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If one Northwest Side alderman has his way, Chicago drivers would soon face a slower citywide speed limit in a bid to cut traffic crashes and fatalities. The effort got its first look in the City Council Wednesday during a Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Committee subject matter hearing where experts praised the potential shift. They lauded the impact small decreases in speed could have to ...

House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) on Wednesday floated using annual government funding bills to advance a legislative effort for a special commission tasked with addressing the nation’s growing debt. Arrington raised the prospect Wednesday shortly after his committee held a hearing focused on the need for a fiscal commission, calling potential appropriations legislation…

“It’s gone. It’s all in the black hole, all sucked into the ether where elected officials can do as they please and you can’t find out about it.”

Chinese semiconductors are ubiquitous within the United States and its private- and public-sector supply chains. To contend with the attendant national security and economic risks...