(The Center Square) – Opponents of Initiative 2066, which aims to ensure natural gas remains an energy choice in Washington state, have issued a new report suggesting that if voters pass the measure, gas bills will increase. Backers of I-2066 argue the opposite, contending that if voters reject the measure, energy bills will go up. In its report, Climate […]
(The Center Square) – Now in the fifth week of recovery after Hurricane Helene struck North Carolina, schools in Avery and Yancey counties are closed, according to the state’s Department of Public Instruction. A total of 28 school districts were damaged, department spokeswoman Mary Lee Gibson Belz told The Center Square. That includes 459 traditional […]
Eric Trump, son of former President Donald Trump, found Vice President Kamala Harris’s closing statement for the 2024 election to be “very telling,” suggesting that her opening and closing remarks were contradicting. Harris presented her closing speech Tuesday evening at the Ellipse, where she deemed her opponent a “petty tyrant” while promising to lower costs […]
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) predicted a “record” turnout of Hispanic, black, Jewish, and union voters will turn out for Donald Trump. There is less than a week left until Election Day, and the race could not be closer. A RealClearPolitics poll average from Wednesday morning showed Trump with a slight 0.4-point lead. Johnson spoke […]
(The Center Square)— New estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau confirms Arizona’s standing as a top destination for Americans moving. The state ranked fifth for net domestic migration with over 62,500 residents gained last year, according to the Census data. Those new residents had an income on average 16.9% more than the ones who left the state, according to […]
(The Center Square) – A judge appointed to the bench by former President Donald Trump rejected calls from the man accused of trying to assassinate Trump in September for a new judge in the case. U.S. Judge Aileen Cannon said in an order Tuesday that she saw “no proper basis for recusal.” Prosecutors charged Ryan […]
President Joe Biden has made several comments during his 3 1/2 years in the White House that have forced his communications team to leap into action to try to clean up his words. On Tuesday evening, Biden started to describe supporters of former President Donald Trump as “garbage” before changing direction midsentence, leaving the White […]
(The Center Square) – One of Michael Madigan’s former associates has taken the witness stand at the former Illinois House speaker’s corruption trial. Will Cousineau testified Tuesday afternoon that Madigan was the “ultimate decision maker.” Cousineau served as a longtime staffer for both Madigan and the Democratic Party of Illinois. He said that he served […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Virginia to carry out a purge of an estimated 1,600 people from its voter rolls ahead of the Nov. 5 election as part of a program to prevent ineligible noncitizens from voting. Virginia had asked the justices to intervene after a federal district court judge found that the state’s […]
Democrats and Republicans are deploying Holocaust survivors to win over Jewish voters, bringing an already heated 2024 campaign to a boil. The differing testimony from two Holocaust survivors, both from New York, is emblematic of the splintering views among Jewish voters after the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel that has not only brought back painful memories of World […]
