(The Center Square) – Tax proceeds from sports wagering at eight licensed sports books in North Carolina rose 22.7% from March to April, the State Lottery Commission reported Monday morning. The state is on pace for $113.1 million in the first full fiscal year. March had been better than only two other months since the […]
President Donald Trump appointed Todd Blanche, who is second in charge at the Justice Department, as the new librarian of Congress. Before being tapped for the DOJ, Blanche served as Trump’s defense lawyer during his hush money trial, in which Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records. The DOJ confirmed Blanche’s […]
(The Center Square) – Michigan’s Republican leader of a House committee likened Secretary of State Joycelyn Benson to a student putting off her homework and reminded her she has one more day to turn in her assignment. Rep. Rachelle Smit, R-Martin, responded to a letter from Attorney General Dana Nessel that said some election information requested […]
Republicans in the House have included a major hike in the endowment tax in their sweeping tax and spending legislation. The text of the tax portion of the legislative bill, released Tuesday by the House Ways and Means Committee, raises the tax on the earnings of the largest university endowments to 21%, bringing it in […]
Club for Growth, the anti-tax group popular with conservatives, is showering Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) with praise in hopes that the centrist swing-state Democrat can be convinced to help Republicans extend President Donald Trump’s tax cuts. A new ad from the organization offers a window into the broader lobbying effort by interest groups to sway […]
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV spoke in multiple languages in his appeal to media representatives to help the world escape the “Tower of Babel” that is disrupting global society. The Washington Examiner was present when the pontiff called thousands of journalists together at Paul VI Hall in Vatican City on Monday. He encouraged them […]
Megyn Kelly slammed fashion company Versace for partnering with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, arguing it collaborated with a “fake” woman to promote its products. Mulvaney is perhaps best known for a collaboration with Bud Light in 2023. That sparked backlash online after Mulvaney was given a custom-made can, and the beer brand faced decreasing sales […]
(The Center Square) – The latest budget battle at the Wisconsin Capitol has little to do with what’s going to be in the state’s next spending plan. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers over the weekend criticized Republicans after they voted to remove a wave of non-budgetary policies from his budget proposal. “Republicans on the state’s budget committee […]
(The Center Square) – The latest Vanderbilt poll shows 61% of Tennesseans believe the economy is fairly bad or very bad. The survey of 1,223 Tennessee registered voters shows 85% believe the cost of living is expensive or somewhat expensive with only 7% saying things are affordable, according to the poll results. When asked about the […]
A bill bolstering a federal drug discount program that conservative critics have warned is a backdoor effort to subsidize transgender treatments for minors passed in the Oklahoma Senate last week, as similar measures are making their way through other Republican-led state legislatures. Conservative critics who oppose legislative expansions to the 340B drug pricing program have […]
