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Florida passed in 2023 one of the strictest immigration laws in the country, and now businesses struggle to find workers in several sectors of the economy

U.S. stamps just had their sixth price hike since 2021. In raw numbers, only four countries in a recent study of 31 developed nations had cheaper stamps than the U.S.

Tickets for Santee Brews & Bites Festival Fundraiser (Brews & Bites) are now on sale! Brews & Bites will take place on Saturday, October 21 from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. at Town Center Community Park East, located at 550 Park Center Drive, Santee. Tickets are available online here. General tickets are $60, Designated Driver tickets are $35, and Reserved Tables are $175. Tickets come with unlimited food and beverage samples while supplies last and a commemorative sampling cup. We’re “hoppy’ to announce that in addition to the bountiful food and drink vendors providing samples, attendees will be able to enjoy live music from It’s Never 2 L8, opportunity drawings, and giving trees. This annual 21 and up fundraising event supports Santee’s people, parks, and programs. Funds raised will benefit the Santee Teen Center, park improvement projects, and Recreation Scholarship Program which provides financial assistance to qualifying Santee residents who take part in City recreation programs. A special thank you to our sponsors Barona Resort and Casino, Allegiance Heating & Air Conditioning Inc., Santee Trolley Square, COX, and Santee Lakes. It’s businesses like this that help make events like Santee Brews & Bites Festival Fundraiser happen. To learn more about the event, purchase tickets, see what vendors are participating and apply to be a vendor or sponsor, visit www.SanteeSpecialEvents.com.

Women working full-time, year-round jobs earn 84 cents for every dollar men make, and part-timers make even less. Women have to work well into March before they earn what men made the year before.

The mother of a woman who died in a San Diego County jail rallied last week for justice for her daughter, with the help of a local advocate. We hear about how the daughter's death led to change and a friendship. Then, the Measure A sales tax was passed by Chula Vista voters in 2018 to hire more than 100 public safety personnel, but now the city is using those tax revenues to buy more police cars and drones. Finally, “The Nineteenth” is on stage at the Old Globe. We’ll hear from the author of the play.

Russia and China have forged an informal alliance against the United States and other democratic nations that is now complicated by the Israel-Hamas war.

The Key Bridge collapse is upending life for countless people in the Chesapeake region. Residents say it's not just infrastructure — it's their identity as people who live close to the water.

Pioneering disease investigator and beloved global health mentor Joel Breman died on April 6 at the age of 87. Breman was part of the team that investigated the first known Ebola outbreak in 1976.

A new Romanian film about an underpaid production assistant driving from gig to gig crackles with brains, obscenity, political anger and jokes that will have you laughing out loud.

The bridge was built mere yards from where Francis Scott Key watched the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in 1814, inspiring him to write the song that would become the U.S. national anthem.