(The Center Square) – As Illinois continues to allow data centers to set up shop in the state, the stress on the power grid is coming into question. A data center is a space used to house computer systems and associated equipment, such as telecommunications and storage systems. Data centers can vary widely in terms […]
(The Center Square) – The Nevada Senate has passed a bill addressing the microplastic problem in Lake Tahoe. Senate Bill 324 prevents the sale or distribution of plastic water bottles over four liters in any community around the lake. Sen. Melanie Scheible, D-Las Vegas, introduced the bill, and the state senators last week approved it […]
(The Center Square) – Democrats representing Arizona in Washington, D.C. are pointing to a new report as showing that Medicaid cuts will undermine the state’s fight against the fentanyl crisis. The report from the Joint Economic Committee Minority says more than 31,000 Arizonans receive the so-called gold standard treatment for opioid use disorder through Medicaid, […]
President Donald Trump is leaving the MAGA lane open in yet another Republican primary with his long-running habit of endorsing multiple candidates in a single race. This week, Trump endorsed Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) for governor of Arizona after endorsing Republican Karrin Taylor Robson in December 2024. The awkward double endorsement followed complaints from Trump loyalists that […]
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) urged the U.S. Department of Justice to “get on” pursuing people advocating violence across the nation, suggesting people are “tired” of seeing no results. Luna’s call comes after multiple acts of vandalism have occurred across the country, including at several Tesla dealerships, to protest Elon Musk. Last week, a student […]
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) is the latest Republican to announce she is visiting El Salvador to meet with its president as the country takes center stage in American politics with President Donald Trump‘s crackdown on illegal immigration. Luna said she received a “personal invitation” from Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele to travel to the country. […]
Tennessee Republican House members are putting a bill that would allow schools to deny enrollment to students based on their legal status on hold as it seeks guidance from the Trump administration. House Majority Leader William Lamberth, the bill’s sponsor, expressed concern that Tennessee could lose approximately $1.1 billion in federal funding for education. There […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared ready to side with parents in a case pitting religious rights against public school curriculum. At the heart of the dispute is Maryland’s Montgomery County Public Schools’ 2023 decision to eliminate opt-outs for LGBT-related books such as Uncle Bobby’s Wedding, which portrays a same-sex marriage, and Intersection Allies, which explores nonbinary […]
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has reached his worst-ever favorability rating in two decades of polling by Siena College, fueled by the fallout among Democrats over his handling of President Donald Trump. In the same survey released Tuesday, possible 2028 primary challenger Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) received her highest-ever favorability rating from the popular political polling institution. Schumer […]
Russian leader Vladimir Putin claimed on Monday that he is open to possibly starting direct negotiations with Ukraine to end the war that’s been going on for more than three years. The Russian leader has dangled the possibility of ending the war, as the Trump administration wants, but has continued attacks in Ukraine, including on […]
