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School choice wins in Tuesday’s GOP primary runoffs in Texas: Gov. Abbott

(The Center Square) – The Texas state legislature now has enough votes to pass school choice initiatives after Tuesday’s Republican primary runoff election, Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday night. “The Texas Legislature now has enough votes to pass school choice. This is a victory for every Texas family across our great state,” Abbott said after […]

In dead of night, Illinois House approves largest spending plan in state history

(The Center Square) – In the dead of night, Illinois House Democrats approved the largest spending plan in state history. The more than $53 billion plan increases taxes by $750 million and spends 32% more, or $12.8 billion, than when Gov. J.B. Pritzker took office in 2019. The measure also spends $400 million more than […]

Law enforcement must verify, report citizenship of detainees in Tennessee

(The Center Square) – Local law enforcement in Tennessee now must verify the citizenship of a detainee and report to the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference if an individual is found to be in the country illegally. Senate Bill 757 was signed Tuesday by Gov. Bill Lee and goes into effect July 1. It is […]

St. Louis loses appeal to keep collecting income taxes from remote workers

(The Center Square) – The City of St. Louis violated state law when collecting income taxes on wages earned by remote workers, a three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals unanimously ruled on Tuesday. “It was the logical conclusion for the court to make,” Rep. Jim Murphy, R-St. Louis, said in an interview with […]

Trump New York judgment nears as judge prepares jury instructions

NEW YORK — The legal framework that a Manhattan jury will use to evaluate the charges against former President Donald Trump will be unveiled by Judge Juan Merchan on Wednesday. The long-anticipated jury instructions will come nearly a week later than initially scheduled, amid widespread speculation about the precise legal criteria the jury will consider […]

Can Trump be president if he’s convicted or sentenced to prison?

The 2024 presidential election features a unique wrinkle in the form of Donald Trump‘s New York trial and three other legal cases pending against the former president. The trial, which is now in its final stages, opens up several scenarios that have never played out before. Can Trump become president if he’s convicted of a […]

Son of a Gun: Has the Joe Biden impeachment effort fizzled out?

Hunter Biden will stand trial next week on gun-related charges just as the GOP’s effort to untangle his web of foreign moneymaking fizzles out. While the political will to impeach President Joe Biden over any involvement in his family’s influence-peddling has all but disappeared, the belief that the Justice Department gave Hunter Biden favorable treatment […]

Judge allows lawsuit to proceed against doctors who recommended teenage girl transition to a boy

A North Carolina judge ruled that a woman who was convinced to transition from a girl to a boy as a 16-year-old could proceed with a lawsuit against the so-called “gender-affirming doctors” who treated her.  Now 25 years old, Prisha Mosley filed her lawsuit in July 2023, suing multiple doctors who advised her to proceed […]

Democrats plot to hold Senate by defying Biden’s swing state weakness

Senate Democrats are brushing off concerns that President Joe Biden will be a drag on the ticket in November even as the party’s most vulnerable incumbents distance themselves from the president. Biden’s low approval numbers, driven in part by his age and handling of the economy, have set off alarm bells from party operatives warning […]

Biden’s window for shaking off inflation woes might already be closed

Time is running out for President Joe Biden to change the public perception of his economic stewardship, with numerous allies worrying that inflation, regardless of the relative health of the economy, will hamper the president through the general election. For months, if not years, voters have given the president poor marks for his handling of […]
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