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House appropriators OK cuts to Interior, EPA, other agencies
E&E News
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July 15, 2025
House Appropriations subcommittees approved three fiscal 2026 bills Tuesday with significant cuts to energy, environment and climate initiatives. The House Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee passed its bill on a party-line 8-5...
Block granting federal education funds comes with trade-offs
The Brookings Institution
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Toggle section navigation Sections Print President Trump, Project 2025, and red state governors are calling for turning federal programs into block grants to school districts as a critical part of their reform proposals—but many of these programs...
House and Senate Now at Odds Over Spending Cuts Bill
Red State
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July 15, 2025
The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. The One Big, Beautiful Bill - the OBBB - was only one step in what looks to be a long slog towards (we hope) setting the federal...
AG sues Trump over freezing $6.8B in education grants
Coastal Point
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Attorney General, State of Delaware Coastal Point • Submitted Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings on Monday, July 14, joined a coalition of 25 states in suing the Trump administration over what they called “its unconstitutional, unlawful and...
GOP Wrecking Ball Slams Through Medical System
The American Prospect
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July 15, 2025
Patients and medical centers are already feeling the pain as several provisions in the GOP’s deadly spending law take immediate effect, either as required or in practice. Hospitals are closing or actively considering doing so, cutting programs,...
EMS reports Q2 runs; commissioners approve jail body scanner
Record Herald - Ohio
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July 15, 2025
WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio – Fayette County Commissioners met Monday, hearing a quarterly report from the Fayette County EMS District and approving the purchase of a new body scanner for the county jail. Rod List, Director of the Fayette County...
Consider the lobster: A crustacean's voyage through Donald Trump's trade chaos
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 15, 2025
Cognitive dissonance is now part — particularly for Australia — of just being in the world. For evidence, it's not necessary to peer very far back into history. Yesterday will do. Consider the epic weirdness of the diplomatic task yesterday...
Congressional Lawmakers Approve Bill To Block Justice Department From Rescheduling Marijuana
Marijuana Moment
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July 15, 2025
A congressional committee has approved a spending bill that contains provisions to block the Justice Department from rescheduling marijuana. The legislation would also maintain a separate longstanding rider protecting state medical cannabis...
Rep. Andy Barr Wants to Turn Off Taxpayer Money Tap for Schools That Defy Trump’s EO on Women’s Sports
The Daily Signal - Washington D.C.
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July 15, 2025
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Republican Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr will introduce legislation that requires schools and higher education institutions to “ensure biological fairness” in women’s sports as a condition of receiving federal funding, the...
Missouri voters have decided 420 statewide ballot measures since 1908
Ballotpedia
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July 15, 2025
Ballotpedia has completed an inventory of all Missouri ballot measures since 1908. Between 1908 and 2024, Missouri voters decided 420 ballot measures. Of these, 195 (46.4%) were approved, and 225 (53.6%) were defeated. In Missouri, measures can be...
Not 1, but 2 loon chicks hatch on Albany’s Songo Pond
The Bethel Citizen - Maine
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July 15, 2025
ALBANY TOWNSHIP — What started as anticipation for the birth of just the second loon chick to hatch on Songo Pond in the past 40 years turned into double the excitement this past weekend when two chicks arrived. Last week, loon advocate Bill Lowe...
Annabelle doll handler Dan Rivera dies while touring US with toy
The Independent
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July 16, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Raising Alarm About a Consolidation of Power, Delegates Reject Bylaw Change
United Church of Christ - Ohio
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July 15, 2025
With speakers raising the alarm about a consolidation of power, voters at the 35th General Synod rejected a proposed revision to the UCC Constitution and Bylaws which would have changed the Associate General Minister positions from being elected...
Senate Appropriators Reject Trump’s NSF Cuts
Inside Higher Ed
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Sen. Jerry Moran, Republican of Kansas, proposed sending $9 billion to the National Science Foundation. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Signs that Congress intends to push back on the Trump administration’s wholesale slashing of federal budgets emerged...
Paranormal investigator, Annabelle doll handler, Dan Rivera, dies while on tour with doll
B98.5 - Georgia
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July 15, 2025
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — One of the people charged with handling the Annabelle doll, the real-life haunted toy made famous by “The Conjuring” movie series, has died. Dan Rivera was on tour in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, with the cursed doll at the time of...
Mercy's Dr. Rebecca Cerrato Recognized with American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society's 2025 Women's Leadership Award
Newswise
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July 15, 2025
Newswise — (Baltimore, MD – July 15, 2025) -- Rebecca A. Cerrato, M.D., FAAOS, board certified orthopedic surgeon at The Institute for Foot and Ankle Reconstruction at Mercy Medical Center and Director of The Institute’s Fellowship Program, has...
‘Enough is enough’: Congressman wants to turn off taxpayer money tap for schools defying Trump on women’s sports
WorldNetDaily
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July 15, 2025
Republican Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr will introduce legislation that requires schools and higher education institutions to “ensure biological fairness” in women’s sports as a condition of receiving federal funding, the Daily Caller News Foundation...
Top youth innovators recognized in National 4-H Artificial Intelligence Challenge
Farm Forum - South Dakota
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AMES, Iowa – The National 4-H Artificial Intelligence Challenge has announced its 2025 national winners, recognizing extraordinary youth innovators using artificial intelligence to tackle real-world challenges. This first-of-its-kind competition...
New director of Colby institute raises conversation about AI
Morning Sentinel - Maine
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July 13, 2025
WATERVILLE — With the appointment of a top IBM executive to lead its Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Colby College — like other colleges and universities across Maine — is continuing to lean into the use of artificial intelligence in...
Herbal medicine meets modern medicine: A synergy shaping healthcareâs future
Natural News
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July 14, 2025
Integrating herbal therapies with conventional treatments can enhance health outcomes, particularly in cancer care. Specific herbs like oregano and turmeric synergize with antibiotics and chemotherapy, reducing drug side effects and improving...