(The Center Square) San Francisco’s former district attorney is leading a class action lawsuit requiring the state to follow through on a 1973 statute signed into law by then-governor Ronald Reagan to pay prisoners who have served more than six months $200 upon their release as “gate money.” Including interest, the case could cost taxpayers […]
(The Center Square) – Enrollment at North Carolina’s public universities this fall increased by 2.2% over last year, defying a national trend of declining college enrollment, the state said Thursday. Every University of North Carolina System campus gained in enrollment. Historically Black universities benefited from a new state policy to allow more out of state […]
(The Center Square) – Seattle Public Schools revealed two potential school consolidation plans to save the district funding as it faces a $100 million budget deficit. The potential closures are due to the district’s budget deficit that has resulted from weaker revenue streams and continually-decreasing enrollment. The first option the Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors will consider […]
(The Center Square) – With a move to expand the elimination of a tipped wage throughout Illinois, a new study refutes anti-tip credit activists’ claims that eliminating the current tip credit system would reduce inequities faced by women and minority workers. The Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new study conducted by University of California-Irvine economists, […]
(The Center Square) – Spokane hosted its first community roundtable over the city council’s deferred ordinances regarding homelessness without mentioning the shelved measures. Council President Betsy Wilkerson and Councilmember Zack Zappone ran dozens of community stakeholders through the Tuesday meeting. It started with a rundown of the rules for the series and an overhaul of the […]
Campaign shopping cart Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump don’t want to walk down the campaign trail talking about mergers, acquisitions, and the Federal Trade Commission. They do, on the other hand, want to discuss grocery prices. The most enduring pain of the largest spike in inflation in 40 years, under the […]
Democrats are hoping Taylor Swift encouraging people to register to vote will give Vice President Kamala Harris an edge in critical battleground states. Swift’s encouragement, in a social media post and during her appearance at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards, is opportune for Harris after Democrats experienced a “big deficit” in voter registration under […]
Vice President Kamala Harris is being lauded for her debate performance against former President Donald Trump on Tuesday night, in sharp contrast with President Joe Biden back in June. The question now becomes whether Harris’s well-executed plan of irritating Trump and joining with the moderators and Trump himself to draw attention to his negatives was […]
Almost immediately after the first debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, a brand-new debate broke out about whether there should be a second one. Some of the chief points of contention are who would host a second debate and what it would say about who won the first. The Harris […]
Gas prices decreased once again on Friday, with the average price for a gallon of regular gas dropping to $3.23, according to AAA. The price of regular gas has been falling for weeks now, dropping from the year’s highest price in April 2024, when the national average was $3.611 per gallon, to the monthly average […]
