Atlanta to spend an additional $4M on employee salaries in 2024 December 30, 2023 07:02 AM (The Center Square) — Employees of Georgia’s largest city have received a late Christmas gift. Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said the city would allocate another $4 million for employee salaries in 2024. The increase boosts a previously approved cost
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How DeSantis could use Civil War controversy to hit Haley on abortion December 30, 2023 07:00 AM Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and his supporters haven’t been shy about hitting former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley on her failure to mention slavery as a cause of the Civil War. DeSantis’s own stab at explaining the Civil War
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Why 14th Amendment effort to oust Trump could backfire on Democrats December 30, 2023 07:00 AM Donald Trump is facing more issues in court — and once again, it may help him win with GOP voters. The former president has, for now, been removed from election ballots in Colorado and Maine over concerns that he
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North Dakota continues its record-setting population growth December 30, 2023 07:00 AM (The Center Square) – North Dakota topped its record-setting 2022 population estimate growing to 783,926 residents, 5014 more than the last count, according to the latest report by the U.S. Census Bureau. The forecast covers July 2022 to July 2023. The report disclosed
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The millennial internet first died in 2015. I remember the day exactly because I was one of seven staffers, in addition to many more permalancers, at Gawker Media who were laid off as part of a company-wide restructuring. I received a message on Slack, was asked to join a meeting in a nearby conference room
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Most Q&As bore us—stiff, formal things full of pleasantries and PR. Pablum! So this year, we launched the Big Interview: conversations done our way. They’re drinks with the one person you wish you could get drinks with. (Metaphorically speaking, of course—though, well, alcohol may have been involved in one or two.) Some are tech CEOs;
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Social Security update: First round of January payments worth $4,873 goes out in 11 days December 30, 2023 06:30 AM The first group of retired seniors will receive the first Social Security payments of the new year, worth up to $4,873 for top earners who retire at 70, in 11 days. Retirees born between the
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California takes the gold medal for state more people left than anywhere else in 2023 December 30, 2023 06:30 AM More people fled California than any other state in 2023 as the great exodus from northern cities to southern states continued post-pandemic. Fueled by a desire for a lower cost of living and safer streets
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2024 Senate retirement watch: Bernie Sanders and Kyrsten Sinema December 30, 2023 06:00 AM Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) are the last remaining incumbents up for reelection this cycle who will enter 2024 without announcing if they plan to run. The Democrats control the Senate by a 51-49 margin. Republicans only have
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Social Security update: February direct payment worth $943 goes out in 33 days December 30, 2023 06:00 AM Millions of Supplemental Security Income recipients will receive their sole February payment, worth up to $943 for individual filers, in a little over one month. The payment will be the first of the 2024 calendar year and will be
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