San Diego pension board rejects policy change that would lower cash-strapped city’s annual payment $30M
The proposal would have increased the system’s unusually conservative estimates of how fast its investments will grow in the future.
September 2026
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Supreme Court to decide whether to hear Maine lobsterman’s challenge to GPS boat tracker requirement
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Protect College Sports Act gets renewed push and fresh opposition as college football returns
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States, cities sue over Trump rule seeking to deny green cards to immigrants using public benefits
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Mahmoud Khalil lawsuit says Columbia failed to protect pro-Palestinian activists
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Kennedy Center board to propose new options for honoring Trump as center confronts solvency worries
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Texas landowners sue to block Trump border wall plans in the remote Big Bend region
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Trump dismisses new AI guardrails, says there is a ‘SICK conspiracy’ against AI and data centers
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