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States rethink a long-held practice of setting speed limits based on how fast drivers travelRoad safety activists and some states are pushing to depart from a longstanding rule that sets speed limits in the United States based largely on how fast drivers actually travel. This is due to the 85% rule, which ties speed limits to the speed of the 15th-fastest vehicle out of every 100 traveling a road in ideal conditions. Critics say this approach encourages speeding. Ohio is among the states considering new guidelines that focus more on safety. But supporters of the rule say it provides... #Activism #Business #California #North Dakota #Ohio #Politics #Texas #Washington #Wisconsin 2025-08-16T21:00:54-0700 AP News https://apnews.com/author/jeff-mcmurray 2,000 words Rated 2025-08-19T16:57:43-0700 - sethherr
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GOP candidates fight each other -- and mostly line up behind Trump -- at first debateThe Republican presidential candidates vying to be the leading alternative to front-runner Donald Trump fought -- sometimes bitterly – over abortion rights, U.S. support for Ukraine and the future of the party during the first primary debate of the 2024 campaign. But on what is arguably the most consequential choice facing the party, virtually all lined up behind Trump, saying they would support the former president if he is their nominee, even if he is convicted in a series of cases. It was... #2023 GOP debate #Abortion #Donald Trump #Elections #Iowa #Ukraine 2023-08-22T21:01:06-0700 AP News JILL COLVIN, SARA BURNETT, JONATHAN J. COOPER 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-23T23:55:57-0700 - estew |
One year old, US climate law is already turbocharging clean energy technologyExcessive heat continues to bear down on sections of the US, a reminder of the impetus for the The Inflation Reduction Act, the significant climate legislation that turns one year old on August 16. #Business #Canada #China #Climate Change #Europe #Inflation Reduction Act #Renewable energy 2023-07-23T05:11:13-0700 AP News ISABELLA O'MALLEY, MICHAEL PHILLIS 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-23T12:15:20-0700 - estew |