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1 day ago | 
thecentersquare.com | Chris Wade
(The Center Square) — Northeast taxpayers continue to shoulder some of the highest state and local tax burdens in the nation, according to a new report. The report, released on Tuesday by the Washington, D.C.-based tax watchdog, said on average, New Yorkers paid $12,685 in combined state and local taxes in 2022, the most recent year the foundation studied.
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1 day ago | 
thecentersquare.com | Chris Wade
(The Center Square) — A bipartisan group of New York City councilors are asking the Trump administration to take the city to court over its "sanctuary" laws, alleging the restrictions are shielding "criminal aliens" from apprehension and putting the public at risk.
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2 days ago | 
caledonianrecord.com | Chris Wade
(The Center Square) — Northeast taxpayers continue to shoulder some of the highest state and local tax burdens in the nation, according to a new report. The report, released on Tuesday by the Washington, D.C.-based tax watchdog, said on average, New Yorkers paid $12,685 in combined state and local taxes in 2022, the most recent year the foundation studied. kA 5:ClQ=ECQm%92EVD E96 D64@?5\9:896DE E2I 3FC56? :? E96 ?2E:@? 27E6C E96 s:DEC:4E @7 r@=F>3:2[ H96C6 E2IA2J6CD D96==65 @FE 2?
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2 days ago | 
thecentersquare.com | Chris Wade
(The Center Square) — Backers of a Maine proposal to require photo identification to vote in elections have filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, alleging that the Democrat used "misleading" language for the ballot question.
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2 days ago | 
thecentersquare.com | Chris Wade
(The Center Square) — Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York's Democratic legislative leaders are being criticized for muscling through a $254 billion late state budget packed with controversial policy items that dramatically increases state spending.
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5 days ago | 
thecentersquare.com | Chris Wade
(The Center Square) — A group of Republican attorneys general are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Maine state Rep. Laurel Libby's lawsuit challenging her censure by Democrats for social media posts she made criticizing transgender athletes competing in girls' sports.
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5 days ago | 
thecentersquare.com | Chris Wade
(The Center Square) — Republican members of New York's congressional delegation are fuming over a House federal budget proposal that caps state and local tax deductions at $30,000, calling the plan "insulting" and saying they won't support it. House Republicans are hammering out a budget that calls for cutting $1.5 trillion in spending to help offset the cost of extending President Donald Trump's 2017 tax cuts.
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6 days ago | 
conwaydailysun.com | Chris Wade
(The Center Square) — A group of Republican attorneys general are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Maine state Rep. Laurel Libby's lawsuit challenging her censure by Democrats for social media posts she made criticizing transgender athletes competing in girls' sports.
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6 days ago | 
thecentersquare.com | Chris Wade
(The Center Square) — The Trump administration is praising Columbia University’s acting president for a “strong and resolute” response to a pro-Palestinian protest on campus Wednesday that resulted in more than 80 arrests. Demonstrators seized the school's library on Wednesday, chanting anti-Israeli slogans and hanging Palestinian flags and "global intifada" signs on the walls before the NYPD stormed the building, making dozens of arrests. Two school security guards were injured, authorities said.
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1 week ago | 
thecentersquare.com | Chris Wade
(The Center Square) — Maine has become the latest state to outlaw child marriage, a practice child welfare advocates say often involves coercing vulnerable young girls into unwanted unions. A bill approved by the state Legislature raising the legal wedding age from 17 to 18 became law Monday without Gov. Janet Mills' signature. The law will be enacted 90 days after the legislative session ends.
