Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture over its decision to cut a COVID-19 pandemic-era assistance program. The Trump administration ended the $13 million Local Food Purchasing Assistance Program agreement, supporting 189 Pennsylvania farms and 14 food banks, citing shifting priorities. To no avail, Shapiro appealed the decision in March, resulting in […]
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) lamented that judicial injunctions have led to the inability to “deport terrorists from our country.” Hawley was seemingly referring to U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, who stopped the deportation of convicted illegal immigrant men to South Sudan. Instead, Murphy ruled that the eight migrants remain […]
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday that Wisconsin violated the Constitution by forcing a Catholic nonprofit organization to pay into the state’s unemployment insurance program, delivering a win for religious liberty advocates and narrowing how far states can go in defining what counts as “religious.” In an opinion authored by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the high court found that the […]
(The Center Square) – On Wednesday, Future 42 unveiled its legislative scorecard detailing how Washington state lawmakers voted on some of the most controversial bills of the 2025 legislative session. Future 42 is the communications arm for Project 42, a nonprofit organization focused on promoting civic engagement and advocating for affordability, lower taxes, and pro-business policies. The organization’s name […]
(The Center Square) – The Antisemitism Education Act is headed to Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs’ desk after its final passage by the Legislature. The Arizona House passed House Bill 2867 on a 38 to 20 vote Wednesday with bipartisan support. The legislation bars public schools and public colleges from promoting antisemitic conduct and creates disciplinary procedures for violations. The bill says […]
(The Center Square) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday signed a major education funding bill into law allocating a record $8.5 billion for public schools and $4 billion for teacher and staff pay raises. Even though record levels of public education funding have been allocated in the past and Texas education outcomes remain among […]
(The Center Square) – The California Senate passed a bill that will allow violent convicts with life sentences to be eligible for parole after serving 25 years, so long as the convict was younger than 26 when the crime was committed. Republicans decried the bill as a threat to public safety. They noted individuals convicted […]
Patrick Timmins will face off against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in the Democratic primary later this month, challenging the incumbent for his position as New York City’s top prosecutor. If the former Bronx prosecutor wins the Democratic vote on June 24, he will go on to face Republican candidate Maud Maron in the general […]
David Jolly, best known for spending one term in Congress as a Republican, became the first Democrat to announce a bid for Florida governor ahead of the 2026 elections. An avid critic of President Donald Trump, Jolly represented Florida’s 13th Congressional District as a Republican from 2014 to 2017 before becoming an independent and later registering […]
New Zealand legislators voted Thursday to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka to protest a proposed law. Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke received a seven-day ban and the leaders of her political party, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi, were barred for 21 days. Three days had been the longest ban for […]
