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The Senate Nominations Committee never took up Hughsโ nomination, requiring her to leave office at the end of the legislative session.
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Among the bills approved by the Senate Jurisprudence Committee is one that would require police officers to keep their body cameras activated during investigations.
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Thereโs plenty of labor, John Stossel recently pointed out. But many people are finding they are better off financially not working because of perverse incentives created by the American Rescue Plan.
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