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Lafayette sets max millage rate

NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
MAYO — The Lafayette Board of County Commissioners is keeping its millage rate the same. Commissioners voted at their Tuesday meeting to retain the county’s 10.
U.S. President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he is withdrawing from the presidential race. (KEVIN DIETSCH/Getty Images/TNS)

U.S. President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he is withdrawing from the presidential race. (KEVIN DIETSCH/Getty Images/TNS)

Biden endorses Harris as Democratic nominee

NEWS STAFF
Sunday, July 21, 2024
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s decision to bow out of the November election leaves a path for Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him that would have seemed unlikely for most of the last three years, when she was seen as a drag on his reelection prospects as her approval numbers in polls...
Ben Sasse, president of the University of Florida, announced Thursday night that he will resign. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times/TNS)

Ben Sasse, president of the University of Florida, announced Thursday night that he will resign. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times/TNS)

Sasse to step down as UF president

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Friday, July 19, 2024
TALLAHASSEE — Less than two years into the job, University of Florida President Ben Sasse on Thursday announced he will step down July 31 because of his wife’s health.
President Joe Biden steps off of Air Force One upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, on Wednesday. Biden tested positive for covid-19 with mild symptoms that day. (KENT NISHIMURA/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

President Joe Biden steps off of Air Force One upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, on Wednesday. Biden tested positive for covid-19 with mild symptoms that day. (KENT NISHIMURA/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

Biden resists rising Democratic pressure to quit race

TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
Friday, July 19, 2024
By Dave Goldiner New York Daily News WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday pushed back on rising pressure from fellow Democrats to drop out of the race amid widespread questions about his age and fitness to beat former President Trump and serve another term in the White House.