(The Center Square) – After top executives met with Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday, CenterPoint Energy announced it was withdrawing its request with the Public Utility Commission of Texas to have ratepayers cover its costs and make a profit. The announcement came four days after a Texas Senate hearing where Republicans and Democrats were united […]
(The Center Square) – Three months before the November election in which Vice President Kamala Harris is the Democratic nominee for president, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security says it is suspending a parole program she, as the president’s “border czar,” has overseen with DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. DHS announced on Friday that it was […]
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Commerce has approved Montana’s proposal for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. Thursday’s action allows Montana to request over $628 million for the Internet program. Gov Greg Gianforte welcomed the news, adding this brings his administration’s total investment in expanding broadband connection to nearly $1 […]
(The Center Square) – Latino influence in Washington state politics has been gradually building in the decade since Rep. Lillian Ortiz-Self, D-Mukilteo, joined the Legislature in 2014. Ortiz-Self is the chair of the first Latino Caucus, formed in 2023 by 11 House and Senate Democrats. In 2025, the Center for Latino Leadership hopes to add […]
(The Center Square) – Pierce County councilmembers are frustrated with a proposed shift of funding away from a planned homeless stability site, but the county executive says the funding is better used to build up more stable housing. The county council originally dedicated $2.5 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act dollars toward a homeless […]
Former President Donald Trump is sending Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) as an attack dog against Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate on the campaign trail. Vance, aiming to take the charge against Harris’s running mate, is set to make appearances in parallel with the Democratic candidates for three days across four battleground states, […]
Never gonna give him up Former President Donald Trump could be claiming victory. The debate between him and his former rival, President Joe Biden, was such a resounding win for the former president that Democrats booted their leader in favor of his No. 2. There hasn’t been a debate as consequential as the one on […]
President Joe Biden unveiled his proposal for reforms to the Supreme Court after frustration with the high court’s recent opinions, but it was not the first time changes to the top of the judiciary have been floated. While the Supreme Court has largely stayed the same structurally until 1869, there have been several attempts to […]
Former President Donald Trump won’t give up on taunting President Joe Biden as he tests out new lines of attack against his current opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump has joined Republicans in painting Harris as a “San Francisco radical” who failed as Biden’s “border czar.” His campaign’s first ad against Harris used the immigration […]
He’s among the few Senate Democrats yet to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris. He’s also fighting for reelection in a state dominated by former President Donald Trump. Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) is keeping his party’s presidential nominee at arm’s length despite helping launch Harris’s Senate career and endorsing her in 2020 when she was tapped […]
