Tennessee House kills bill that would have banned local officials from studying, funding reparations Tennessee’s Republican-dominant House on Wednesday spiked legislation that would have banned local governments from paying to either study or dispense money for reparations for slavery. 04/24/2024 - 12:36 pm | View Link
Alabama legislators cut back teacher paid parental leave bill State employees are currently required to use sick leave and personal days for parental leave but are given two weeks of paid leave in the case of adoption. In committee last week, lawmakers voted to ... 04/24/2024 - 9:36 am | View Link
Death penalty bill that would bar past and present records of executions passes the Oklahoma House If signed into law, the bill would grant confidentiality to any person or entity involved in the state's executions such as doctors or medical suppliers. 04/24/2024 - 9:24 am | View Link
Biden just signed a bill that could ban TikTok. His campaign plans to stay on the app anyway President Joe Biden’s signing of legislation that could ban TikTok in the U.S. runs counter to his campaign’s embrace of the platform and outreach to influencers. 04/24/2024 - 9:19 am | View Link
New Hampshire residents weigh compassion and caution in medical aid in dying bill Phillip Kaneb, sporting a vibrant blue shirt with a sticker boldly stating “no suicide,” strolled around the State House’s hallways on Wednesday, pausing intermittently to admire the paintings hanging ... 04/24/2024 - 8:56 am | View Link
House approves expansion for the Child Tax Credit. Here's who could ... Under the proposed bill, the maximum refundable amount per child would rise to $1,800 in 2023, $1,900 in 2024 and $2,000 in 2025. What else would change with the Child Tax Credit? Millions of... 04/23/2024 - 10:46 am | View Website
Understanding the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 Understanding the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024. Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting. January 22, 2024 · 5 minute read. On January 19, 2024, the Ways and Means Committee made a significant bipartisan move by approving the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024. Jump to: 04/23/2024 - 1:20 am | View Website
FACT SHEET: The American Families Plan | The White House In all, the American Families Plan includes $1.8 trillion in investments and tax credits for American families and children over ten years. It consists of about $1 trillion in investments and... 04/23/2024 - 12:02 am | View Website
What Is In President Biden's American Families Plan? : NPR Highlights Of The $1.8 Trillion American Families Plan. Child care. $225 billion. The White House says the average family would save $14,800 on child care under the plan. Low- and middle-income... 04/22/2024 - 4:59 pm | View Website
American Families Plan | The White House Here’s what the American Families Plan will do: Make education more affordable and expand opportunity. Provide economic security for families. Expand tax credits that help workers and families.... 04/22/2024 - 4:02 pm | View Website
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share these mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer?
“Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel,” by Shahnaz Habib (Catapult, 2023)
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share these mini-reviews with you.
“The Memory of Lavender and Sage,” by Aimie K. Runyan (Harper Muse)
Tempesta’s father is dead. His will leaves the family fortune to her brother. But to everyone’s surprise, the will gives Tempesta money that had belonged to her mother, who died years before. Tempesta has no reason to remain in New York. Her grandmother hates her, her brother is disdainful, and she’s bored with her newspaper job.
So on a whim, Tempesta buys, sight unseen, a house in her mother’s native Sainte-Colombe, France.
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share these mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer?
“End of Story,” by A. J. Finn (William Morrow)
“End of Story,” by A. J. Finn (William Morrow)
A. J. Finn’s “The Woman in the Window” was a huge best-seller. “End of Story” is destined to be, too. It’s a mystery more than a thriller, and a tightly crafted page-turner.
Literary critic Nicky Hunter is a huge fan of mystery writer Sebastian Trapp.
Editor’s note: This is part of The Know’s series, Staff Favorites. Each week, we offer our opinions on the best that Colorado has to offer for dining, shopping, entertainment, outdoor activities and more. We’ll also let you in on some hidden gems).
Right now, fans of sci-fi/fantasy films are going ga-ga over “Dune: Part 2” (which certainly is gorgeous).
But I’m here to sing the praises of another space opera.
A young George Lucas talks with Anthony Daniels, who plays the robot C-3PO, for the film “Star Wars: A New Hope,” in 1977.
I was a bit late jumping on the Star Wars bandwagon.