(The Center Square) – There’s a lot more to the newly enacted law eliminating Illinois’ grocery tax in 2026. Local governments can now impose their own 1% tax, along with other sales tax increases. Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Monday he signed House Bill 3144, touting relief he said the measure will bring. “Even with inflation cooling […]
(The Center Square) – Registered Democrats by North Carolina voter registration have decreased by a number larger than the increase in overall registrations since the last presidential election. When President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris defeated incumbents Donald Trump and Mike Pence on Nov. 7, 2020, the state’s total registrations were more than […]
(The Center Square) – One North Carolina company is among more than 130 in the United States being asked by a congressional committee about involvement with environmental, social and governance initiative Climate Action 100+. U.S. Reps. Deborah Ross and Dan Bishop, a Democrat and Republican respectively from North Carolina, are among the 42 members of […]
(The Center Square) – A new Chicago Transit Authority train station has opened years late, at a taxpayer cost that surpassed initial projections by more than $30 million. The Damen Green Line project was first announced in 2017, with a projected completion date sometime in 2020. The original taxpayer cost estimate was $50 million. Mayor […]
Georgia on his mind Former President Donald Trump is having a hard time dropping his grievances with Georgia. Four years after his baseless attempts to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory there, Trump doesn’t appear to have forgiven Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) for his failure to “find” enough votes to put the former president back in […]
(The Center Square) – Kamala Harris’ vice presidential nominee is expected to appear Wednesday in Detroit. Several news outlets are saying Harris’ pick for a running mate is expected to come on or before Tuesday, when a tour of key battleground states begins in Pennsylvania. Both Harris, who recently received the endorsement of the United […]
(The Center Square) – Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown found herself at the center of controversy over the weekend after rumors surfaced that the city plans to open a homeless shelter in neighboring Medical Lake. The ordeal all started after Brown visited Medical Lake’s Pine Lodge on Saturday. She claims the trip was to determine whether […]
‘WE ARE ENGAGED IN INTENSE DIPLOMACY’: Another tense night passed in Israel without Iran’s threatened major attack materializing, but no one is breathing a sigh of relief. “It is a critical moment. We are engaged in intense diplomacy pretty much around the clock, with a very simple message: All parties must refrain from escalation. All […]
It would be a worst-case scenario for Vice President Kamala Harris if the economy starts to fall into a recession, a possibility that has recently received more attention. While most economists still think a recession is unlikely, a lackluster employment report for July, which saw unemployment ticking up for the fourth month in a row, […]
Georgia Republicans are doing their best to look forward rather than backward amid an intraparty spat that just won’t go away. Former President Donald Trump, GOP presidential nominee, and Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) have had beef since late 2020, when Kemp refused to entertain Trump’s stolen election claims. The two have never really aligned since […]
