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‘You should be ashamed’

By KATHARINE JACKSON and JOSEPH AX Reuters WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump touted his economic record during his State of the Union address on Tuesday, boasting that he had ushered in a “golden age” as he sought to project an aura of success at a fraught moment for his presidency. Heeding calls from fellow Republicans facing a challenging midterm election in November, Trump spent the first hour of his televised speech focused on the economy, saying he had curbed inflation, driven…Read more

WH: States should ‘reimagine’ jobless benefits

By TONY ROMM NYTimes News Service WASHINGTON – The Trump administration signaled to states this month that it was eyeing changes to the unemployment insurance system, which pays weeklybenefits to out-of-work Americans. The move has left some local leaders and labor experts cautiousabout the future of the program. While the White House has said little publicly about the full scope of its ambitions, it has suggested its primary focus is on fighting fraud. That coincides with President Donald…Read more

Clean government groups push for special prosecutor

By DAN NAKASO Honolulu Star-Advertiser Advocates for campaign finance and other “clean government” reforms on Monday renewed the call for the appointment of a special prosecutor to conductan independent probe of allegations that an unidentified “influential state legislator” accepted $35,000 in a paper bag. The Clean Elections Hawaii coalition, which includes over 40 organizations, gathered inside the Capitolrotunda to push for an independent review of corruption allegations and for…Read more

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