GLENDALE, ARIZONA — The memorial for conservative activist Charlie Kirk, fatally shot at a Utah university earlier this month, opened with emotional speeches that blended grief, gratitude, and faith. Pastor Rob McCoy, Kirk’s longtime pastor, began by thanking Turning Point USA staff for staging the organization’s largest-ever event and assuring the crowd it was “alive […]
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) expressed her disappointment that more House members did not join her in voting “no” on the House resolution that honored the life of conservative activist Charlie Kirk after his assassination earlier this month. The second-term Texas Democrat said it “hurts [her] heart” that “only two caucasian” House members voted no on […]
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) repeatedly dodged answering when he could endorse Democratic New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani on Sunday, saying he will “continue talking to him.” Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) endorsed Mamdani on Sept. 14, joining the likes of Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in backing […]
(The Center Square) – With a government shutdown hanging in the balance, the fight for extended Affordable Care Act tax credits is hitting home for low-income workers. In Pennsylvania, the Service Employees International Union, or SEIU, convened a group of dozens of health care workers in Harrisburg to deliver letters to U.S. Sens. John Fetterman, […]
(The Center Square) – Some consumer advocates say battery storage legislation would help reduce energy price spikes, but others say an Illinois Senate bill’s provisions would lead to net costs for customers. The Illinois Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee discussed energy storage provisions of House amendment to Senate Bill 40 in a virtual subject matter hearing […]
(The Center Square) – When Microsoft announced plans for an additional $4 billion data center in Kenosha County on Thursday morning, it came with comments from Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and Milwaukee County Executive and governor candidate David Crowley about the benefits. But many of the usually benefits of a business entering the state – […]
(The Center Square) – Another multi-million-dollar grant has been awarded to a multi-billion-dollar company in Texas through the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund. The latest is a $250 million TSIF grant awarded to Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC for its semiconductor fabrication facility in Taylor. Samsung Electronics has three semiconductor fab facilities in Texas; two are in […]
(The Center Square) – A new state agency being compared to the federal Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is gearing up after a new law went into effect and a new director was appointed. Earlier this year, the Texas legislature created the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office (TREO) to identify and eliminate unnecessary regulations in state […]
(The Center Square) – Foreign worker visa programs in the United States are not doing enough to spur economic growth and recruit native workers, according to a new report. The Economic Policy Institute released a report that says the H-2B visa program is bloated and stifles wage growth. “Expansion of H-2B should be avoided,” the report summary […]
President Donald Trump said Sunday that Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch is involved in the United States’s negotiations with China over controlling TikTok’s algorithm. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Fox News’s Saturday in America that the administration is “100% confident” a deal will be signed to put the U.S. in charge of […]
