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Utah delegation divided as Congress passes annual defense spending bill
Thursday, December 14th, 2023
via Deseret News (Utah)One senator and two reps supported the bill, while the other half of the delegation opposed the inclusion of a controversial government surveillance tool
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U.S. Rep. Gallagher: Congress should celebrate NDAA passage by staying in DC and passing defense approps
Thursday, December 14th, 2023
via WisPolitics.com (Wisconsin)WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation, secured major wins in the FY2024…
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What Republicans really want from colleges
Thursday, December 14th, 2023
via The Washington Post (Florida)The now famous Dec. 5 House hearing where three presidents of elite universities gave unsatisfactory answers to a barrage of questions about antisemitism on their campuses wasn't the only thing happening in the room that day.
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The House and Senate have approved an $886 billion defense bill. Here’s what’s in it
Thursday, December 14th, 2023
via The Buffalo News (New York)The bill would provide the largest raise for service members in more than two decades and temporarily extend a controversial surveillance program. It also includes multiple measures aimed at 'ending…
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Johnson Advances Key Louisiana Defense Priorities in FY24 NDAA
Thursday, December 14th, 2023
via Bossier Press Tribune (Louisiana)U.S. Representative Mike Johnson Uni
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New defense budget ‘huge’ for Alabama and blocks Space Command move
Thursday, December 14th, 2023
via al.com (Alabama)Alabama congressional representatives are praising a federal defense budget sent to President Biden that provides money for Alabama military installations and blocks the move of SPACECOM headquarters…
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Shipbuilding, bombers, military pay raise: Congress sends massive defense bill to Biden – Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Thursday, December 14th, 2023
via Pennsylvania Capital-Star (Pennsylvania)WASHINGTON — The massive annual defense policy package cleared Congress ahead of the holiday recess, despite protests about attaching a foreign surveillance extension and criticism that the bill did…
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House sends annual defense policy bill to Biden’s desk
Thursday, December 14th, 2023
via KXAN (Texas)The House on Thursday passed the annual defense authorization bill, sending the $886 billion Pentagon policy and funding package to President Biden's desk. The vote was 310-118, with 45 Democrats a…
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House conservatives mount last-ditch push to sink defense authorization bill
Thursday, December 14th, 2023
via The Kansas City Star (Missouri)Hard-line conservative Republicans in the House are mounting a last-ditch effort against the annual defense authorization bill that is set for a final vote this week. They object to its exclusion of culture war measures and inclusion of a short-term extension of controversial warrantless surveillance powers in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). 'To be...
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CT adding $33 million for housing developments in six communities. These are the projects.
Thursday, December 14th, 2023
via Hartford Courant (Connecticut)The agencies noted that the 'total development cost' for the six housing developments is $135 million.
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Senate passes mammoth annual defense policy bill
Thursday, December 14th, 2023
via The Kansas City Star (Missouri)The Senate on Wednesday passed the annual defense policy bill, a compromise $886 billion package that lays out how the Pentagon will be funded through the next fiscal year. The vote to approve the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)was 87-13. House lawmakers will next take up the legislation. The bill faces resistance in the...
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5 NDAA topics causing a stir as defense bill heads toward final vote
Wednesday, December 13th, 2023
via The Kansas City Star (Missouri)Republicans have agreed to strip several partisan culture war provisions from the annual defense spending bill, but there are still a handful of fights on the horizon as negotiations near the finish line. Congressional negotiators last week came to a compromise on the behemoth National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), an $886 billion measure for fiscal 2024 that includes a...
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Bill Ackman’s Campaign Against Harvard Followed Years of Resentment
Tuesday, December 12th, 2023
via The New York Times (Pennsylvania)The billionaire investor has mounted a high-profile battle against Harvard president Claudine Gay over antisemitism and threats to Jewish students on campus, but long-held personal grudges play a…
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The 2023 Responsible 100
Monday, December 11th, 2023
via City & State NY (New York)A selection of selfless New Yorkers serving the common good.
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Move to repeal ‘educational equity’ rule driven by ‘culture wars,’ USBE member says
Monday, December 11th, 2023
via The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)Utah State Board of Education member Sarah Reale called the move to repeal an administrative rule that ensures educational equity for all students 'frustrating and irresponsible.'
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Ohio cases mentioned in national study of ‘discriminatory censorship laws’
Monday, December 11th, 2023
via Ohio Capital Journal (Ohio)A national review of laws that seek to regulate school discussions on things like racism and gender identity included Ohio cases as part of its discrediting of such laws.
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Conservatives called her artwork ‘obscene.’ She’s back in Florida for more.
Saturday, December 9th, 2023
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)MIAMI BEACH — Very few visual artists have been the subject of a Supreme Court case. Karen Finley, 67, is one of them. A member of the so-called NEA Four, Finley — along with Tim Miller, John Fleck…
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Ethics board charges ex-LSU professor with unlawful lobbying, alleges affair with graduate assistant
Saturday, December 9th, 2023
via The Advocate (Louisiana)A former LSU professor is being accused of having an extramarital affair with his graduate assistant and using them to lobby for the Louisiana Legislature to pass laws criticizing critical
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UMN implementing race-neutral admission policy in accordance with Supreme Court ruling
Friday, December 8th, 2023
via Minnesota Daily (Minnesota)After the U.S. Supreme Court decision rejected this summer race-conscious admissions at colleges and universities reversing decades of precedent, the University of Minnesota is taking the first step…
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