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Chicago’s Resiliency Fund 2.0 Still Accepting Applications for $500 Relief Payment for Undocumented and Domestic Workers

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Relief Payment for Undocumented and Domestic Workers

The Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS) in Chicago is still accepting applications for the Resiliency Fund 2.0, which provides a one-time $500 relief payment to eligible domestic workers and undocumented residents. Chicago’s Department of Family and Support Services still accepting applications for a $500 relief payment The fund aims to support those who … Read more

California Reparations Task Force Approves Recommendations for Compensating Black Americans

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California Reparations

The first-of-its-kind task force on reparations in California has voted to approve recommendations on how the state can compensate and apologize to Black Americans for the historic wrongs of slavery. The committee approved several proposals for reparations legislation after two years of deliberation These recommendations include creating a new agency that would provide services to … Read more

Florida House And Senate Propose Tax Breaks For Businesses And Shoppers

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Florida House And Senate

Florida lawmakers are proposing a $1.38b tax package, which includes tax breaks for businesses and shoppers, while the Senate works on its own tax plan. Florida House approves a $1.38B package of tax breaks for businesses and shoppers The Florida House Ways & Means Committee approved the package, which will see a reduction in commercial-lease … Read more

Attack at Lake Johnson Park’s Greenway Leaves Women Feeling Unsafe

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Attack at Lake Johnson Park

On Friday morning, a man was arrested for a sexual battery charge after attacking a woman at 9:19 am. A recent attack at Lake Johnson Park’s greenway has left many women feeling unsafe when walking alone on trails The incident has caused women like Amanda Fielding-Smith and Cassandra Salem to become more cautious and aware … Read more

Iowa Nurse Practitioner Arrested on Sex Crimes Charges After Allegedly Photographing Teen’s Genitals During Exam

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Sex Crimes

Carl Markley, 44, is accused of photographing a teenager’s genitals during an exam. Police have received over 70 tips in relation to an Iowa nurse practitioner who has been arrested on sex crime charges Authorities have seized electronic devices, a hidden camera clock, and a pen from Markley’s residence, discovering a commercial pornographic video depicting … Read more

Teenager Fatally Shot During Houston After-Prom Party Altercation

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After-Prom Party Altercation

According to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office in Houston, Texas. A teenager was killed by gunfire during an after-prom party in Houston The police were called to a home at 1:30 a.m. on Saturday after reports of a shooting. Isaac Zetino, a 16-year-old who was attending the party, was found dead on the scene. The … Read more

Iran Executes Iranian-Swedish Dual National Accused of 2018 Attack on Military Parade

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Iranian-Swedish Dual National

An Iranian-Swedish dual national was accused of masterminding a 2018 attack on a military parade that killed at least 25 people. Iran has executed Farajollah Cha’ab Cha’ab was a leader of the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz, an Arab separatist group responsible for conducting oil pipeline bombings and other attacks in Iran’s … Read more

Chicago Police Officer Shot and Killed in the Line of Duty on the City’s South Side

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Chicago police officer

The police received a call about shots being fired around 1:42 a.m. local time, and an officer responded to the scene. A female Chicago police officer was shot and killed early Saturday morning in the city’s South Side Avalon Park neighborhood The responding officer found the female officer with a gunshot wound and rushed her … Read more

Republicans Urged To Reclaim And Redefine Child Tax Credit As Their Own

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Child Tax Credit

The article claims that Democrats hijacked the credit to sneak in Universal basic income (UBI) and other policy positions that Republicans would not endorse. Republicans must reclaim the Child Tax Credit as their own, according to a recent opinion piece in National Review The Child Tax Credit was originally a Republican policy, with the first … Read more

Understanding The Impact Of Moving To A Higher Tax Bracket In The US

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Tax Bracket

The US tax system has seven income tax brackets, which are adjusted annually based on inflation. The higher your taxable income, the higher your tax bracket will be However, it’s important to understand that tax rates are not applied to all taxable income. Instead, the US uses a marginal tax system where tax rates only … Read more