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Senate panel backs $1 million plan to recruit police officers

Senate panel backs $1 million plan to recruit police officers

The senate judiciary advanced legislation to fund a $1 million effort to lure recruits to police jobs amid staffing shortages.
by Tim Pugmire

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Lawmaker hurt while snowmobiling with colleague

Lawmaker hurt while snowmobiling with colleague

Republican Sen. John Jasinski broke ribs, his pelvis and a vertebrae Friday when he was thrown from a snowmobile Friday after a high speed turn that sent him flying. 
by Brian Bakst

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Biden task force releases report to strengthen labor unions

Biden task force releases report to strengthen labor unions

A Biden administration task force has issued a set of recommendations that could make it easier for federal workers and contractors to unionize. The report released Monday includes 70 recommendations.
by The Associated Press

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This week at the Capitol: Focus on jobless fund

This week at the Capitol: Focus on jobless fund

As the Legislature enters its second week, a push to replenish a pandemic-battered unemployment fund will get plenty of attention and possibly quick action.
by Brian Bakst

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Explaining the U.S. military presence in Europe as 2,000 more troops deploy

Explaining the U.S. military presence in Europe as 2,000 more troops deploy

The number of U.S. troops in Europe has shrunk dramatically since the end of the Cold War — but tensions with Russia since 2014 have prompted U.S. leaders to beef up numbers and move troops eastward.
by Becky Sullivan

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China's pandemic Olympics begins, with lockdown and boycotts

China's pandemic Olympics begins, with lockdown and boycotts

China is launching a locked-down Winter Olympics. The country where the coronavirus outbreak emerged two years ago is projecting its might on the most global of stages even as some Western governments stage a diplomatic boycott over the way China treats millions of its own people.
by The Associated Press

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