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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An advisory council hand-picked by California Gov. Gavin Newsom has recommended that the governor slash by at least a third the cost of a $360 million project to remake the San Quentin State Prison and use the saved money to improve living conditions at the facility. The Democratic governor last year [...]
The Biden administration earlier this week enacted a new labor rule that aims to prevent the misclassification of workers as “independent contractors,” a step that could bolster both legal protections and compensation for millions in the nation’s workforce. The Labor Department rule, which the administration proposed 15 months ago, replaces a scrapped Trump-era standard that [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders have reached an agreement on overall spending levels for the current fiscal year that could help avoid a partial government shutdown later this month. The agreement largely hews to spending caps for defense and domestic programs that Congress set as part of a bill to suspend the debt limit until [...]
EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — Daniel Bermudez's family had fled Venezuela and was headed to the United States to seek asylum when the freight train they were riding through Mexico was stopped by immigration officials. His wife tried to explain that her family had permission to go to the U.S. Instead, they flew her to [...]
LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. (AP) — Five years ago, Alexis Llanos and his family fled Venezuela for Colombia, escaping death threats and political persecution. The family then planned to make the dangerous and deadly journey north, through the Darien jungle leading through Panama, with hopes of eventually crossing illegally into the United States. Their plans changed [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government's gross national debt has surpassed $34 trillion, a record high that foreshadows the coming political and economic challenges to improve America's balance sheet in the coming years. The U.S. Treasury Department earlier this week issued a report logging the nation’s finances, which have become a source of tension in [...]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The tiny Aliquippa water authority in western Pennsylvania was perhaps the least-suspecting victim of an international cyberattack. It had never had outside help in protecting its systems from a cyberattack, either at its existing plant that dates to the 1930s or the new $18.5 million one it is building. Then it [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — In this time of war overseas, more Americans think foreign policy should be a top focus for the federal government in 2024, with a new poll showing international concerns and immigration rising in importance with the public. About 4 in 10 American adults named foreign policy topics in an open-ended question that [...]
EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — Before settling in New York City like thousands of other migrants last year, Abdoul, a 32-year-old from West Africa, took an unexpected detour: Weeks in a remote Texas jail on local trespassing charges after crossing the United States-Mexico border. "I spent a lot of hours without sleeping, sitting on the [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is handing Louisiana regulators new power to attract and approve carbon capture projects at a time when the state’s influential energy sector wants to make the Gulf Coast a hub for the rapidly expanding industry. Louisiana will be able to issue permits for wells that store carbon dioxide, a [...]