(The Center Square) – Several lab schools established by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors to improve academic performance have demonstrated significant gains, according to a new report. Extra money for tutors could be responsible, Philip Byers, a member of the Board of Governors, said at a meeting Wednesday. He pointed to the […]
More than 1 million Wisconsin voters have already returned their ballots ahead of the Nov. 5 general election. Wisconsin’s Democratic strongholds of Milwaukee and Dane counties, the state’s most populous, are leading in absentee ballot returns. The Republican-leaning county of Waukesha is the third highest in terms of ballot returns. According to the Milwaukee Journal […]
Washington Examiner magazine executive editor Jim Antle joins editor-in-chief Hugo Gurdon to discuss the joke on Puerto Rico at the Madison Square Garden Trump rally, how quickly Democrats reacted to it as a racist joke, President Joe Biden‘s response that Trump supporters were garbage, the relationship between Vice President Kamala Harris and Biden, and key […]
(The Center Square) – Illinois is the only state that is moving ahead with a law that limits banks from charging interchange fees on tax and tip revenues, but the law was officially challenged in court Wednesday. A group of organizations, including the Illinois Bankers Association, asked a federal judge for an injunction blocking the Interchange Fee […]
(The Center Square) – One of Michael Madigan’s longtime staffers spent a second day testifying at the former Illinois House Speaker’s bribery and racketeering trial. Will Cousineau spent more than 15 years working for Madigan and for the Democratic Party of Illinois. He referred to Madigan as the “ultimate decision maker” three different times during […]
In its effort to catch election fraud, the Conservative Political Action Conference this week claimed it had photographic evidence of illegal “ballot harvesting” in Wisconsin. Chairman Matt Schlapp said his CPAC Foundation filed a complaint on Wednesday with the Wisconsin Elections Commission, complete with a witness account of the alleged crime conducted in broad daylight […]
President Joe Biden‘s rare appearances on the campaign trail, which have created political problems for Vice President Kamala Harris, have reminded Democrats why he was a poor standard-bearer. Polls find that the race between Harris and former President Donald Trump is within the margin of error in the seven battleground states that will decide next […]
It is fitting that retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre campaigned on Wednesday night in Green Bay, Wisconsin, with former President Donald Trump. Trump’s supporters undoubtedly were pleased to have the Green Bay Packers legend on hand given his iconic status in the battleground state despite stints with the New York Jets and division rival Minnesota […]
The 2024 elections include a raft of ballot measures across every state. Voters will be asked to mark their preference on controversial topics such as abortion, school choice, the legalization of drugs, and much more. This Washington Examiner series, Direct Democracy, will take a forensic look at several of these items. Previous installments covered measures on abortion, […]
House Republicans could see a shakeup in party leadership after the 2024 elections depending on which party wins the House majority and which presidential candidate claims the White House. Republicans are set to hold their leadership elections on Nov. 13 to choose the highest-ranking members of their conference, a source familiar confirmed to the Washington […]
