Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) has introduced a bill that would require federal agencies headquartered in Washington, D.C., to relocate 30% of their workforce around the country. Ernst introduced on Thursday the Decentralizing and Reorganizing Agency Infrastructure Nationwide to Harness Efficient Services, Workforce Administration, and Management Practices Act, otherwise known as the DRAIN THE SWAMP Act. […]
(The Center Square) – Inadequate internal controls, including review procedures, that would have ensured accurate financial reporting are cited in an audit of the North Carolina Global TransPark by the state auditor’s office. The report covers the fiscal year ending June 30. The absence of a finance director since February 2022 was cited by state […]
(The Center Square) – Defense attorneys have begun making their case at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain. Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain separately enter the federal court building in Chicago Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024, where their corruption case defense begins.Jim Talamonti […]
(The Center Square) – It’s official: the invasive northern giant hornet has been declared eradicated from Washington state. “I am absolutely honored to announce that the last trap was removed on Dec. 5th, with no additional findings since 2021, reaching the threshold three-year mark,” Sven-Erik Spichiger, pest program manager with the Washington State Department of […]
(The Center Square) – On April 21, 1836, defenders of Texas liberty won the Battle of San Jacinto in 18 minutes, defeating the Mexican Army, creating the Texas Republic, and making possible what would become the western half of the United States. Among them was Jesse Lindsey McCrocklan following the orders of General Sam Houston, […]
(The Center Square) – Incentives of $2.2 million locally and from the state of North Carolina have helped land new plant plans in Mocksville for the maker of furniture for IKEA. SBA Home, a Lithuanian furniture company, plans a $70 million furniture factory that creates 250 jobs. Mocksville and Davie County anted up about $800,000 […]
(The Center Square) – Full federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has taken another step forward. Long sought by the largest American-Indian tribe east of the Mississippi River, and ninth largest in the nation, most members of the Lumbee are in Robeson, Hoke, Cumberland and Scotland counties. Lumbees were denied any federal […]
President-elect Donald Trump will start his second term with an even larger web of financial entanglements, reviving concerns over how a billionaire businessman and his allies can serve in the White House without conflicts of interest. Trump promised the Trump Organization’s pursuits would be walled off from his duties as president upon first entering office […]
President Joe Biden gifted his famous aviator sunglasses 57 times to world leaders over the course of two years, gave a Cambodian dictator a $2,310 hand-blown glass vase, and passed out leather soccer balls worth thousands to others. These are just some of the gifts the Biden-Harris administration has given using taxpayer funds, according to financial […]
The national average price for a gallon of regular gas rose again on Thursday to $3.045, according to AAA. Prices have increased every day this week and are now over two cents more expensive since Monday, when the price was $3.024. Despite recent increases, gas prices have been trending downward in recent weeks. Today, a […]
