California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced proposed revisions to the state’s 2023–24 fiscal budget on May 12 during a press conference at the state Capitol, with an additional $9 billion deficit added to prior estimates. Uncertainty was a key talking point during the governor’s remarks, with inflation, rising interest rates, financial market jitters, and delayed tax…
California Deficit Expands to $31.5 Billion, Newsom Proposes Broad Spending Cuts in Revised Budget
May 12, 2023
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IN-DEPTH: Thousands of Migrants Released Into Southern California as Title 42 Expires
May 12, 2023
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SAN DIEGO AND TIJUANA, CALIF.—With tens of thousands of illegal aliens expected to rush the U.S.–Mexico border in San Diego on May 12 after the Biden’s administration’s planned expiration of public health restrictions on immigration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are bracing for chaos. Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, a…
‘Congestion Pricing’ To Toll Drivers Moves Closer to Reality In New York
May 12, 2023
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New York City may start charging drivers traveling below Midtown Manhattan extra fees for congestion as early as April 2024. After years of heated debate, the NYC congestion pricing plan is expected to get final approval from the federal government next month. Urban commuter fees have been a pet project for environmentalists, urban planners and…
[ATL:NOW] Texican Standoff: Border Surge Paused at Rio Grande by Texas Law Enforcement After Title 42 Ends—Todd Bensman
May 12, 2023
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Reporter Todd Bensman is one of the few journalists at America’s southern border in Texas, covering the mass migration crisis that has worsened since the lifting of Title 42—a Trump-era policy allowing U.S. authorities to swiftly expel illegal immigrants. “You cannot find a single Border Patrol agent anywhere in sight. They are pulled off of…
[PREMIERING 7:30 PM ET] Texican Standoff: Border Surge Paused at Rio Grande by Texas Law Enforcement After Title 42 Ends—Todd Bensman
May 12, 2023
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Reporter Todd Bensman is one of the few journalists at America’s southern border in Texas, covering the mass migration crisis that has worsened since the lifting of Title 42—a Trump-era policy allowing U.S. authorities to swiftly expel illegal immigrants. “You cannot find a single Border Patrol agent anywhere in sight. They are pulled off of…
IN-DEPTH: Iowa Supreme Court Will Likely Hear Challenge to Land Surveys on Private Property
May 12, 2023
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An Iowa Judge recently ruled in a Clay County case that a state law regarding access to private property for land surveys is unconstitutional. Another judge in a similar Hardin County case determined on May 10 that the same law is constitutional. Brian Jorde, managing lawyer at Domina Law Group in Omaha, Nebraska, who represents…
Louisiana’s Biggest Hospital System Lays Off 770 People
May 12, 2023
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Louisiana’s largest hospital system and one of its largest private employers, Ochsner Health, plans on laying off 770 employees. The job cuts will affect 42 hospitals and more than 200 urgent care and health centers in Louisiana and Mississippi. Ochsner CEO Pete November wrote in a May 11 email to employees (pdf) that the cutbacks would not affect doctors, nurses,…
Prices up 17 Percent in California Since 2020, Inflation Impacting Consumers
May 11, 2023
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California has experienced one of the highest levels of inflation in the nation since 2020, with prices jumping 17 percent on average, according to a recent report from the state’s Legislative Analysts’ Office. “It’s been worse for us than the numbers suggest,” California Bay Area resident Lisa Jackson told The Epoch Times. “Everything I have…
IN-DEPTH: What Happens to Unaccompanied Minors Who Illegally Enter the US
May 11, 2023
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With thousands of people entering the United States illegally, every town is a potential border town faced with absorbing large influxes of illegal immigrants who will need food, shelter, clothing, and money. Some are bused to large cities far from the border, some have been flown—often in the middle of the night—to a myriad of…
Arizona County Sheriff Expecting Surge in Human Smuggling, Drug Trafficking With End of Title 42
May 10, 2023
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FLORENCE, Ariz.—A southern Arizona county sheriff said he expects illegal U.S.-Mexico border crossings, drug, and human smuggling to increase “exponentially” following the end of Title 42. “While there is certainly an influx of people, this has been a disaster for a while,” Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb said in an interview with The Epoch Times…
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