Lawmakers in Ohio are preparing to override Gov. Mike DeWine’s (R-OH) vetoes on certain property tax changes. Last week, DeWine made 67 line-item vetoes in the state’s $60 billion budget bill. This week, Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman issued a memo to state legislators that they will be in session later this month. “The purpose […]
Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) did not back down from his criticisms of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), even when his House colleagues called his comments Islamophobic and racist. Fine is a Jewish representative who replaced Mike Waltz upon Waltz’s initial appointment to become the White House national security adviser. When Omar criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]
(The Center Square) – Wirepoints Executive Editor Mark Glennon is warning Chicago residents the city appears on the road to destruction as a mounting pension crisis has seen such debt soar by 13% over the last five years alone. The 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the city of Chicago now pegs the city’s unfunded […]
(The Center Square) – Amid a flood of online mis- and disinformation, lawmakers in both chambers of the Pennsylvania General Assembly have proposed legislation to help students evaluate the credibility of their sources and empower them with critical thinking skills to distinguish fact from fiction. House Bill 332 and Senate Bill 839 would require K-12 […]
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) raised $10 million for his reelection campaign in the second quarter of the year. The Ossoff campaign said its average campaign donation this quarter was $32, with nearly 98% of donations being less than $100. It also noted that he received donations from all 156 of the 159 Georgia counties. The […]
A federal judge in New Hampshire on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order by certifying a nationwide class action, marking the first such ruling since the Supreme Court narrowed the ability of lower courts to issue sweeping injunctions against presidential policies. U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante, an appointee of former President George W. Bush in Concord, sided […]
The reemergence of the New World screwworm, which poses significant health risks for livestock, has prompted the Department of Agriculture to halt cattle shipments from Mexico to the United States. The move marks at least the second time this year that cattle imports from Mexico have been suspended over the parasitic fly. Secretary of Agriculture […]
Despite indications from the Justice Department that its search for files related to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein is over, the FBI has told a legal watchdog group that it is still looking through its system. In the latest Trump administration confusion over the high-profile case, the Justice Department said in a court filing that the […]
Republican Tudor Dixon said she will not run office in Michigan after considering a run for governor or the Senate. Dixon ran for governor in 2022 but lost to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) by 10 points. Dixon, a conservative commentator and businesswoman, said she will instead focus on supporting the policies of President Donald Trump. […]
A new lawsuit from a bipartisan coalition of business leaders is looking to redraw Wisconsin’s congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The Wisconsin Business Leaders for Democracy argued the state’s congressional maps are unconstitutionally gerrymandered and create an uncompetitive landscape. “Anti‐competitive gerrymanders are every bit as antithetical to democracy, and to law, as […]
