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Public transit carried 33 percent fewer riders in March 2021 than in March 2020 and 59 percent fewer than in March 2019, according to data published...

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Shapiro: Biden Sets Everything on Fire

Ben Shapiro - May 11, 2021 0

By Ben Shapiro Joe Biden is the luckiest man ever to assume the presidency. He succeeded an unpopular figure. He was inaugurated just two weeks after...

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Stossel: Heroes Act Is More Welfare for the Rich

John Stossel - May 11, 2021 0

Congress passed the $2.2 trillion Heroes Act. House Democrats said it gives money to "governments who desperately need funds." But it also gives lots of money...

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Ninety-Eight Percent of the Way There: Trump’s Super V-Shaped Recovery

Stephen Moore - May 10, 2021 0

The U.S. economy peaked in late 2019 at $21 trillion. We are now, remarkably, 98% back to where we were before the terrible COVID-19...

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Rhode Island Senate Will Consider Minimum Wage Hikes

Samantha Fillmore - May 10, 2021 0

Following the financial roller coaster that was 2020, many state legislatures are beginning sessions reeling from budget deficits due to lost tax revenue courtesy...

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Rhode Island House Considering Bills to Increase Minimum Wage

Samantha Fillmore - May 10, 2021 0

Like most state legislatures, Rhode Island has spent substantial time in 2021 focused on economic concerns after a tumultuous 2020. Lawmakers in the Ocean State...

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Michigan House Approves Plan to Protect Whistleblowers

Heartland Author - May 10, 2021 0

By Scott McClallen (The Center Square) – The Michigan House Wednesday approved a plan to bolster government accountability by protecting state employees who blow the...

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States, Political Parties Draw Battle Lines over Taxpayer Funding of Critical Race Theory

Heartland Author - May 10, 2021 0

By Casey Harper A grassroots group of conservatives and Republican state leaders is pushing back after the Biden administration tied federal education funding to adopting...

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Employment Lags Rest of Economy Due to Government Unemployment Bonus

Robert Genetski - May 7, 2021 0

Today's employment numbers show jobs growing at only about a 2 percent annual rate. While most measures of the economy are booming, jobs are...

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Maine Republicans Push for Tax Breaks in Budget Talks

Heartland Author - May 7, 2021 0

By Christian Wade (The Center Square) – After being largely bypassed by Democrats in the state's two-year budget process, Republican lawmakers are pressing for tax...

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Pritzker Refuses to Commit to a Date to Lift Restrictions

Heartland Author - May 7, 2021 0

By Kevin Bessler (The Center Square) – Illinois will continue with public gathering restrictions in place for the immediate future. On Monday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker was...

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Ohio Senators Propose Sports Betting Legislation

Heartland Author - May 7, 2021 0

By J.D. Davidson (The Center Square) – Saying it’s going to be highly regulated and an economic development opportunity, four Ohio state senators unveiled legislation...

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Eileen Griffin - May 7, 2021 0

Eileen Griffin covers the biggest stories from this week in the Heartland Daily News. https://youtu.be/RwTCorg8wGU References stories: U.S. Economy: Explosive Increase in Incomes and Spending Is Very...

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Teaching Critical Race Theory to End in Arkansas Agencies Without Governor’s Signature

Heartland Author - May 6, 2021 0

Republican Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson allowed legislation to become law without his signature Monday that ends the use of critical race theory education for...

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