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Congress approves measure to reverse Biden’s water protections

Washington — Congress on Wednesday approved a resolution to overturn the Biden administration’s protections for the nation’s waterways that Republicans have criticized as a burden on business, advancing a measure that President Biden has promised to veto. Republicans have targeted the Biden administration’s protections for thousands of small streams, wetlands …

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Nashville shooting victims included 9

Police have identified the three children and three adults who were killed in a mass shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville’s Green Hills neighborhood on Monday morning.  Authorities identified the children as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney, all 9 years old, and the adults as Cynthia Peak, …

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Wages surged for lowest

The COVID-19 pandemic stopped the U.S. economy in its tracks, driving unemployment to double-digits and shutting employers from coast to coast. But it also had another effect for some Americans: Wages for low-paid workers surged at their fastest rate in 40 years, interrupting a decades-long period of stagnation. Between 2019 …

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