(The Center Square) – A report forecasting major budget deficits for the state of Illinois is getting the attention of Senate Republicans. Earlier this month, the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget released a five-year projection that shows the state spending $63 billion by 2030, creating an annual $5 billion deficit. In 2020, the state budget was just […]
(The Center Square) – Rep. Mark Rozzi held the gavel just one last time on Tuesday. The Berks County Democrat, first elected in 2012, bid farewell from the speaker’s podium in the House of Representatives, where he reflected on the traumatic path that led him to Harrisburg. A survivor of clergy sexual abuse, Rozzi emerged […]
(The Center Square) – U.S. senatorial candidate Eric Hovde posted a statement on Tuesday saying that he has not decided if he will ask for a recount and has intentionally not commented on his race with incumbent Tammy Baldwin, which was declared a victory for Baldwin last Wednesday. Baldwin has 49.38% of the vote compared to Hovde’s […]
(The Center Square) – Arizonans have passed a law that would allow both commercial and residential property owners to be eligible for a tax refund if they can provide proof that the city failed to enforce public nuisance laws affecting their property. At 90% of precincts participating, 58.6% of voters approved Prop. 312. This proposition […]
Special Counsel Jack Smith plans to finish his work and resign before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Smith’s goal is to not leave any significant part of his work for others to complete and to get ahead of Trump’s promise to fire him within “two seconds” of being sworn in, according to sources close to […]
The United States Navy commissioned a new destroyer over the weekend in New York City and it was named after legendary World War II hero United States Marine Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone. Appropriately, the ship was commissioned on the weekend of the 249th anniversary of the United States Marine Corps and two days before Veterans […]
President-elect Donald Trump hasn’t been sworn in as the 47th commander in chief, but that hasn’t stopped him from reminding supporters that will be his next title starting Jan. 20, 2025. In the week since soundly defeating Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump has repeatedly referred to himself as both the 45th and 47th president of […]
President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump will be in the same room for the first time since their debate this summer, a meeting that ended Biden’s political career. Biden and Trump’s sit-down at the White House on Wednesday underscores that conclusion for Biden, whose final presidential campaign was underpinned by his opposition to Trump only to see him return stronger than ever. […]
It’s time for Iowa politics to abandon Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register. For too long, we have let Ann Selzer use her polls to influence races. She is fully aware that her polls can influence voters. She said it herself in a guest column she wrote after the election, where she said: “I […]
Reps. Nancy Mace (R-SC) and Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI) are holding a joint hearing to uncover alleged secret research programs conducted by the U.S. government into unidentified anomalous phenomena. Synonymous with the term unidentified flying object, the term UAP was first coined by the Pentagon in 2022 to include the tracking of unexplainable sightings in bodies […]
