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The two-year state budget proposal crafted by House Republicans prioritizes one-time spending focused on helping students and businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic over the state debt paydown preferred by Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb. The House GOP plan unveiled Thursday allocates $150 million to fund grants to school corporations, colleges and universities, community organizations, current or retired teachers, and pretty much any entity prepared to assist Indiana elementary and high sc...

Cigarette Tax Hike, Vape Tax Pass First Committee Hurdle (INDIANAPOLIS) — Legislators have taken the first step toward doubling Indiana’s cigarette tax, but the proposal has a long way to go. The House Public Health Committee voted 8-3 to double the tax to two dollars a pack, the first increase in 14 years, and to tax e-cigarettes for the first time at $1.56 for a two-pod package. A preliminary estimate projects the increase would bring in $278 million. The committee had put off a vote Mond...

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CASPER, Wyo. — The Wyoming National Guard is sending over 100 soldiers and airmen to Washington D.C. who have volunteered to help ensure safety at

Wyoming National Guard release: Responding to a request by the Federal government, more than 100 Wyoming National Guard Soldiers and Airmen have volunteered to…

Soldiers of the Cowboy Thunder 115th Field Artillery Brigade began their journey to the nations Capitol on Saturday.  They are part of over 100 soldiers from the Wyoming National Guard that will be descending upon Washington D.C. in preparation of President-Elect Joe Bidens inauguration on January 20. Presidential inaugurations are considered National Security Special Events according to the Wyoming Military Department. And while the costs associated with the deployment are paid for with fede...

Five people died as a result of the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

Focus Daily News Midlothian MLK Virtual Celebration January 18 In a fashion that would make the legendary Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. proud, folks in Midlothian are fighting through the COVID-19 pandemic and presenting a virtual celebration of his birthday on Monday, Jan. 18. The ceremony will be live-streamed at 10 a.m. from One Church and is sponsored by the City of Midlothian and the Midlothian Project. “In the midst of the current state of our nation, it is absolutely necessary to recog...

Holcombs Proposed Budget Spends One-Time Money To Pay Down Debt, Not Direct Relief Article origination IPBS-RJC Gov. Eric Holcomb’s new state budget proposal would spend $1.13 billion over the next two years on one-time initiatives. Courtesy of the governors office Gov. Eric Holcomb’s new state budget proposal would spend $1.13 billion over the next two years on one-time initiatives. And almost none of that would be direct relief for Hoosiers struggling during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic....

The men and women who wore the earplugs were not directly represented in the case. But in the past year, lawyers from across the country following the findings in the Columbia settlement have organized one of the largest mass tort lawsuits in recent history, with more than 220,000 men and women in uniform alleging hearing damage from 3Ms product.  At least 2,000 former and current service members connected to South Carolina have joined the lawsuit.  Several of these earplug suits are s...