The Department of Justice announced Friday that it charged three people in connection to an alleged plot that originated in Iran to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump before the 2024 election. DOJ prosecutors said in charging documents that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a militant group based in Iran, asked one of the defendants in September […]
(The Center Square) – Tennessee’s top economists presented different revenue projections but agreed on one thing – the state’s cut to the franchise tax has led to a decrease. The Tennessee Department of Revenue gave the State Funding Board a forecast of 1.6% in total revenue and 2.2% in general fund revenue for fiscal year […]
(The Center Square) – One of Wisconsin’s Republican state representatives says that so many schools went to taxpayers for more money Tuesday shows the state’s system to pay for schools is working. Rep. Scott Allen, R-Waukehsa, said there’s nothing wrong with giving local taxpayers more control over their local schools. “These referendums keep the power and […]
(The Center Square) – Two bills have been filed in the U.S. House of Representatives directed at disaster relief following the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina and other states in the South. Authored by U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., the legislation is supportive of an Oct. 3 letter signed by 14 members […]
What most said couldn’t be done, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) did. Under the Republican governor’s leadership, Florida became the first state to defeat a multimillion-dollar...
(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania’s heard a message of civility from its governor in the hours after President-elect Donald Trump secured a White House victory. Josh Shapiro, at one-time a contender for Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate, issued a statement congratulating winners of Tuesday’s elections and calling for unity across party lines as the […]
(The Center Square) – Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s office has signed a $250,000 contract with Pacifica Law Group, which is headed by Zack Pekelis, a former AGO employee, and includes incoming Attorney General Nick Brown, to defend it in a potential lawsuit stemming from a $42 million tort claim. The tort claim filed by Police […]
(The Center Square) – Ohio is home to one of the closest races too close to call as Democrats and Republicans continue to wait to see who will control the U.S. House of Representatives. Incumbent Democrat Marcy Kaptur, a four-decade House veteran and the chamber’s longest-serving woman, led Republican state Rep. Derrick Merrin by 0.32% as […]
Michigan Republican Tudor Dixon suggested Susie Wiles’s lack of experience in Washington should be seen as an asset instead of a hindrance as she is not indebted to any local bureaucrats. Dixon, a former gubernatorial candidate for Michigan, praised Trump for his “historic pick” in selecting Wiles as his next White House chief of staff, […]
A top Democratic dark money group poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into an unsuccessful effort to oust Sen. Deb Fischer (D-NE), records show. Sixteen Thirty Fund, which is registered under a section of the IRS code called 501(c)(4) that allows “social welfare” groups to avoid disclosing their donors, spent over $800,000 supporting groups allied […]
