More than a third of registered voters in North Carolina have cast ballots in the general election, according to the state’s Board of Elections. Roughly 2,821,000 ballots had been cast as of Sunday, which accounts for about 36% of the state’s approximately 7,793,000 registered voters. Of those ballots, around 2,666,000 were cast in person during […]
(The Center Square) – A pilot program announced this week will expand affordable housing by providing grants for mixed-use development. The $10 million funding comes from PA SITES, a $400 million new program created to spur development and draw businesses to Pennsylvania. “The PA Mixed-Use Housing Development pilot program is a strong first step towards […]
All about that base (wage) Four states are asking voters whether jobs flipping burgers, scooping ice cream, and pouring coffee will be more appealing if workers are paid more to do them. Besides the burning question of whether Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump is going to be the top elected official […]
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin Republican Reps. Derrick Van Orden and Bryan Steil testified at a House Judiciary Committee meeting last week about the dangers of sanctuary cities and the community challenges illegal immigration has posed across the state, particularly in Whitewater. Steil has previously pointed to Whitewater as a “case study” of the damaging […]
(The Center Square) – More than 56,000 people have taken advantage of same-day registration during the early in-person window in North Carolina, pushing the voter roll to nearly 7.8 million. In the last two weeks, the unaffiliated bloc is up 23,228, Republicans 17,656, and Democrats 13,434. The total for unaffiliated registrations is just 7,862 shy […]
(The Center Square) – Hurricane Helene has killed 99 people in North Carolina, and as the fifth week of recovery progresses, there remain 10 people unaccounted for or missing. At least one county, Buncombe where 42 perished, said last week it would reopen the search if new information comes to light for the 10 it […]
(The Center Square) – With just eight days until the general election, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are neck-in-neck in North Carolina. Considered one of seven swing states, winning North Carolina is critical in the race for the White House. Currently, Trump leads the polls by an average of 1.3%, well within […]
(The Center Square) – Prosecutors walked the jury through energy legislation on Monday with a former utility attorney on the witness stand to illustrate the importance of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to the state’s largest utility in Madigan’s corruption trial. Prosecutors called former ComEd general counsel and Senior Vice President Tom O’Neill to […]
The race for House control is a political game of inches. Democrats need to net four seats in the 435-member chamber to win a majority after two years in the political wilderness of the House minority. That’s no easy task because most House seats are drawn to favor one party safely. Obvious targets for Democrats […]
Time will tell whether former President Donald Trump’s massive rally at Madison Square Garden was the beginning of a successful closing argument or the MAGA movement’s electoral swan song. The event was nevertheless consistent with Trump’s now nearly decade-long political career: risky unscripted events that few people running for office would ever attempt, that drive […]
