Proposition a articles
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Dallas 2024 Bond Propositions Approved by Voters
All ten of the propositions making up the City of Dallas’ proposed $1.25 billion bond were approved by voters in the May 4, 2024 election. The election results will be certified by the City Council at their May 15, 2024 meeting. The approved propositions include Proposition A, which provides $521,200,000 for streets and transportation; Proposition B which provides $345,270,000
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Letters to the Editor: Opposing views on Proposition 47 and a new 'tough on crime' ballot measure
To the editor: UC San Francisco Professor Meghan Morris asks voters to reject a tough-on-crime ballot measure because it would crowd prisons. Interestingly, on April 30, you ran an op-ed article calling on California to close under-used prisons to save money. Give me a break. A high prison population is the natural outcome of a high crime rate. We ought to do the hard work of getting people to commit less crimes. The perverse idea of treating the prison population as a "crisis" on its own and...
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Trump faces 'lose-lose proposition' in imminent hush money trial decision: jury expert
Former President Donald Trump faces a lose-lose situation as he and his legal team grapple with the question of whether he should testify in his criminal hush money case, a legal strategist says. Jury consultant Steve Duffy told the Independent Wednesday that Trump can't win if he takes the stand in the ongoing Manhattan trial but takes a big risk if he does not. “Jurors generally don’t react well to criminal defendants not testifying, because it just leads to speculation about, 'Why – what do...