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Colorado Joins Other Blue States On California’s Risky Fiscal Road
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New York Post, Approved, Commentary, National

Colorado Joins Other Blue States On California’s Risky Fiscal Road

By John Mac Ghlionn | Commentary, New York Post Colorado used to be the West’s answer to California — all the mountains, none of the madness. Pro-growth, lightly regulated, and magnetically attractive to the kind of ambitious people California was slowly driving out. That equilibrium is gone. The strivers arrived from the Golden State, shifted the politics leftward, and brought the policy preferences that made them leave in the first place. The results are arriving on schedule. Population growth has slowed. The labor force has contracted. Denver now trails Midwestern peers in economic momentum. Housing costs have climbed to coastal absurdity, with typical homes demanding more than six times median income. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NEW YORK POST...
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California, Colorado, Illinois, and Minnesota File Suit Over Federal Health Cuts
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CBS News, Approved, National

California, Colorado, Illinois, and Minnesota File Suit Over Federal Health Cuts

By The Associated Press | CBS News Four Democratic-led states that have become frequent targets of President Donald Trump sued Wednesday to try to block his administration from cutting off hundreds of millions in public health grants. The Department of Health and Human Services told Congress on Monday that it planned to withhold about $600 million in grant funding allocated to the four states: California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota. Their attorneys general argue the cuts are backlash for the states' opposition to Trump's immigration crackdown. The lawsuit says the cuts violate the Constitution by imposing retroactive conditions on funding and asks a federal court in Illinois to block them from taking effect. Some grants could be terminated as soon as Thurs...
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Supreme Court Affirms Candidates’ Right To Challenge Election Rules
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The Federalist, Approved, National

Supreme Court Affirms Candidates’ Right To Challenge Election Rules

By: Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist ‘Candidates have a concrete and particularized interest in the rules that govern the counting of votes in their elections,’ wrote Chief Justice John Roberts. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that federal candidates have standing to challenge rules governing their elections. In Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections, the high court affirmed that candidates running for public office “have a concrete and particularized interest in the rules that govern the counting of votes in their elections, regardless [of] whether those rules harm their electoral prospects or increase the cost of their campaigns.” “Their interest,” the court determined, “extends to the integrity of the election — and the democratic process ...
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