(The Center Square) — The University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents has voted to increase tuition at the state’s 26 public colleges and universities and create a new tuition tier for international students. The 2.5% in-state undergraduate tuition hike applies to USG schools for the 2024-25 academic year. Out-of-state tuition will increase by 5% systemwide. A new tuition tier for out-of-country students was set at 2% more than the out-of-state student rate. ...
Maine will become the latest state to join an interstate effort to elect the nation’s president by a popular vote, Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced Monday. Mills said she will allow the legislation to become law without her signature, paving the way for Maine to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, a proposal aimed at guaranteeing
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has denounced Hong Kong’s new national security law as a tool to potentially silence dissent both at home and abroad, but so far the action from Washington has been notably muted, disappointing those fighting for the Chinese territory’s democracy and freedoms. Since the law’s swift passage on March 19, the U.S. has announced visa restrictions on an unspecified number of unnamed Hong Kong officials but taken no further action. Continue reading at The Republic News.
The U.S. has denounced Hong Kong’s new national security law as a tool to potentially silence dissent both at home and abroad, but so far the action from Washington has been notably muted
By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has denounced Hong Kong’s new national security law as a tool to potentially silence dissent both at home and abroad, but so far the action from Washington has been notably muted, disappointing those fighting for the Chinese territory’s democracy and freedoms. Since the law’s swift
US treads carefully in responding to Hong Kong's new national security law
Opposition issues include who’s going to pay to build additional capacity and should Georgia Power increase its reliance on fossil fuels instead of invest in more renewable energy.
BATON ROUGE — A month after Gov. Jeff Landry signed a bill into law that would expand the methods by which the death penalty can be administered, a state senator has filed a bill to remove nitrogen gas from that list.Sen. Katrina Jackson-Andrews filed SB 430 Tuesday to remove the use of nitrogen hypoxia from Louisiana’s execution law, which is set to go into effect July 1. The coalition Jews Against Gassing asked the Monroe Democrat to file the bill.Jackson-Andrews and the coalition...
'Democrats in Albany see this as an opportunity to expand their power by tying in local elections to those years,' said Dutchess County Legislature Chair Will Truitt.
Premier League clubs are expected to agree to new spending rules that will include points deductions, talkSPORT understands. The 20 clubs will be asked to vote on a proposal to adopt a UEFA-style s
A new, Republican-backed Georgia election bill that has been sent to the governor’s desk has the potential to inject chaos into the upcoming election cycle if signed into law. The legislation would
Kari Lake and Mark Finchem filed a Supplemental Brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, adding support for their Petition for Writ of Certiorari and Motion to Expedite asking the court to hear an appeal of the dismissal of their lawsuit to stop the use of electronic voting machine tabulators in elections. The defendant Arizona officials failed to file a response to the pair’s petition, boosting the chances SCOTUS might accept the case and implying they did not object to the statements in...