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Guns and ammunition tax holiday supported by Georgia Senate

ATLANTA (AP) — A majority of Georgia’s senators want to let people buy guns, ammunition and gun safes without paying sales tax for five days each fall, while some House members are considering a narrower tax break for only gun safety devices. Republicans favor both approaches, partly in an election-year nod to gun owners, but Democrats favor only tax breaks …

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Villeneuve sobre la segunda parte de “Dune”: “Es el plato fuerte”

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — De visita en la capital mexicana, los actores Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler y Florence Pugh de “Dune: Part Two” o “Duna (parte dos)”, junto con el director Denis Villeneuve, adelantaron algunos detalles sobre lo que se verá en el filme y resaltaron la importancia del café. El lunes por la noche realizaron …

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Votes on dozens of new judges will have to wait in South Carolina

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Dozens of open judgeships throughout the South Carolina courts will go unfilled amid an unresolved debate over the state’s system of judicial selection. The South Carolina Senate ended Tuesday without approving a House resolution to set Feb. 7 as the date when both chambers vote to fill upcoming vacancies in the judiciary. That means it will …

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Georgia House panel passes amended budget with new road spending, cash for bonuses already paid

ATLANTA (AP) — Amendments to Georgia’s current state budget moved ahead Tuesday, including $315 million to cover bonuses that were already paid to state employees and public school teachers and $1.5 billion in extra money for road building and maintenance. The House Appropriations Committee voted to advance House Bill 915, which would boost spending in the current budget running through …

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