federal

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County supervisors and healthcare advocates are pushing for a half-cent sales tax to cover services that are expected to be lost due to cutbacks in federal funding.

From Los Angeles Times

While those families aren’t eligible to vote, Kogan said, their treatment by the federal government could “change the types of issues that are salient in those communities.”

From Salon

Australia's federal police said they began investigating the case last year on a tip from Canberra's spy agency, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation.

From Barron's

The Sierra Nevada population is considered an endangered species under the federal Endangered Species Act.

From Los Angeles Times

Bad Bunny notably called out the federal immigration enforcement branch at the 68th Grammy Awards a week prior as he accepted the prize for album of the year.

From Los Angeles Times