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Kansas lawmakers scrap tax cut plan after deal between Dem governor and GOP leaders

A bipartisan group of Kansas rank-and-file lawmakers on Thursday halted a tax cut plan with Republicans defying Republican leaders and Democrats ignoring personal appeals from the state’s Democratic governor. The state Legislature rejected a plan to cut taxes by about $1.4 billion over the next three years. It grew out of an agreement between Gov. […]

Augusta National Women’s Amateur: Anna Davis misses cut via slow-play penalty

Eighteen-year-old Anna Davis missed out on the Augusta National Women’s Amateur for the second year in a row due to an unfortunate ruling. Davis, now a freshman at Auburn University, missed the cut by one stroke after receiving a slow play penalty on the 17th hole Thursday. On a wild day at Champions Retreat, Davis […]

Blinken airs threat to cut support for Israel in watershed moment for conflict

Secretary of State Antony Blinken aired a public threat to withdraw American support for Israel unless Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu complies with U.S. demands for “a series of specific, concrete, and measurable steps” to mitigate humanitarian suffering and civilian casualties. “If we don’t see the changes that we need to see, there’ll be changes […]

Fed official rules out May rate cut

Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester said Tuesday that she is unlikely to support a rate cut at the Fed’s May meeting. Mester, who is currently a voting member of the central bank’s rate-setting committee, said there is enough data by the Fed’s next meeting to determine that inflation is firmly on the way down toward […]

Dollar ascendant as Fed cut bets pared, jawboning props up yen – Investing.com

Written by Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar hovered near a 4-1/2-month high against major peers on Tuesday, as traders scrambled to push back on bets on the Federal Reserve’s first rate cut this year. It has changed. The dollar held near six-week highs hit on Monday against the euro and pound after […]

Best cities for Gen Z workers revealed — did yours make the cut?

They should stay away from big cities and be quiet. New research identifies the best locations for Gen Z workers. These regions mainly have two characteristics. There are no people and it’s cold. Report from Background check company Checkr We’ve found that many small population centers in the frigid regions of the Midwest and Great […]

Georgia woman kidnapped, burned, cut in attack as she was leaving work

A Georgia woman was kidnapped, burned and slashed by assailants as she was leaving work, according to her family. The victim’s family told DeKalb County police that the woman, in her 60s, was attacked Wednesday as she was leaving work at an accounting firm on Montreal Avenue in Tucker, WXIA reported. The exact time the […]

Wisconsin Gov. Evers vetoes $3B tax cut, DEI crackdowns, other GOP-backed bills

Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed 41 bills Friday, including a $3 billion tax cut, a pledge of political loyalty in higher education and a proposed wolf hunt. Evers is in his second term as a Democrat, governing alongside a Republican-controlled Legislature, and has vetoed more bills than any governor in Wisconsin history. Evers approved […]