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What happens to Tim Walz’s seat if he gets elected vice president

Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) might wind up with a new job next year after being tapped to join Vice President Kamala Harris on the Democratic ticket. Walz won’t have to leave office straight away as he hits the road with Harris to run against former President Donald Trump and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH). He will […]

Where Harris’s campaign is going this week and why the stops matter

Vice President Kamala Harris is making herself busy on the campaign trail as she has now clinched the Democratic nomination. On Tuesday, her campaign will stop in Philadelphia, where she is expected to appear with her running mate, who has been confirmed to be Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN). Her campaign will then embark on a […]

Manchin’s Inflation Reduction Act fight with Biden meant a loss for him everywhere

Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV) is leaving the Senate fighting with everyone and pleasing no one. The West Virginia centrist Democrat-turned-independent was instrumental in writing and negotiating one of the most important pieces of legislation for President Joe Biden’s legacy. And he has spent most of his time since it was signed into law disparaging it. […]

Who is Tim Walz? Meet Harris’s pick for vice president

Vice President Kamala Harris has picked Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) to be her running mate for the 2024 presidential election. Upon announcing her campaign, Walz quickly endorsed Harris, keeping vice presidential buzz to a minimum while many of his Midwestern colleagues nudged his name into the fold. He became a favorite, alongside Gov. Josh Shapiro […]

Harris taps Walz as her vice presidential pick

Vice President Kamala Harris has chosen Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) to be her running mate, fewer than 100 days before the 2024 election and four years to the week that President Joe Biden tapped her to become his No. 2. Harris’s choice, confirmed by the Associated Press, caps a truncated vetting process after Democrats quickly […]

Local taxes can increase now with law eliminating Illinois’ grocery tax in 2026

(The Center Square) – There’s a lot more to the newly enacted law eliminating Illinois’ grocery tax in 2026. Local governments can now impose their own 1% tax, along with other sales tax increases.  Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Monday he signed House Bill 3144, touting relief he said the measure will bring.  “Even with inflation cooling […]

Democrats’ voter registrations decrease greater than total additions

(The Center Square) – Registered Democrats by North Carolina voter registration have decreased by a number larger than the increase in overall registrations since the last presidential election. When President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris defeated incumbents Donald Trump and Mike Pence on Nov. 7, 2020, the state’s total registrations were more than […]

North Carolina-headquartered Barings named in Climate Action 100+ probe

(The Center Square) – One North Carolina company is among more than 130 in the United States being asked by a congressional committee about involvement with environmental, social and governance initiative Climate Action 100+. U.S. Reps. Deborah Ross and Dan Bishop, a Democrat and Republican respectively from North Carolina, are among the 42 members of […]

Taxpayers pay $30 million more than projected for new Chicago transit stop

(The Center Square) – A new Chicago Transit Authority train station has opened years late, at a taxpayer cost that surpassed initial projections by more than $30 million. The Damen Green Line project was first announced in 2017, with a projected completion date sometime in 2020. The original taxpayer cost estimate was $50 million. Mayor […]

Wake up with the Washington Examiner: Trump fights with Georgia, Harris on recession watch, and a redistricting wrinkle

Georgia on his mind Former President Donald Trump is having a hard time dropping his grievances with Georgia. Four years after his baseless attempts to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory there, Trump doesn’t appear to have forgiven Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) for his failure to “find” enough votes to put the former president back in […]
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