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Noun
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Housing First, with its emphasis on permanent subsidies, is enormously expensive, and the lion’s share of the budget is consumed by a small minority of beneficiaries who have already been housed.—
Christopher Calton,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026 -
Other regions are offering subsidies to renovate, or even giving properties away for free, provided buyers commit to living in them.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
8 May 2026
Noun
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City Manager Maraskeshia Smith has proposed cuts that include laying off or demoting 37 employees, cutting violence prevention grants and shortening neighborhood pool hours.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
7 May 2026
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The package would create a series of new county arts programs, including direct grants to artists, a county artist-in-residence program and money to support spaces that showcase artists and their work.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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The area around Sutter Health Park has more flexible entitlements that would allow for the construction of entertainment, housing, hotels, retail and office space.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
1 May 2026
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The speed and scale of AI transformation is accelerating at a time when the country is deeply divided about education, entitlements, and the role of government.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Cities that consistently fail RHNA allocations will face consequences.—
Linh Tat,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
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Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana donated $500,000 towards the construction, and the city is using $500,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds and remaining funds from Gary community development and animal shelter allocations to pay for the project.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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It’s needed, Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West contends, to shore up vital health care services threatened by reductions in federal subventions and the state budget’s own deficits.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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That said, annuities do come with trade-offs.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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How to think about annuities However, this isn't a good way to think about the choice to buy a SPIA or DIA, Witt said.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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These cuts have largely not been implemented in the final appropriations packages.—
Casey Pinto,
The Conversation,
1 May 2026
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Republicans circled back on the two-pronged plan to fund immigration agencies through reconciliation and the rest of DHS through the traditional appropriations process.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Set-asides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/set-asides. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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