Jacksonville can do a sales tax for health care. What else came out of the Legislature? Here's how state Legislature landed on sales taxes, Confederate monuments, ethics complaints, police review boards, strip clubs, and sheriff's budget. 03/18/2024 - 4:58 am | View Link
Confederate statues prove parts of American history are just a lost cause A few months ago, a Robert E. Lee statue was melted down. But parts of America’s revisionist history remain as solid as ever. 03/15/2024 - 12:11 am | View Link
Erasing History: The Debate About Removing Historical Statues It does make you wonder how we chose which historical figures to honor in public monuments and statues. On one hand, these monuments serve as a reminder of historic events of the past. But on the ... 03/13/2024 - 3:21 am | View Link
Winston-Salem Confederate statue will go up at a new location, city official says The city and the United Daughters of the Confederacy are settling a lawsuit over the 2019 removal of the Confederate statue from the corner of Liberty and Fourth streets in Winston-Salem. Mayor Allen ... 03/12/2024 - 11:15 am | View Link
Lawmakers want to remove a Confederate monument. That started a battle The Robert E. Lee Monument Removal Act, which was proposed by Democrats, would remove a statue of the Confederate general from Antietam National Battlefield. 03/7/2024 - 1:27 am | View Link
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for a White House summit next month amid growing concerns about North Korea’s nuclear program, provocative Chinese action in the South China Sea and differences over a Japanese company’s plan to buy an iconic American steel company.
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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre in a statement on Monday said the first-ever U.
South Korean authorities have issued notices to temporarily suspend the licenses of two doctors in its first punishment since trainee doctors walked off their jobs about a month ago in protest of a government plan to increase medical school enrollment.
Two senior members of the Korean Medical Association received a three-month license suspension notice that takes effect from April 15, the group said Tuesday, adding the doctors are being accused of instigating collective action despite the government order not to do so.
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“We will immediately file a lawsuit because we cannot accept this matter,” Joo Sooho, a KMA spokesperson said in a telephone interview.
A long-shelved security law that once kindled fear of eroding rights and galvanized Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement is making a comeback. Efforts to complete the legislation to protect the Chinese state will enter their final stages Tuesday, when lawmakers meet to resume their debate of the draft law and possibly vote to pass it.
Singapore opposition leader Pritam Singh was charged with two counts under the Parliament Act in connection with a lying scandal involving a former lawmaker.
Singh was charged Tuesday in a Singapore court for “willfully making false answers to material questions” during an examination by the Committee of Privileges, according to a statement from the police and Attorney-General’s Chambers.
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