#Protesters removed from Oklahoma House after opposing bills targeting protests

#Protesters removed from Oklahoma House after opposing bills targeting protests

“#Protesters removed from Oklahoma House after opposing bills targeting protests” Protesters were booted from the lower house of Oklahoma’s legislature on Wednesday after voicing their opposition to a number of bills that aim to curb public demonstrations and decrease liability for motorists who might injure the participants. The group of roughly two dozen protesters interrupted…

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#Anti-poverty group flunks pols for blocking Harlem charter school

#Anti-poverty group flunks pols for blocking Harlem charter school

“#Anti-poverty group flunks pols for blocking Harlem charter school” The head of New York City’s oldest children’s anti-poverty group accused state lawmakers of hurting poor Harlem kids by blocking the opening of a new charter school in the neighborhood — calling their inaction “criminal.” Founded in 1812, the Harlem-based Mission Society received preliminary state approval…

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#NY needs a voter rebellion after budget, monster tax hikes

#NY needs a voter rebellion after budget, monster tax hikes

“#NY needs a voter rebellion after budget, monster tax hikes” New York just got blitzed. State lawmakers agreed on a jaw-dropping spending plan with off-the-chart outlays of $212 billion and monster tax hikes of more than $4 billion. It’s a grim picture for most New Yorkers but far-left progressives got just about everything they wanted….

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#Albany’s big splurgers are floating a budget stuffed with boondoggles

#Albany’s big splurgers are floating a budget stuffed with boondoggles

“#Albany’s big splurgers are floating a budget stuffed with boondoggles” It’s the perfect storm of perfect storms: A pandemic socks the economy, erodes tax revenues and widens already gaping budget holes. Spend-happy Democrats win control of both houses of the state Legislature, with veto-proof majorities. Radical progressives are emboldened. And Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a relative…

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#Democrats’ bid to turn screws on New York’s richest

#Democrats’ bid to turn screws on New York’s richest

“#Democrats’ bid to turn screws on New York’s richest” Just a year after the Empire State was clobbered by the coronavirus, New York’s Legislature confronts an embarrassment of revenue riches. State taxes have rebounded more strongly than expected from the pandemic meltdown — capped by a massive injection of $12.6 billion in no-strings-attached federal stimulus…

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