Israel is blaming the British government for allowing the deadly attack on a synagogue in a suburb of Manchester by failing to take action against extremists. A thus-far unidentified suspect reportedly carried out the “marauding terror attack” on the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall by ramming his car into the temple and stabbing […]
Telecommunications supplier Qualcomm is among the founding partners of a new alliance slated to “develop foundational 6G technologies” in the United States. Verizon unveiled its 6G Innovation Forum just days before Qualcomm President and CEO Cristiano Amon announced that his company will have pre-commercial devices operating on 6G internet by 2028. The forum named Qualcomm […]
The Ohio Senate joined the Ohio House on Wednesday in overriding Gov. Mike DeWine‘s (R-OH) veto on several property tax measures. DeWine made 67 line-item vetoes in the state’s $60 billion budget bill earlier this year. In a special session, the state legislature successfully overrode his veto on property tax levy restrictions. It removed the […]
A watchdog group filed a complaint this week against the Trump administration for putting banners on federal websites blaming Democrats for the government shutdown. Public Citizen accused the Small Business Administration and Department of Housing and Urban Development of being in “blatant violation” of the Hatch Act, which limits “electioneering” and certain other political activities […]
World leaders joked about President Donald Trump mixing up Armenia and Albania at a European political summit. Trump has taken pride in his efforts to strike a preliminary peace deal between longtime rivals Armenia and Azerbaijan, but has confused the names of Armenia and Albania several times when talking about it. At the European Political […]
United States Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee went on social media Thursday to rebut rumors that Charlie Kirk had no longer supported Israel before his assassination last month. Such rumors have been spread by right-wing media figures in the weeks following Kirk’s death. “I’m so disappointed in people with a media platform who have disparaged […]
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin is the “gold standard of open enrollment reporting in the nation,” according to the author of a new report on how state’s compare in open enrollment policy. Wisconsin ranked 10th overall in Reason Foundation’s open enrollment rankings and Reason Senior Policy Analyst Jude Schwalbach praised the state’s cross-district enrollment policy […]
Small Business Administration Administrator Kelly Loeffler said Thursday that small businesses will lose approximately $200 million every week that the government shutdown continues. “Main street’s growing, thriving, it’s investing and hiring, but that all comes to a stop thanks to the Schumer shutdown. That means about 300 small businesses every week will not get access […]
(The Center Square) – Less than a day into the federal government shutdown, Dane County’s executive says she has no choice but to freeze hiring. County Executive Melissa Agard announced she will freeze hiring for “all non-essential vacancies.” “The Trump Shutdown will harm families, workers, and communities across the country, and Dane County is not immune,” […]
(The Center Square) – Growing inflation over the past year means a raise for minimum wage workers in Ohio. The 30-cent hike to $11 an hour takes effect Jan. 1 and applies to nontipped workers in businesses with annual gross receipts of more than $405,000. The receipt threshold grew from $394,000. The wage for tipped […]
