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ABQ gets more rental scooter options

Albuquerque residents will soon have more rental scooter options.  The city’s Planning Department announced in a news release that rental scooter company Lime will bring 500 bright green scooters and begin installing 52 stations throughout the city this week.  Rental scooters made a comeback in September when another rental scooter company, Spin, installed its bright […]

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California to open special session preparing for anti-Trump lawsuits

By Reis Thebault · The Washington Post (c) 2024 SACRAMENTO – California lawmakers are returning to the capitol here on Monday to open an emergency special session aimed at establishing a multimillion dollar legal fund to combat the incoming Trump administration with an expected barrage of lawsuits. The special session, which Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) called […]

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California to open special session preparing for anti-Trump lawsuits

By Reis Thebault · The Washington Post (c) 2024 SACRAMENTO – California lawmakers are returning to the capitol here on Monday to open an emergency special session aimed at establishing a multimillion dollar legal fund to combat the incoming Trump administration with an expected barrage of lawsuits. The special session, which Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) called […]

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Elon Musk wants to ‘delete’ federal financial watchdog as ‘DOGE’ begins work

By Tony Romm · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Elon Musk on Wednesday called for the elimination of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, one of the nation’s most powerful watchdog agencies, signaling it could be scrapped as part of a planned review of government spending ordered by President-elect Donald Trump. “Delete CFPB,” Musk said in an […]

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Elon Musk wants to ‘delete’ federal financial watchdog as ‘DOGE’ begins work

By Tony Romm · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Elon Musk on Wednesday called for the elimination of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, one of the nation’s most powerful watchdog agencies, signaling it could be scrapped as part of a planned review of government spending ordered by President-elect Donald Trump. “Delete CFPB,” Musk said in an […]

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Trump signs transition agreement with Biden, but it lacks key guardrails

By Lisa Rein, Isaac Arnsdorf ·  The Washington Post (c) 2024 The Trump transition team said Tuesday it had reached an agreement with the Biden White House to start coordinating the handoff of federal agencies to the new administration. But the Trump team is still refusing to accept several typical trappings of the presidential transition process,including federal […]