(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski of Illinois took the witness stand for a short day Monday at the public corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain. Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan enters the federal court building in Chicago Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, to continue hearing […]
(The Center Square) – Washington state is overspending its revenue by billions of dollars, but finding out just how many billions has state officials offering up broadly different figures. During last Thursday’s meeting of the Washington State Board of Education, J. Lee Schultz, SBE’s deputy executive director, provided a brief update on the coming legislative session, which was […]
(The Center Square) – Cook County is at No. 6 on the American Tort Reform Association’s Judicial Hellholes list. ATRA has been publishing the annual Judicial Hellholes list for more than 20 years. President Tiger Joyce said this year, Cook County is among the worst. “Cook County is home to a disproportionate amount of the […]
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court said it would not hear a case brought by parents in Wisconsin against their school district over its lack of a parental notification policy for students who change their gender. Justice Brett Kavanaugh said he would have heard the case brought against an association of parents against […]
(The Center Square) – Amid the tributes to Pennsylvania’s war veterans on the Capitol complex grounds in Harrisburg, a new monument will soon be added: one honoring the families who bear the profound loss of loved ones who gave their lives in service to the country. Act 145 of 2024, signed into law last month […]
With Republicans winning the government trifecta in 2024, Washington, D.C., is gearing up for how Republican rule could change the district. Washington, D.C., is the bluest area in the country, with President-elect Donald Trump winning just single digits in his best election results yet. Now, city officials fear that Republicans will turn their ire on […]
The Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump group that has been mired in controversy since its formation, routed millions of dollars this election cycle to companies owned by its leaders, according to federal records. Documents filed with the Federal Election Commission show that, over the last year, the Lincoln Project paid around $7 million to consulting firms […]
The national average price for regular gas decreased to $3.011 per gallon on Tuesday, a drop from Monday’s price of $3.018, according to AAA. Today’s price for regular gas is also less expensive than a week ago, when it was $3.037 per gallon. Gas prices have been trending downward since the summer and are significantly […]
The Supreme Court will hear a case Tuesday that could redefine the scope of federal environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act. The eventual ruling in the case Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County could clarify whether federal agencies must evaluate the environmental effects of decisions they make, even if that involves addressing ramifications […]
President Joe Biden is making a case for himself in his final days, preparing a Tuesday speech on the economy as he looks toward his post-presidential future. According to the White House, Biden will speak on his “middle-out-bottom-up economic playbook” at the prominent Brookings Institution think tank in Washington, delivering what it describes as a […]
