Tag: Policies & Impacts

IN-DEPTH: America’s Nurses are Burnt Out and Ready to Quit—Hospitals Nationwide Brace for Shortages

April 20, 2023
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Jay Cuesta grew up planning to go to medical school. Then, in 2000, his premature infant died at just two weeks old, and Cuesta’s vision for the future was realigned. Cuesta told The Epoch Times that nurses were beside him and his wife throughout their ordeal. Nurses were beside them when the child they knew…

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Why Colorado is Topping the Charts in Violent Crime

April 20, 2023
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Rep. Gabe Evans isn’t a career politician. Before being elected to his first term as a Colorado State representative on Nov. 8, 2022, Evans served 12 years in the U.S. Army and Colorado Army National Guard, and 10 years as an Arvada, Colorado, police officer, sergeant, and lieutenant. As such, Evans has extensive experience in…

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California Bill Considering Release for Murderers Sentenced to Death Advances

April 20, 2023
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California legislators will continue to consider a bill that allows for the potential release of former death-row inmates convicted of murder, after it passed its first hurdle in the Senate Public Safety Committee April 11 on a 4–1 vote. Authored by state Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose), and co-authored by a list of Democratic senators,…

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Manchin Presses Energy Secretary Over Changes to EV Tax Credit Policy

April 20, 2023
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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) grilled Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Thursday over the Biden administration’s “liberalization” of the electric vehicle (EV) tax credit embedded in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Manchin, who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, warned Granholm at a hearing that the administration’s lax interpretation of the IRA would “bust…

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Biden Administration Unveils Forest Conservation Program to Tackle Climate Change

April 20, 2023
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The Biden administration has announced steps toward fostering forest conservation and enhancing forest resilience to climate change. In a press release on April 20, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior (DOI) announced a program designed to achieve those goals on federally managed lands administered by the Forest Service and the…

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Sen. Rand Paul Says Key to Reducing Government Waste Is Congressional Will to Cut Spending

April 20, 2023
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is glad the Government Accountability Office publishes its High Risk List of agencies and programs that need reform. But, he said it’s a useless exercise if the work stops there. “What’s really needed is Congressional will,” said Paul, the ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. On…

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UN Report Aims to Globally Decriminalize Sex With Minors, Prostitution, and More

April 20, 2023
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Using drugs or alcohol while pregnant is not a crime, and neither is sex with a minor or defecating on a public sidewalk, according to a recent United Nations report that seeks to globally decriminalize a host of behaviors related to sex, HIV, gender expression, drug possession and use, homelessness, and poverty. The report, written…

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Big Banks, Corporations Getting 90 Percent of Biden’s Green Energy Credits: Congressional Study

April 20, 2023
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Most of the green energy tax benefits provided by President Joe Biden’s $750 billion Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 are going into the coffers of big banks and billion-dollar corporations, according to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.). “While President Biden’s supercharged IRS is warming up to target working Americans, his…

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Biden Proposes $100 Billion Budget Fix for America’s ‘Affordable Housing Crisis’

April 20, 2023
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President Joe Biden’s Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) budget request seeks $73.3 billion for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), a $1.1 billion increase from its FY23 budget, and calls for a dramatic boost in affordable housing allocations over the next decade. HUD’s proposed spending plan incorporates annual budget requests from 16 offices within…

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Biden Proposes $100 Billion Budget Fix for US ‘Affordable Housing Crisis’

April 20, 2023
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President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2024 (FY24) budget request seeks $73.3 billion for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), a $1.1 billion increase from its fiscal 2023 budget, and calls for a dramatic boost in affordable housing allocations over the next decade. HUD’s proposed spending plan incorporates annual budget requests from 16 offices within…

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