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Douglas County commissioners argue that business personal property tax is bad policy and the rebate is the remedy available to them. Critics question whether a projected $19.3 million incentive is ...

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The most powerful tools for understanding the universe have always belonged to a few — and one telescope launching in 2026 is being deliberately built to change that assumption from day one. Roman isn ...

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A federal judge has repeatedly blocked the deportation of Kilmar Ábrego García, yet the government keeps proposing new countries to send him to, most recently Liberia — a nation where he has zero ...

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