Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled one of her first major policy proposals earlier this month, but Democrats are not expecting it to pass through Congress even if she wins the White House in November. Harris unveiled a proposal to ban so-called price gouging, specifically with regard to grocery stores and similar establishments. The proposal garnered […]
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) accused the Secret Service and Federal Bureau of Investigation of “basically dragging their feet” on providing information to help investigate the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. The task force, established shortly after the assassination attempt, has sent letters to Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray, Homeland Security […]
TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian arbitrator appointed to resolve a messy railroad labor dispute to protect the North American economy has ordered employees at the country’s two major railroads back to work so both can resume operating. Saturday’s order means Canadian National will be able to continue operating the trains it restarted Friday morning just over a day after […]
(The Center Square) – Calls are growing louder for the resignation of Ross Hunter, the director of the Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families who was appointed to the position by Gov. Jay Inslee. Pressure has been mounting for months over critical safety issues and violence directed at staff and inmates at the […]
(The Center Square) – Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom said Friday she was withdrawing from the race for the state’s sole congressional seat. Dahlstrom, a Republican, finished third in Tuesday’s primary with 19.96% of the 96,491 votes cast, according to the unofficial election results from the Alaska Division of Elections. Incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola […]
(The Center Square) – It is Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s lofty goal to have one million electric vehicles on Illinois roads in less than six years, and now a public service campaign is critical of his political party’s EV agenda. The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) has launched an ad campaign called “Driver’s Seat” […]
(The Center Square) – Seattle and Tacoma took the top two spots in the Tax Foundation’s latest publication on the highest combined state and local sales tax rates among major U.S. cities. Earlier this week, the Washington, D.C.-based think tank released its “Sales Tax Rates in Major Cities, Midyear 2024” report, which calculates “average combined […]
(The Center Square) — On the shores of Pennsylvania’s sliver of Lake Erie, something has happened that hasn’t been seen for decades: common terns nesting on the beach, raising their young chicks to fledglings. Game Commission officials are excited. Back in the 1930s, Presque Isle State Park had 100 breeding pairs of terns at Gull […]
(The Center Square) – A new study says the Chicago metropolitan area has one of the biggest inflation problems in the United States. WalletHub found that Chicago trails only New York, Minneapolis and Detroit on the inflation list. WalletHub writer/analyst Chip Lupo says several factors may be affecting those markets. “Supply chain disruptions, energy prices […]
HONOLULU (AP) — Hurricane Hone passed just south of Hawaii on Sunday, dumping enough rain for the National Weather Service to call off its red flag warnings that strong winds could lead to wildfires on the drier sides of islands in the archipelago. Hone (pronounced hoe-NEH) had top winds of 85 mph (140 kph) Sunday […]
