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California Lawmakers Reject Gov. Newsom’s Meager Budget Cuts in Favor of Tax Hikes

(Headline USA) The California Legislature on Thursday rejected many of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s most difficult budget cuts, choosing instead to speed-up a temporary tax increase on some businesses to help address an estimated $45 billion deficit while preserving spending on many social safety net programs. The budget lawmakers approved is not the state’s final spending…

Porn Industry Sues Again over Indiana Law Requiring Sites to Verify Users’ Ages

(Headline USA) An Indiana law that requires pornographic websites to verify users’ ages— one of numerous such statutes in effect across the country—is being challenged by an association of the adult entertainment industry. In April, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request by the same group, the Free Speech Coalition, to block a similar law…

N.Y. Gov. Mulls Partial Mask Ban Amid Rise of Jew-Hatred

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Gov. Kathy Hochul, D–N.Y., will push a partial mask ban for New York City’s subways as a response to the anti-Semitic rhetoric by pro-Hamas supporters that skyrocketed after the terrorist group attacked Israel last year. On June 13, 2024, Hochul said she was working with lawmakers after Jewish leaders called…