(The Center Square) – Arkansas lawmakers grilled the Department of Corrections Department on Monday over a two-year inmate health care contract that could cost the state $235 million. The contract with Wellpath amounts to $7,500 per inmate annually, according to information presented to state lawmakers at the Arkansas Legislative Council Review Subcommittee. The 10-year contract […]
(The Center Square) — Old coal mining sites in Southwest Virginia are being repurposed into places of business, outdoor recreation, entertainment, and greener forms of energy production thanks to $10 million in recently awarded federal grants. Since 2017, various development projects in Southwest Virginia have received federal funding through the Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization […]
(The Center Square) – Juvenile justice in Louisiana lacks the funding needed to properly support the increasing number of youth offenders. That’s why legislators during the first meeting of the Criminal Justice Priority Funding Commission on Monday discussed ways to prioritize money for juvenile expenses. The commission was created in June when the governor signed […]
Third-party threat neutralized Day One of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago was eventful, stuffed with a smaller-than-expected crowd of protesters breaking through barricades, an increasingly rare public appearance by President Joe Biden, and a surprise speech from Vice President Kamala Harris. There are few things that could dampen the jubilation in the Democratic Party. […]
Gas prices dropped again on Tuesday with the average price for a gallon of regular gas decreasing to $3.404. This was a drop from Monday’s price of $3.411 per gallon. Prices are slightly less expensive than a week ago, when the average price for a gallon of regular gas was $3.444. Prices are also cheaper […]
Vice President Kamala Harris is making an appeal to her progressive base with a series of campaign moves that are equally tantalizing to her GOP rival, former President Donald Trump. Trump has sought to define Harris as a “California radical” by pointing to her embrace of far-left policies during her 2020 run for president. She […]
The Supreme Court stalled the Biden administration’s updated Title IX rules in 26 states, creating an uneven patchwork of application of the controversial regulatory overhaul in schools as students across the country return from summer break. The impact of the Supreme Court’s decision on Friday is already being felt in schools nationwide. In the 26 […]
CHICAGO — The opening night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention saw remarks from President Joe Biden, a surprise, an early appearance from Vice President Kamala Harris, and a scrum of pro-Gaza protesters breaking through the security perimeter outside of the United Center. How can Tuesday possibly top that? A prime-time speech from former President […]
The long-standing rivalry between Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will come to a head on Tuesday as Gaetz faces a McCarthy-backed primary challenger. Gaetz will face Republican Aaron Dimmock, a retired Navy pilot who is backed by McCarthy. The race is personal for the former speaker: McCarthy was ousted after […]
CHICAGO — Democrats remain mostly confident that the handful of third-party candidates running in the presidential campaign poses little threat to Vice Presidential Kamala Harris’s bid. At the Democratic National Convention, party members and delegates remained united in saying that third-party candidates, such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Dr. Jill Stein, and Cornel West, were […]
