The interstate dispute over a potential restructure of Utah’s gas tax may be close to an end now that the Utah Legislature has rerouted its plans. However, legislative leaders still hope Utahns will see fuel taxes decreasing by about 10% to 15% at the pump. It was initially drafted to remove a longstanding tax exemption […]

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The interstate dispute over a potential restructure of Utah’s gas tax may be close to an end now that the Utah Legislature has rerouted its plans. However, legislative leaders still hope Utahns will see fuel taxes decreasing by about 10% to 15% at the pump. It was initially drafted to remove a longstanding tax exemption […]

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Coloradans could be asked this November to approve a temporary congressional map giving a big advantage to Democrats, joining other Democratic-led states that have pursued similar efforts in response to an unprecedented wave of mid-decade redistricting kicked off by Republicans at President Donald Trump’s urging. The group Coloradans for a Level Playing Field said Wednesday […]

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Coloradans could be asked this November to approve a temporary congressional map giving a big advantage to Democrats, joining other Democratic-led states that have pursued similar efforts in response to an unprecedented wave of mid-decade redistricting kicked off by Republicans at President Donald Trump’s urging. The group Coloradans for a Level Playing Field said Wednesday […]

Premierul Ilie Bolojan a declarat, miercuri seară, că, la fel ca în cazul magistraţilor, trebuie corectate toate sistemele în care se permite pensionarea la 50-52 de ani şi unde pensia este cât ultimul salariu. În martie, Guvernul ar urma să vină cu proiecte de legi care să pună în practică acest principiu şi în cazul altor categorii care beneficiază de pensii speciale, a declarat premierul la Digi24.ro.

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Premierul Ilie Bolojan a declarat, miercuri seară, că, la fel ca în cazul magistraţilor, trebuie corectate toate sistemele în care se permite pensionarea la 50-52 de ani şi unde pensia este cât ultimul salariu. În martie, Guvernul ar urma să vină cu proiecte de legi care să pună în practică acest principiu şi în cazul altor categorii care beneficiază de pensii speciale, a declarat premierul la Digi24.ro.

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Want to watch the Olympics on a bigger screen? These spots bars are happy to help with the viewing and the snacks.

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Want to watch the Olympics on a bigger screen? These spots bars are happy to help with the viewing and the snacks.

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Voice of America
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Mali Kura ye voix de l’Ameriki ka kunfoniw la seli bamanan kan nan, kabini Ameriki jamanan la, Mali ani duniya kibaruyaw kan.

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Mali Kura ye voix de l’Ameriki ka kunfoniw la seli bamanan kan nan, kabini Ameriki jamanan la, Mali ani duniya kibaruyaw kan.

(The Center Square) – Charlie Berens said he couldn’t be at a Madison committee hearing on non-disclosure agreements for data centers in person because he had to go to the casino with his grandma, but his video testimony began a public hearing on a Senate bill to ban NDAs for data centers. “I looked at these things online and really what I saw was the sentiment of people feeling like they were cut out of the process of having this huge, huge building with unprecedented building size with power usage and they didn’t know it was happening until it was too late,” Berens said. “The more we can allow communities to decide for communities, I think that’s going to create some communities will want these and some communities won’t. But the answer shouldn’t be cutting them out of the process.” Comedian Charlie Berens testified to start a Wisconsin public hearing on banning NDAs related to data centers (*except related to trade secrets) pic.twitter.com/eMohuiA9CY— Jon Styf (@JonStyf) February 18, 2026 Senate Bill 969 has an exception that allows trade secrets from being publicly disclosed without defining what a trade secret would entail. Many data centers have claimed that it is a trade secret to divulge the amount of energy or water used on a project or the name of the company involved in the data center. The bill says that if a prohibited NDA is used, a local government will not be allowed to approve the project. Sen. Andre Jacque, R-New Franken, did specifically mention energy load, land use, infrastructure costs and water requirements as something that local officials would need to know before making a decision on a project. “Unfortunately, we have witnessed a troubling pattern in Wisconsin and throughout our country, community leaders are signing secrecy deals with big tech companies and their agents to conceal material facts about the development of billion-dollar data centers from the public,” Jacque said. “They seek to hide vital information about the scope and impacts of their intended developments from the local officials charged with guarding their citizen’s welfare.” Jacque specifically named projects in Beaver Dam, Menomonie, Kenosha and Janesville where NDAs were used to “hide information from local government.” Jacque said that, if a data center deal is so good for a community, then an NDA shouldn't need to be used because "that's not a development strategy, it's a gag order to hide the warts." Rep. Clint Moses, R-Menomonie, called it a "90-10 issue" with both far right and Democratic supporters who are engaged in the data center disclosure issue. "It's really brought some odd bedfellows together," Moses said about the issue of a data center in his community. Brad Tietz, the director of policy for the Data Center Coalition, said that the NDA bill would put Wisconsin at a "competitive disadvantage" related to attracting data center projects. “NDAs are not tools to hide misconduct, they are standard business instruments used across virtually every industry to protect proprietary information and critical security details,” Tietz said.

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(The Center Square) – Charlie Berens said he couldn’t be at a Madison committee hearing on non-disclosure agreements for data centers in person because he had to go to the casino with his grandma, but his video testimony began a public hearing on a Senate bill to ban NDAs for data centers. “I looked at these things online and really what I saw was the sentiment of people feeling like they were cut out of the process of having this huge, huge building with unprecedented building size with power usage and they didn’t know it was happening until it was too late,” Berens said. “The more we can allow communities to decide for communities, I think that’s going to create some communities will want these and some communities won’t. But the answer shouldn’t be cutting them out of the process.” Comedian Charlie Berens testified to start a Wisconsin public hearing on banning NDAs related to data centers (*except related to trade secrets) pic.twitter.com/eMohuiA9CY— Jon Styf (@JonStyf) February 18, 2026 Senate Bill 969 has an exception that allows trade secrets from being publicly disclosed without defining what a trade secret would entail. Many data centers have claimed that it is a trade secret to divulge the amount of energy or water used on a project or the name of the company involved in the data center. The bill says that if a prohibited NDA is used, a local government will not be allowed to approve the project. Sen. Andre Jacque, R-New Franken, did specifically mention energy load, land use, infrastructure costs and water requirements as something that local officials would need to know before making a decision on a project. “Unfortunately, we have witnessed a troubling pattern in Wisconsin and throughout our country, community leaders are signing secrecy deals with big tech companies and their agents to conceal material facts about the development of billion-dollar data centers from the public,” Jacque said. “They seek to hide vital information about the scope and impacts of their intended developments from the local officials charged with guarding their citizen’s welfare.” Jacque specifically named projects in Beaver Dam, Menomonie, Kenosha and Janesville where NDAs were used to “hide information from local government.” Jacque said that, if a data center deal is so good for a community, then an NDA shouldn't need to be used because "that's not a development strategy, it's a gag order to hide the warts." Rep. Clint Moses, R-Menomonie, called it a "90-10 issue" with both far right and Democratic supporters who are engaged in the data center disclosure issue. "It's really brought some odd bedfellows together," Moses said about the issue of a data center in his community. Brad Tietz, the director of policy for the Data Center Coalition, said that the NDA bill would put Wisconsin at a "competitive disadvantage" related to attracting data center projects. “NDAs are not tools to hide misconduct, they are standard business instruments used across virtually every industry to protect proprietary information and critical security details,” Tietz said.

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Iowa Capital Dispatch
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A bill that advanced from a House subcommittee Wednesday would create an event permit for farm-to-table meals, expand the permissible sales of raw milk and allow cottage foods to be sold in grocery stores.  House File 2444 was introduced by Rep. Chad Ingels, R-Randalia, who said it was a way to give “easier access” to […]

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A bill that advanced from a House subcommittee Wednesday would create an event permit for farm-to-table meals, expand the permissible sales of raw milk and allow cottage foods to be sold in grocery stores.  House File 2444 was introduced by Rep. Chad Ingels, R-Randalia, who said it was a way to give “easier access” to […]

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Oklahoma Voice
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OKLAHOMA CITY — A new member of the Oklahoma House was sworn in Wednesday morning after winning a special election for a vacant seat in a north-central district.  Rep. Dillon Travis, R-Maramec, who represents House District 35, said he looked “forward to protecting rural Oklahoma” after being sworn in by Oklahoma Supreme Court Chief Justice […]

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OKLAHOMA CITY — A new member of the Oklahoma House was sworn in Wednesday morning after winning a special election for a vacant seat in a north-central district.  Rep. Dillon Travis, R-Maramec, who represents House District 35, said he looked “forward to protecting rural Oklahoma” after being sworn in by Oklahoma Supreme Court Chief Justice […]

A França vem enfrentando um período prolongado de chuva, de uma forma que não ocorria desde 2023, com registros de inundações em diferentes regiões. Segundo a agência nacional de meteorologia Météo-France, contando com esta quarta-feira (18), já são 35 dias consecutivos de precipitações, um recorde no país em três anos.

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A França vem enfrentando um período prolongado de chuva, de uma forma que não ocorria desde 2023, com registros de inundações em diferentes regiões. Segundo a agência nacional de meteorologia Météo-France, contando com esta quarta-feira (18), já são 35 dias consecutivos de precipitações, um recorde no país em três anos.

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) wants to increase how fast meat plants can slaughter chicken, turkeys and hogs, raising alarm over food and worker safety and the welfare of livestock animals.  The post USDA seeks higher slaughterhouse line speeds; critics say workers will pay the price appeared first on The New Lede.

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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) wants to increase how fast meat plants can slaughter chicken, turkeys and hogs, raising alarm over food and worker safety and the welfare of livestock animals.  The post USDA seeks higher slaughterhouse line speeds; critics say workers will pay the price appeared first on The New Lede.

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The Jersey Vindicator
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More than !,000 workers were already employed and had to stop work Feb. 6.

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More than !,000 workers were already employed and had to stop work Feb. 6.

Une accusation américaine à l'encontre de la Chine ravive les tensions entre puissances nucléaires et relance le débat sur l'avenir du contrôle des armements, sur fond de rivalité stratégique accrue et de méfiance croissante entre États dotés de l'arme atomique.

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Une accusation américaine à l'encontre de la Chine ravive les tensions entre puissances nucléaires et relance le débat sur l'avenir du contrôle des armements, sur fond de rivalité stratégique accrue et de méfiance croissante entre États dotés de l'arme atomique.

გერმანიის კანცლერი ფრიდრიხ მერცი საკუთარი ბირთვული იარაღის შექმნის წინააღმდეგ გამოვიდა.

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გერმანიის კანცლერი ფრიდრიხ მერცი საკუთარი ბირთვული იარაღის შექმნის წინააღმდეგ გამოვიდა.

Me propozim të një prokurori publik nga Prokuroria Themelore Publike për Ndjekjen e Krimit të Organizuar dhe Korrupsionit, dje, gjykatësi i procedurës paraprake në Gjykatën Themelore Penale në Shkup urdhëroi paraburgim për një periudhë prej 48 orësh për dy persona, të cilët më parë ishin marrë në pyetje si të dyshuar. Siç raportoi Prokuroria Publike, […]

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Me propozim të një prokurori publik nga Prokuroria Themelore Publike për Ndjekjen e Krimit të Organizuar dhe Korrupsionit, dje, gjykatësi i procedurës paraprake në Gjykatën Themelore Penale në Shkup urdhëroi paraburgim për një periudhë prej 48 orësh për dy persona, të cilët më parë ishin marrë në pyetje si të dyshuar. Siç raportoi Prokuroria Publike, […]

Загальна кількість репортерів, вбитих під час виконання ними своєї роботи з 2022 року зросла до 16, з них п'ятнадцять – на території України та одна – Вікторія Рощина – під час ув'язнення в Росії

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Загальна кількість репортерів, вбитих під час виконання ними своєї роботи з 2022 року зросла до 16, з них п'ятнадцять – на території України та одна – Вікторія Рощина – під час ув'язнення в Росії

The House Fiscal Agency presented its overview of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Fiscal Year 2027-2028 executive budget recommendations to the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, detailing a deficit in the state’s general fund by fiscal year 2028 but a positive balance in the state’s school aid fund.  Based on these balance sheets, the House Fiscal Agency […]

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The House Fiscal Agency presented its overview of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Fiscal Year 2027-2028 executive budget recommendations to the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, detailing a deficit in the state’s general fund by fiscal year 2028 but a positive balance in the state’s school aid fund.  Based on these balance sheets, the House Fiscal Agency […]

Ish-krerët e Ushtrisë Çlirimtare të Kosovës – Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi dhe Jakup Krasniqi – u deklaruan sërish të pafajshëm, duke thënë se akuzat ndaj tyre nuk janë provuar gjatë gjykimit.

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Ish-krerët e Ushtrisë Çlirimtare të Kosovës – Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi dhe Jakup Krasniqi – u deklaruan sërish të pafajshëm, duke thënë se akuzat ndaj tyre nuk janë provuar gjatë gjykimit.

O ator Lázaro Ramos está em Berlim para a estreia mundial do filme "Feito Pipa", de Allan Deberton. Em entrevista à RFI, ele fala sobre a boa fase do cinema brasileiro, que tem conseguido apresentar histórias universais mantendo sua própria identidade.

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O ator Lázaro Ramos está em Berlim para a estreia mundial do filme "Feito Pipa", de Allan Deberton. Em entrevista à RFI, ele fala sobre a boa fase do cinema brasileiro, que tem conseguido apresentar histórias universais mantendo sua própria identidade.

Kari Lake, rêvebira cîbicîkar ya Ajansa Medyaya Cîhanî ya Amerîkî (USAGM), got ku hikûmeta Amerîkayê planeke berfireh û lezgîn pêşkêş kiriye ji bo piştgiriyê bide gelê Îranê di gihîştina agahîyên azad de. Di hevpeyvînekê de ligel kanala Newsmax, Lake got ku ev gavek e ji bo piştgirtina gelê Îranê ji ber wêrekîya wan. Hefteya borî, Lake ragihand ku wê pêşniyara dabînkirina 10 milyon dolaran kiriye ji bo xurtkirin û destpêkirina xizmetên VPN da ku Îranî karibin xwe bigihînin nûçe û...

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Kari Lake, rêvebira cîbicîkar ya Ajansa Medyaya Cîhanî ya Amerîkî (USAGM), got ku hikûmeta Amerîkayê planeke berfireh û lezgîn pêşkêş kiriye ji bo piştgiriyê bide gelê Îranê di gihîştina agahîyên azad de. Di hevpeyvînekê de ligel kanala Newsmax, Lake got ku ev gavek e ji bo piştgirtina gelê Îranê ji ber wêrekîya wan. Hefteya borî, Lake ragihand ku wê pêşniyara dabînkirina 10 milyon dolaran kiriye ji bo xurtkirin û destpêkirina xizmetên VPN da ku Îranî karibin xwe bigihînin nûçe û...

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法國國際廣播電台
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美聯社2月18日消息,波蘭軍方宣布,已禁止中國汽車進入軍事設施,以防止技術高度發達的車輛採集敏感信息。

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美聯社2月18日消息,波蘭軍方宣布,已禁止中國汽車進入軍事設施,以防止技術高度發達的車輛採集敏感信息。