Republican state Sen. Sally Turner reflects on the late night budget, a pause on gas sales tax, property tax relief, regulating data centers and a pause in data center tax credits.
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The French pianists celebrate more than a half century of recording together with a triple-disc set containing many brand new recordings.
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In June female Hummingbirds are incubating eggs, and they will still visit feeders, but overall activity will slow a bit since their energy needs aren't as high. As babies grow, activity rises again in mid-late July. Visit Wild Birds Unlimited for more info.
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Spielberg's new thriller centers on a massive U.S. conspiracy to hide the fact that aliens have been visiting Earth for decades. If anything, though, the movie's pleasures feel more retro than timely.
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It's camp. It's drag. A Stormaganza is coming and the Glamazonian Express is in trouble!
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Hockney moved from London to Southern California in the 1960s and was an innovative painter, photographer, stage designer and printmaker.
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Pope Leo XIV visited the Canary Islands on Thursday, where he issued a forceful defense of migrants.
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This week, Knicks fans had a big win after a big loss; fans of inflation were delighted and World Cup fans went broke. How will quiz fans fare?
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Moira Brown, perhaps the oldest of Scotland's Tartan Army of soccer fans, will be in Boston when Scotland's team plays against Haiti on June 13. "I'm the luckiest person in this world," she says.
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For decades, immigrants who are legal permanent residents in the U.S. could get loans through the Small Business Administration, a core pillar of small-business lending. Not anymore.
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Are smartphones causing people to have fewer children? A provocative new working paper explores the persistent drop in birth rates since the iPhone was introduced nearly two decades ago.
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Trump's Department of Justice is seeking patient files that include the names of young people who have been treated in transgender clinics, as well as hospital staff who have provided care.
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FIFA has introduced several changes to the laws of soccer for the World Cup. These include efforts to eliminate time-wasting and to ensure potentially game-changing officiating mistakes are corrected.
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