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N. Carolina justices hand GOP big wins with election rulings 04/28/2023 08:00pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In massive victories for Republicans, the newly GOP-controlled North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday threw out a previous ruling against gerrymandered voting maps and upheld a photo voter identification law that colleagues had struck down as racially biased. The partisan ger Pay rise comes for New Yorkers, but some chafe at compromise 04/28/2023 06:14pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A deal to raise minimum wages in New York would keep the state near the top of the list of places with the highest base pay for low-paid workers, but the raise amount is disappointing some labor activists who had hoped for a bigger bump. The minimum hourly wage would rise to $1 Senate vote puts Minnesota on path to legalizing marijuana 04/28/2023 05:23pm • ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Senate voted Friday to legalize recreational marijuana for adults, but the bill requires more work and negotiations before it can become law. The vote was 34-33, with all Democrats voting yes and all Republicans voting no. There are several differences between Tech-rooted groups seek to shake up San Francisco politics 04/28/2023 03:04pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The tech entrepreneurs who flocked to San Francisco two decades ago bringing jobs and wealth, and also soaring housing prices and gentrification, are becoming a rising political force in a city they say is woefully off track. They are forming advocacy organizations — among t House votes to restore solar panel tariffs paused by Biden 04/28/2023 02:08pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Friday to reinstate tariffs on solar panel imports from several Southeast Asian countries after President Joe Biden paused them in a bid to boost solar installations in the U.S., a key part of his climate agenda. The 221-202 vote sends the measure to the Senate, w A NJ pastor-politician is gunned down, and a community reels 04/28/2023 10:57am • SAYREVILLE, N.J. (AP) — Nicole Teliano used to play games on her phone in the mayor’s office while her mother worked down the hall several evenings a month, tending to the tedious, often acrimonious task of serving in local government. The 11-year-old girl didn’t mind sharing her mother, Sayr A NJ pastor-politician is gunned down, and a community reels 04/28/2023 10:54am • SAYREVILLE, N.J. (AP) — Nicole Teliano used to play games on her phone in the mayor’s office at Sayreville Borough Hall while her mother tended to the tedious, often acrimonious task of serving in local government. The 11-year-old didn’t mind sharing her mother, councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour, BBC chief quits amid furor over role in Boris Johnson loan 04/28/2023 10:28am • LONDON (AP) — The chairman of the BBC quit Friday after a report found that he failed to disclose a potential conflict of interest over his role in arranging a loan more than two years ago for Boris Johnson, as scandals from the former prime minister's turbulent term continue to rattle U.K. public PGE announces major clean energy storage project in Portland 04/28/2023 09:15am • Portland General Electric, the utility serving Portland, Oregon, announced Friday it is putting in the second-largest battery storage installation in the United States, at 400 MW of power. The significance of such projects is they diminish the need for power plants that burn fossil fuels that warm t Today in History: April 28, Mussolini is executed 04/28/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Friday, April 28, the 118th day of 2023. There are 247 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 28, 1994, former CIA official Aldrich Ames, who had passed U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and then Russia, pleaded guilty to espionage and tax evasion NY judges will get more power in setting bail, governor says 04/27/2023 11:45pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Judges in New York will have more discretion to jail people awaiting trial for alleged crimes, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday night, a policy change fiercely resisted by some of her fellow Democrats. The governor held a state Capitol news conference to announce that a “ Debt ceiling: McCarthy wins 1st round, Biden eyes long game 04/27/2023 10:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy surprised Washington when he showed he could unite the House's raucous Republican majority to pass a sweeping package to raise the nation’s debt limit by $1.5 trillion in exchange for steep spending reductions, an opening bid awaiting President Joe Bidenâ West Virginia Gov. Justice running for Manchin’s Senate seat 04/27/2023 08:42pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice announced Thursday that he is running for Democrat Joe Manchin’s U.S. Senate seat in 2024, setting up what could be a hard-fought campaign between two of the state’s most prominent politicians. Justice, an ultrawealthy busin How to Invest Money For the Long Haul -- And Save In the Short Term 04/27/2023 08:00pm • Salting away money for short-term needs requires a different strategy than investing for the long haul. In the short term, you will undoubtedly face unexpected expenses like that leaky roof, expensive transmission repair or a medical bill. If you know you're taking a big vacation next year, isn't it The Pink Tax Costs Women Thousands of Dollars Over Their Lifetimes 04/27/2023 08:00pm • The "pink tax" refers to gender-based price discrimination. Originally used to describe the sales taxes women pay for feminine hygiene products, the term has expanded. Now it refers to the practice of charging women more than men for consumer items and services that are essentially the same -- altho