(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Education announced last week it plans to re-evaluate the funding for more than $40 million in federal reimbursements for a series of Michigan school infrastructure projects. State Superintendent Michael F. Rice and State Board of Education President Pamela Pugh said the potential cuts will harm Michigan students […]
(The Center Square) − In his latest effort to rein in government spending, Gov. Jeff Landry has imposed a hiring freeze across the executive branch, aiming to save the state $20 million annually. The freeze, announced through an executive order, applies to all state agencies but does not affect local governments. The move is part […]
(The Center Square) — During Monday’s Caddo Parish Commission work session, newly reported numbers show a significant decrease in juvenile detention numbers since March 17. Parish Administrator Erica Bryant shared the updated juvenile report in Monday’s work session. The reported stats show three in detention, two in the Office of Juvenile Justice, three 17-year-olds, 24 […]
(The Center Square) — When Mary Anne Mushatt, a New Orleans resident living in a house heated by natural gas, went before the Louisiana Public Service Commission to express her grievances with the upgrades to her home provided by Entergy, she was revealing herself as one of many casualties of the current statewide energy efficiency […]
(The Center Square) – A new report shows which states pay the most, and the least, for their energy. The report from the American Legislative Exchange Council showed that Wyoming, North Dakota, Idaho, Utah and Nebraska had the cheapest electricity, ranging from an average of 8.24 to 8.82 cents per kilowatt hour. Electricity was most […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting Hungary this week in defiance of an International Criminal Court warrant demanding his immediate arrest. Netanyahu touched down in Budapest on Wednesday and will spend four days in the country on a trip that is, at least in part, a demonstration of willful disobedience to the ICC’s demand […]
Ontario Premier Doug Ford suggested that Canada could drop its tariffs against the United States, stating the northern nation would be willing to take them off “in the next minute” if the U.S. removes its tariffs. Ford detailed how Canada has “another $65 billion” in tariffs ready to issue against the U.S. but that the […]
A Maryland judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of probationary employees slashed from the federal workforce, stopping short of a nationwide injunction previously used against the White House. Maryland U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar ruled the workers must be reinstated by 2 p.m. on April 8, but only in the twenty specific […]
Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) is headed for a competitive primary election next year after his former congressional staffer Jake Rakov launched a primary challenge on Wednesday. “I’m running for Congress against my former boss who’s been in office for nearly 30 years,” Rakov, 37, said on social media. “It’s time for a new generation of Democrats […]
Education Secretary Linda McMahon stepped out of the department’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., to offer her own remarks as Democratic lawmakers were airing their grievances regarding the Trump administration with reporters. The meeting between McMahon and about a dozen Democratic members of the House of Representatives comes weeks after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to weaken the […]
