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Month: February 2023

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Merkley, colleagues introduce bipartisan bill to address shortage of affordable child care

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) joined Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) in introducing the bipartisan Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act. Here’s the news release announcing the legislation: Families across the country are struggling to access available child care, with rural communities increasingly becoming “child care deserts” due to the noticeable

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Polish leader asks court to vet bill that’s key for EU aid

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s President Andrzej Duda says he is sending a controversial new law on judicial accountability for constitutional review instead of rejecting it, because it could help unfreeze billions in European Union funds earmarked for Poland. Brussels has suspended payment of the pandemic recovery funds to Warsaw saying the government’s policies of

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Polish leader asks court to vet bill that’s key for EU aid

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s President Andrzej Duda says he is sending a controversial new law on judicial accountability for constitutional review instead of rejecting it, because it could help unfreeze billions in European Union funds earmarked for Poland. Brussels has suspended payment of the pandemic recovery funds to Warsaw saying the government’s policies of

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‘They really pulled it off’: Houston victims of national nursing diploma scheme share their story

By Courtney Carpenter Click here for updates on this story     HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Two Houston-area women are trying to figure out their next move after recently learning the nursing diplomas they’ve been working towards are bogus. Twenty-five people, including four from Harris County, have been charged for their alleged part in a scheme that

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Biden says shoot down of ‘high-altitude object’ over Alaska was a ‘success’

By Maegan Vazquez, Betsy Klein, Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN President Joe Biden told CNN that the shoot down a “high-altitude object” hovering over Alaska on Friday “was a success,” shortly after American national security officials disclosed that the commander-in-chief gave the US military approval to take the action. The announcement — marking the

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