The race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris might not be as tight as the polls indicate. The New York Times and RealClearPolitics averages of national polling show the two presidential candidates in a dead heat. In the latest survey from the Wall Street Journal, they appear to be running neck-to-neck. […]
Former President Donald Trump said he’s not considering a second debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. Every major scientific poll following the debate showed that Harris won, including polls from CNN, YouGov, and SoCal Strategies. Trump rejected those polls, saying in the spin room after the showdown that he won the debate in a decisive […]
(The Center Square) — Greenhouse gas methane escapes capture in some cases, not due to deficiencies in capture technology but because of gaps in monitoring and interagency coordination, according to Virginia Democratic Rep. Don Beyer. Beyer and Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., introduced legislation Wednesday to address those issues. “Innovative technologies are available to mitigate or capture […]
(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 […]
