(The Center Square) – Michigan’s Republican leader of a House committee likened Secretary of State Joycelyn Benson to a student putting off her homework and reminded her she has one more day to turn in her assignment. Rep. Rachelle Smit, R-Martin, responded to a letter from Attorney General Dana Nessel that said some election information requested […]
Republicans in the House have included a major hike in the endowment tax in their sweeping tax and spending legislation. The text of the tax portion of the legislative bill, released Tuesday by the House Ways and Means Committee, raises the tax on the earnings of the largest university endowments to 21%, bringing it in […]
Club for Growth, the anti-tax group popular with conservatives, is showering Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) with praise in hopes that the centrist swing-state Democrat can be convinced to help Republicans extend President Donald Trump’s tax cuts. A new ad from the organization offers a window into the broader lobbying effort by interest groups to sway […]
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV spoke in multiple languages in his appeal to media representatives to help the world escape the “Tower of Babel” that is disrupting global society. The Washington Examiner was present when the pontiff called thousands of journalists together at Paul VI Hall in Vatican City on Monday. He encouraged them […]
Megyn Kelly slammed fashion company Versace for partnering with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, arguing it collaborated with a “fake” woman to promote its products. Mulvaney is perhaps best known for a collaboration with Bud Light in 2023. That sparked backlash online after Mulvaney was given a custom-made can, and the beer brand faced decreasing sales […]
(The Center Square) – The latest budget battle at the Wisconsin Capitol has little to do with what’s going to be in the state’s next spending plan. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers over the weekend criticized Republicans after they voted to remove a wave of non-budgetary policies from his budget proposal. “Republicans on the state’s budget committee […]
(The Center Square) – The latest Vanderbilt poll shows 61% of Tennesseans believe the economy is fairly bad or very bad. The survey of 1,223 Tennessee registered voters shows 85% believe the cost of living is expensive or somewhat expensive with only 7% saying things are affordable, according to the poll results. When asked about the […]
A bill bolstering a federal drug discount program that conservative critics have warned is a backdoor effort to subsidize transgender treatments for minors passed in the Oklahoma Senate last week, as similar measures are making their way through other Republican-led state legislatures. Conservative critics who oppose legislative expansions to the 340B drug pricing program have […]
(The Center Square) – Republican state Rep. Chris Miller argues it’s not hard to see why Chicago has become such an outlier when it comes to its struggling housing market. Price growth in the Chicago housing market is now running twice as high as the national average, with Crain’s monthly real estate data roundup showing […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) on Monday called on hundreds of cities and counties to ban homeless encampments on sidewalks, bike paths, and other public property, increasing pressure on local governments to follow the state‘s lead. His office released a model for a local ordinance that municipalities can adopt to make encampments illegal and clear existing […]
