(The Center Square) – A proposed capital gains tax in Seattle failed to get a “pass” recommendation out of the Select Budget Committee, with Council Bill 120908 garnering a 4-4 vote, including one abstention. Sue Romero, communications strategist with the Seattle City Council explained that “although it’s unlikely to pass given today’s vote tally, the cap gains […]
(The Center Square) – Former ComEd board member Juan Ochoa has completed his testimony at the bribery and racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, enters the federal court building in Chicago where he and codefendant Michael McClain face corruption charges.Jim Talamonti | The Center Square […]
(The Center Square) — The Tampa Bay Rays said in a letter released Tuesday that the team has suspended work on a new $1.2 billion stadium in St. Petersburg, but say they’ll “work with any willing partners” on a new deal. The letter came as the Pinellas County Commission voted 6-1 to postpone a $312.5 […]
(The Center Square) – Ninety-four percent of Wisconsin’s school districts met, exceeded, or significantly exceeded expectations during the past school year, a new report says. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, overseer of 377 public school districts, said only 24 did not hit that benchmark in 2023-24 in a positive report similar to the previous year. […]
Americans have coughed up $183 billion for Ukraine to defend itself from Russian troops, and it recently received the green light from the White House to expand the use of Pentagon weaponry vastly, but the country’s disapproval of the United States is surging to a new high. In a revealing Gallup survey, President Joe Biden’s […]
Californians rejected a measure that would have raised the state’s minimum wage to $18 an hour. Over two weeks after Election Day, California has counted over 99% of the votes and revealed that a slim majority of 50.8% as of Wednesday voted against Proposition 32. This is the first time voters have rejected a wage […]
(The Center Square) – California gas prices could rise up to $1.15 per gallon next year thanks to the state’s new carbon credit system, taxes, refinery regulations, and refinery shutdown. This would require the typical Californian to make up to $1,000 per year more in pre-tax income to “break even,” according to an analysis from […]
EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO), chairman of the congressional committee that oversees the IRS, is demanding the agency strip a progressive nonprofit organization of its tax-exempt status after the Treasury Department determined in October that one of its subsidiaries is a terrorist front group. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a U.S.-designated terrorist […]
The possibility of President-elect Donald Trump replacing FBI Director Christopher Wray has gained traction in recent days as separate factions of the Republican Party prop up possible candidates. Kash Patel, who served in senior advisory roles in the intelligence community and State Department during the first Trump administration, is the preferred candidate of the MAGA […]
Vice President Kamala Harris has retreated from the public spotlight since her resounding loss to President-elect Donald Trump two weeks ago. As Democrats reel from a Republican takeover of Washington, Harris traveled to Kalaoa, Hawaii, on Tuesday evening, capping a postelection period in which she has shifted back into the background of the Biden administration. […]
