(The Center Square) – Privately run schools getting taxpayer money are coming to Miami through an 11th hour state budget law. Success Academy, backed by $50 million from Ken Griffin of the Citadel Enterprise Americas investment firm, is expanding in what Gov. Ron DeSantis calls “just the beginning.” Griffin is a billionaire hedge fund owner. […]
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI), Democratic Michigan Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks, and Republican Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall announced a state budget agreement Thursday after weeks of a stalemate in budget negotiations. Michigan is the last state without a budget approved before the next fiscal year. The state was staring down a statewide government shutdown if […]
(The Center Square) – A Wisconsin bill would prevent judges who are suspended for misconduct from being paid while they are on leave. Assembly Bill 380 came in response to Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan, who has been suspended by the Wisconsin Supreme Court while facing federal charges. Dugan is charged with obstruction of […]
Justice Clarence Thomas defended the Supreme Court‘s recent rulings overturning long-standing precedents of the high court, as the justices appear poised to overturn a 90-year-old precedent in their upcoming term. Thomas argued, while speaking at Catholic University Law School, that the high court should not blindly follow precedents to guide current rulings if the established […]
(The Center Square) — Millions of New Yorkers will get “inflation reduction” checks this fall from the state as part of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s efforts to offset the impact of higher prices for food, gas and other necessities. Hochul announced Friday that the state will begin distributing $2 billion in direct payments to more than […]
Democrats who repeatedly said “no one is above the law” when President Donald Trump was indicted in four criminal cases have ironically criticized the indictment against former FBI Director James Comey. On Thursday, a federal grand jury indicted Comey on one count of making false statements to Congress and one count of obstruction of justice […]
(The Center Square) − Nearly a quarter of Louisiana students missed 10% or more of school days last year, placing the state just below the national average for chronic absenteeism, according to a report by the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana. State data put Louisiana’s chronic absenteeism rate at 22.5% for the 2023-24 school […]
Sinclair is ending its boycott of ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! after taking the show off the air in response to the late-night host’s comments about Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer. The media company had called Kimmel’s comments “deeply insensitive.” “Our objective throughout this process has been to ensure that programming remains accurate and engaging for the […]
More than 250 FBI agents deployed in plainclothes to the United States Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot were left without proper safety equipment, clear instructions, or identifiable markings, a disorganized response that prompted a wave of internal complaints accusing FBI leadership of politicization and double standards, according to a newly released after-action report. The […]
(The Center Square) – A state-government-appointed working group aimed at overhauling Ohio’s juvenile justice system wants to keep youngsters out of the state system longer and give judges more sentencing discretion. The recommendations come in the form of new bipartisan legislation more than a year after the group developed its proposals. The group first started meeting […]
