(The Center Square) – Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago City Council still don’t have a budget agreement. Reports surfaced early Friday that the mayor did not have enough votes to pass a budget, which included more than $230 million dollars in higher taxes and fees. At Friday’s council meeting, which started about 30 minutes […]
(The Center Square) – Test results from last year’s PSSA and Keystone tests, two measures of academic performance across the state, show modest improvement in most areas, but the schools have miles to go to make up for the steep learning loss suffered during the pandemic. Numbers released by the Department of Education show slight gains […]
(The Center Square) – Senate President Warren Petersen hopes to pass an additional barrier for local and county taxation. Senate Bill 1013 would require a 2/3 vote by a council or by a county board of supervisors for approval of a tax “increase or fee.” “The Republican-led Legislature has been successfully lowering fees and taxes for […]
(The Center Square) – A Missouri delegation is focusing on border security after being briefed with an Operation Lone Star Task Force led by Goliad County, Texas, Sheriff Roy Boyd. The delegation, led by state Sen. Jill Carter, R-Granby, met with members of the task force and visited areas of operation in the Rio Grande […]
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) subtly slammed Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s choice to hire an attorney who petitioned the government to withdraw the polio vaccine, suggesting it could tank his HHS nomination. McConnell was diagnosed with polio as a child and is an ardent defender of the vaccine. “Efforts to undermine public confidence in proven cures […]
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been impeached by the nation’s National Assembly on the third try after declaring martial law in his country. President Yoon’s declaration of martial law, which he said was due to the opposition paralyzing the country, rattled South Korea’s financial markets and caused panic among the civilian populace. WHAT […]
In several elections last month, three state legislatures saw trifectas or supermajorities broken. Before the new lawmakers are sworn in next year, some state legislatures are working to eek out a few more agenda items in the lame-duck session. Here is what the state legislatures in North Carolina, Michigan, and Minnesota are doing before their […]
As Democrats struggle with how to navigate a second Trump administration, Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) has seemingly decided it’s better to work with the GOP than against it. Fetterman’s early embrace of certain Cabinet nominees chosen by President-elect Donald Trump is in stark contrast to other Democrats‘ slower and, at times, more critical approach. This […]
Washington Examiner Defense Reporter Mike Brest joins Magazine Executive Editor Jim Antle to discuss Pete Hegseth‘s, nominee for secretary of defense, controversial reporting with his academic records as well as the mysterious drones flying around in New Jersey and the disagreements between President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump on the war between Ukraine and […]
President-elect Donald Trump called for mystery drones spotted above the Northeast to be shot down, taking questions some lawmakers have been asking a step further. Northeast residents have been baffled by sightings of mysterious drones, to which the Biden administration has offered vague answers. Trump urged a forceful response, calling for them to be shot […]
