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The budget proposes tax increases that will mostly target business, including a major sports betting tax hike.

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The budget proposes tax increases that will mostly target business, including a major sports betting tax hike.

Karamo, who refuses to leave her post, has sued former party leaders so she can get permission to sell the organization's headquarters.
Voters will be asked to decide on Proposition 1, which would give the state more control over billions in mental health funding.
“Our reliance on the UAW turned out to be we were the first truck plant to be shut down,” Farley said. “Our relationship has changed."
Alaskapox belongs to a family of brick-shaped viruses that can infect animals and humans and cause lesions, or pox, on the skin.
Ash Wednesday is not a fixed date. Its timing is tied to Easter Sunday, and for most Christians, Easter will fall on March 31 this year.
The Arlington left Port Arthur, Ontario, on April 30, 1940, before it sank in Lake Superior, taking its captain with it.
An official testified about the fake certificates during a hearing for 6 people accused of serving as false electors.
Critics have noted the campaign's welcoming and progressive messages seem at odds with some of its Christian funders.
The suspect's 7-year-old son remains hospitalized in critical condition Monday. It's unclear how the boy came to be shot.
Coach Kyle Shanahan doesn't have a Super Bowl title after San Francisco squandered two late leads and lost 25-22 in overtime to the Chiefs.
Usher was the ideal halftime performer: one with timeless, well-known hits, masterful choreography, and a devoted audience.
A young child with the woman was critically hurt and a man was wounded, police said.
It was only the second time a Super Bowl game has gone into overtime. The Chiefs are the first back-to-back Super Bowl champs since 2004.
Taylor Swift made the first big play of the Super Bowl, passing over the Pacific to make it from her tour in Japan Saturday to the Big Game.
The small plane attempted to make an emergency landing on Interstate 75, colliding with a vehicle and bringing traffic to a halt.
These lyrics — "We'll put a boot in your ass. It's the American way." — caught the mood after 9/11 and in politically fractured 2024.
Trump also is strongly favored in California, where the primary election concludes March 5.
Falling trees killed people. Rivers of mud inundated Bel-Air. This is how Southlanders faced unprecedented natural disasters this week.
President Joe Biden "willfully" retained and disclosed highly classified materials when he was a private citizen, but he won't be charged.