiring their children to participate in instruction that violates their religious beliefs…
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Trial postponed to August for man charged with murder of Larry Hallum
Trial was postponed to August for the man charged with murder in the death of beloved Arvin High School educator Larry Hallum.
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Supreme Court Approves TikTok Ban
The Supreme Court released on Friday its ruling on the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, popularly known as the TikTok ban. In a per curiam decision, the court ruled that the ban was not a violation of the First Amendment, which would require TikTok parent company ByteDance Ltd. to divest from the…
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Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban
Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously upheld a federal law that will require TikTok to shut down in the United States unless its Chinese parent company can sell off the U.S. company by Jan. 19. In an unsigned opinion, the justices acknowledged that, “for more than 170 million Americans,” the social media giant “offers…
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The morning read for Friday, Jan. 17
Share We are expecting one or more opinions from the court this morning at 10 a.m. EST. Join us for our live blog. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Supreme Court Could Rule On TikTok Ban Today—What To Know…
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Just Say No to Nuclear War
Uncategorized Just Say No to Nuclear War There are Bismarckian solutions available to the two great perils of our time. Credit: Ssgt Phil Schmitten On January 20, 2025, the United States will get a new president and administration that is anti-war, especially nuclear war. If that seems like a well, duh! statement, it’s not. For…