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Sacramento State’s effort to move up to the highest level of college football may have hit a snag, but the school’s president isn’t dismayed about the Hornets’ future in athletics.
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Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2025
The expansion of the California film and TV tax credit, which industry stakeholders argue is key to protecting jobs in the state, hit a snag on Friday, as lawmakers deleted references in bill language to raising the program cap to $750 million.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 23 May 2025
Plans to bring it to the Met hit a snag when the original sets proved unusable, owing to differences in size between the two venues.
—A.j. Goldmann, New York Times, 20 May 2025
The department and lawyers for the FBI agents unsuccessfully sought to reach a temporary deal on Thursday, but hit a snag over whether the agreement would also bind the effort by the White House and billionaire Elon Musk to overhaul the federal government.
—Sarah Lynch and Andrew Goudsward, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
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Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2025
The expansion of the California film and TV tax credit, which industry stakeholders argue is key to protecting jobs in the state, hit a snag on Friday, as lawmakers deleted references in bill language to raising the program cap to $750 million.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 23 May 2025
Plans to bring it to the Met hit a snag when the original sets proved unusable, owing to differences in size between the two venues.
—A.j. Goldmann, New York Times, 20 May 2025
The department and lawyers for the FBI agents unsuccessfully sought to reach a temporary deal on Thursday, but hit a snag over whether the agreement would also bind the effort by the White House and billionaire Elon Musk to overhaul the federal government.
—Sarah Lynch and Andrew Goudsward, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Hit a snag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hit%20a%20snag. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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