(The Center Square) – Disabled veterans in Pennsylvania no longer have to claim their monthly benefits as income when applying for state aid programs. Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a bill Monday excluding disability payments from eligibility calculations used for property tax exemptions, the Education Gratuity Program, Veterans Temporary Assistance Program and the Military Relief Assistance […]
(The Center Square) – As lawsuits filed by the state of Washington and the Federal Trade Commission proceed against a proposed merger of Kroger and Albertsons, advocates for the transaction continue to stress its necessity in a changing world for grocers. Scott Moses is the head Of Grocery, Pharmacy & Restaurants for the financial advisory firm Solomon Partners; he advised Albertsons […]
(The Center Square) — The Pennsylvania Opioid Trust made progress in greenlighting county projects, but the majority of funds sent out since 2021 have yet to be spent. “Having sent our money out in 2021, we still have only spent $70 million of the more than $200 million,” said Tom VanKirk, chair of the Pennsylvania […]
(The Center Square) – Adjustments to the state budget at the midpoint of its two-year life, as often happens, appear to be a longshot this year for North Carolina lawmakers. Three-fifths majorities of Republicans are in each chamber, and they’ll need to either craft separate legislation or come together on very different plans to push […]
(The Center Square) – North Carolina Senate leaders released their proposal for amendments to the two-year budget on Wednesday evening, with a key similarity of fully funding Opportunity Scholarships to extinguish the waiting list. After that, even in education, things do not align with the respective plans of the Senate and House of Representatives. There’s […]
(The Center Square) – As the effects of the border crisis ripple throughout the nation, concern grows over increased transnational organized crime, in Pennsylvania and beyond. Those subjective fears have been amplified in the wake of the Biden administration’s recent executive order granting a legal pathway to citizenship for spouses of U.S. residents and their […]
Former President Donald Trump‘s defense team will have an opportunity to argue at a hearing in Florida on Friday that the classified documents case should be dismissed on the grounds that Jack Smith was allegedly unlawfully appointed special counsel. Judge Aileen Cannon scheduled a hearing on the matter as she addresses one by one the […]
The latest round of polling contains good news and bad news for both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump less than a week before their first debate showdown. Biden enjoyed his first lead in a national Fox News poll since October. It is also his largest, with the president beating Trump by 2 […]
When President Joe Biden meets former President Donald Trump on the debate stage for the first time in 2024, both men will be seeking a breakthrough in a race that has been deadlocked for months. Given a choice of two extremely familiar and broadly unpopular candidates who have recently served as president, those in the […]
President Joe Biden is ramping up his campaign attacks against former President Donald Trump‘s new tariff proposals, despite maintaining, and even expanding, the Trump administration’s tariffs on Chinese imports. Biden told donors at a campaign fundraiser in McClean, Virginia earlier this week that Trump’s suggestion to put 10% or higher tariffs on all imports to the U.S. in […]
