The leader of Syria’s rebel government said that producing a new constitution and holding elections for public office may take years. “Drafting a new constitution or making amendments will take experts a long time, maybe two or three years. God knows,” Ahmad al-Sharaa, leader of the terrorist group Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham, told Saudi Arabian outlet […]
(The Center Square) – With Illinois legislators scheduled back to the capitol Saturday, Jan. 4, some are watching what the lame duck session could mean for gun control laws. During the previous lame duck session in early January 2023, legislators approved the ban on certain semi-automatic firearms and magazines. That measure continues to be challenged […]
(The Center Square) – Colorado has recently seen a spike in the number of families with children experiencing homelessness. Colorado saw a 134% increase (4,878 people to 8,519 people) in the number of people in families with children experiencing homelessness from January 2023 to January 2024, according to the 2024 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) […]
(The Center Square) – Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski is warning what falling Illinois state test scores could spell for the state moving forward. Data recently analyzed by the Illinois State Board of Education shows that more than 7 in 10 Cook County public students now fall below grade level in English based on their 2023-24 […]
(The Center Square) — Maine has agreed to temporarily suspend a new voter-approved law limiting contributions to super PACs in response to a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the new requirements. Question 1, one of four referendums approved by Maine voters in the Nov. 5 elections, sets a new limit of $5,000 for contributions to […]
(The Center Square) – The CEO of Wisconsin’s MacIver Institute and leaders from conservative groups across the country wrote to the chairman of the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee asking for an end to taxing capital gains inflation and to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% or less. The corporate tax letter asks […]
A Federal Election Commission opinion in March that was thanks to legal pressure from Democratic attorney Marc Elias ended up giving an assist to the Trump campaign and is poised to reshape the campaign finance system. The FEC opinion put forth that political campaigns and outside political action committees may coordinate on canvassing get-out-the-vote efforts, […]
President-elect Donald Trump offered House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) a lifeline on Monday by endorsing his speakership just days before the 119th Congress is set to convene and elect its next leader. However, it may not be enough for some of Johnson’s staunchest opponents. Before lawmakers can be sworn in Friday, they must vote to […]
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) is still refusing to vote for Mike Johnson (R-LA) as House speaker even after President-elect Donald Trump endorsed him. A possible defection from Massie comes as the Republican Party has a scant one-vote majority in the House. The new Congress will have its first day of session on Jan. 3, 2025, when a […]
The Congressional Ethics Committee closed its investigations into several representatives who were accused of misusing campaign funds. The committee acknowledged widespread abuses of campaign finances but said that previous guidance regarding campaign spending was not clear enough. As such, an updated guidance will be released. “In a recent report, however, the Committee noted that existing […]
