(The Center Square) – Georgia ranks 22nd on the Tax Foundation’s annual State Tax Competitiveness Index, with property taxes receiving the lowest marks. Property taxes are not set by the state, but rather by local cities, counties and school boards. Georgia ranks higher than all of its neighbors except Florida, with the highest property taxes paid […]
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR) is sending 100 Arkansas National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., after the Thanksgiving holiday. The deployment announcement comes just days after the Department of War extended the National Guard presence in the capital through Feb. 28, 2026. Sanders’s office said that the deployment is set to last several months. ARKANSAS […]
The Trump administration told a federal judge on Monday that it will deplete the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program contingency fund to provide food stamp recipients with part of their monthly benefits. Late last week, U.S. District Judge John McConnell ordered the administration to use contingency funds and either fully or partially fund November payments, demanding […]
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani suggested on Monday that he can be an “alternative” leader to President Donald Trump as part of his final pitch to voters. Mamdani is leading in the polls and looks poised to win the city’s mayoralty on Tuesday. The comments Mamdani offered — that he can be the […]
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said Monday he “doesn’t know anything about that,” when asked about the crypto billionaire President Donald Trump said he knew “nothing” about after pardoning him. “I don’t know anything about that. I didn’t see the interview,” Johnson said. “You’ll have to ask the president about that. I’m not sure.” Trump told […]
A federal judge extended an order barring President Donald Trump‘s federalization and deployment of the National Guard to Portland, as she prepares to issue a final ruling later this week. U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut has continuously sided with Oregon officials over the Trump administration about whether the president lawfully ordered the deployment of the […]
To outsiders, the northeastern corridor of Virginia, particularly its schools, could appear to be in a perpetual state of scandal. It’s as if a new controversy leaks out of Loudoun, Arlington, and Fairfax counties — an affluent, liberal area in northern Virginia, known locally as NOVA — every few weeks. In Loudoun County, three sophomore students […]
(The Center Square) – Election integrity advocates are calling for sweeping reforms after a new international report ranks Illinois near the bottom for election security. Illinois has been ranked among the lowest in the nation for election security, according to a comprehensive international survey by The Meyers Report. The study, which evaluated all 50 states and 36 […]
(The Center Square) – Transportation energy costs for the overwhelming majority of North Carolinians remain near the lowest average in 15 years. Monday’s average from the American Automobile Association for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline from Murphy to Manteo is $2.74. In 2010 some 188 months ago, the cost dipped to $2.72 on average […]
Two suspects were charged by federal authorities on Monday in connection with an alleged terrorist plot over Halloween weekend in Michigan that was thwarted by the FBI before an attack could happen. The men were identified as Mohmed Ali and Majed Mahmoud. They face federal charges of receiving and transferring, and attempting and conspiring to […]
