(The Center Square) – A new semiconductor plant for repair, cleaning, and coating is going to be coming to Mesa. KoMiCo’s facility is anticipated to create 200 jobs when it opens in 2026, and the announcement comes as there are larger efforts to get a wide variety of aspects of the semiconductor supply chain in […]
(The Center Square) — A federal oversight report found much to critique about the Department of Interior’s approach to cleaning up abandoned mine sites. After eight years and $1 billion to get it moving, barely 30% of the clean-up funds for the Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization program, or AMLER, have been spent, and the […]
(The Center Square) – Tennessee now has nine counties that are considered distressed, up one from a year ago and now including Haywood County, the home of Ford’s Blue Oval City project. A distressed county is one among the 10% most economically distressed in the nation, as determined by the Appalachian Regional Commission. This year, […]
(The Center Square) – An Oregon-based drug trafficking cell leader with ties to a large Mexico-based drug trafficking organization received a federal prison sentence this week after an investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Horacio Luna-Perez, 42, of Hillsboro, Oregon, got a 97-month federal prison sentence and five years’ supervised release, according to the […]
Obamas steal the show A raucous crowd energized by the arrival of the two most popular Democrats in the country kept its applause short so former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama weren’t ushered onto the stage late. Less than 24 hours after President Joe Biden bowed out of the spotlight to hand […]
A second series of misleading claims from Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) is again leading to difficult questions for the Kamala Harris campaign. Walz has been dogged by questions about his exaggerated military record, in which he repeatedly claimed or implied that he was deployed to war zones when he was not. Now, his wife, Gwen […]
Gas prices decreased again on Wednesday, with the average price for a gallon of regular gas coming in at $3.398, according to AAA. This was a slight decrease from Tuesday’s price of $3.404 per gallon. It is the first time the average cost for a gallon of gas in the country has been under $3.40 […]
As California’s junior senator, Kamala Harris promoted fundraisers for groups that support defunding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, records show. In 2018 and 2019, Harris urged the public to pledge donations to at least two fundraisers spearheaded by left-wing immigration groups that have demanded ICE and CBP be abolished in […]
CHICAGO — With Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee, party members are once again confident that black voters, particularly black male voters disaffected with President Joe Biden, are more likely to support the ticket during the November election. Biden was bleeding some black voter support while he led the ticket as the public […]
CHICAGO — Day Three of the Democratic National Convention will allow the Harris-Walz ticket to address supporters and voters nationwide in primetime. Wednesday’s keynote address will be delivered by 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), and DNC officials say Walz will expand on the night’s theme: “A fight for Our Freedoms.” “Vice President […]
