House GOP members are holding a news conference at 10 a.m. ET as they make preparations to pass two of President-elect Donald Trump‘s major spending bills. H.R. 29, named the Laken Riley Act for the young woman murdered in Georgia by an illegal immigrant, would allow a state to sue the federal government over failure […]
Minneapolis officials reached an agreement with the Department of Justice to make sweeping reforms to address discriminatory policing. The Minneapolis City Council voted 12-0 in favor of the consent decree in a closed-door session after discussing it for nearly seven hours on Monday. The agreement comes more than four years after police officer Derek Chauvin […]
Maybe President Joe Biden should have spent more time on vacation. With less than two weeks remaining in his presidency, the public and the pollsters are turning their attention to the legacy of the 46th president, and the reviews aren’t good. Gallup rated Biden’s presidency on Tuesday similarly to that of former President Richard Nixon, […]
Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA) is ready to negotiate to implement facets of Republican priorities, a move that breaks with his home state’s fierce and public opposition to President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda. California Democrats, led by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), set in motion costly efforts to resist Trump after he won a second term in November, […]
President-elect Donald Trump revealed his plan to replace Archivist of the United States Colleen Shogan once he takes office. Trump’s announcement comes after the National Archives was at the center of the classified documents case against him. The case was dismissed by Judge Aileen Cannon in July. “We will [have a] new archivist,” Trump said […]
(The Center Square) – Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan doesn’t want prosecutors to ask his long-time law partner about the profits their private law firm generated. Prosecutors plan to ask Madigan’s law partner, Vincent “Bud” Getzendanner, about the firm’s profits because they say it goes to Madigan’s motives for the alleged crimes, which include […]
(The Center Square) – A new analysis shows that Illinois homeowners continue to deal with crippling property taxes. The personal finance website SmartAsset analyzed 342 cities across the country with populations greater than 100,000. Specifically, cities are ranked by the median real estate taxes paid (by homeowners with a mortgage) as a proportion of the median […]
(The Center Square) – In December, the Pennsylvania Citizen Law Enforcement Advisory and Review Commission published its first reports following the evaluation of three police conduct cases carried out by state agencies. Two of those cases focused on internal investigations within the agency following an officer-involved shooting and a use-of-force incident. In both circumstances, the […]
(The Center Square) – The new year is here, but municipalities still need to finish collecting taxes from the last one. Spokane County is no exception, with sales tax revenue still 1.4% behind initial projections. Municipalities typically collect taxes each quarter, with the most recent data available through October 2024. Randy Bischoff, senior director of Finance & […]
(The Center Square) – New tax credits for local businesses is being sought by the Atlanta City Council from the Georgia General Assembly. The request is part of the city’s 2025 legislative package, which was approved by the council on Monday. The goal of the credit is to “increase access to capital for Atlanta’s entrepreneurs, aiming […]
