(The Center Square) – With border exposure and natural ports, Michigan Republicans want to change state law to make human smuggling illegal and criminalize harboring and transporting people who are or have entered the country illegally. There are no state-level criminal penalties for human smuggling. State Reps. Cam Cavitt, R-Cheboygan, and Gina Johnsen, R-Lake Odessa, […]
(The Center Square) – During debate about a bill bringing state statute in line with federal statute, an Illinois state legislator couldn’t give her personal definition of the term “opposite sex.” State Rep. Terra Costa Howard, D-Glen Ellyn, carried Senate Bill 3351 Thursday. The measure amends the Subsidized Housing Joint Occupancy Act providing that an elderly parent with […]
(The Center Square) – Overwhelming approval has been given to change a diversity policy in the UNC System to “ensure equality of all persons and viewpoints.” Sonja Phillips Nichols and Joel Ford were the only no votes from the 24-member Board of Governors that oversees the 17-campus network. Dismantled is the 2019 policy language to […]
Millionaire Nicholas Jarzabek, recognized in the music industry as singer Nick Diver, made more than $215,000 for illegally listing the home he was renting in Los Angeles as an Airbnb. Jarzabek is a singer touring London with around 6,000 followers on Instagram. In August 2022, he began renting the Los Angeles property from Nikeeta Sriram, […]
(The Center Square) – Citizenship in the United States by those voting in North Carolina is being sought in a constitutional amendment. The proposal was filed Thursday by Rep. Destin Hall, R-Caldwell, chairman of the Rules Committee in the House of Representatives. “Tightening our elections laws so that only U.S. citizens are voting in this […]
MOBILE, Alabama — What part of the words “cruel and unusual” do lawmakers in Louisiana and Alabama not understand? Imposing outlandish cruelty while inviting a costly constitutional challenge shouldn’t be anyone’s idea of public service. Yet by insisting on allowing the use of nitrogen gas, a gruesome method, for criminal executions, that’s exactly what these […]
(The Center Square) — Though it’s unclear how much education funding will flow from budget negotiations, House Democrats say it’s important to develop a pipeline for Black educators in Pennsylvania. During a policy committee hearing with the legislative Black caucus on Thursday, legislators heard from educators on what teaching can accomplish and what worrying trends […]
Israeli forces recovered the bodies of three people in northern Gaza who were killed on Oct. 7 during the Hamas attacks. The Israel Defense Forces announced on Friday it had recovered the bodies of Orión Hernández Radoux, 30, Hanan Yablonka, 42, and Michel Nisenbaum, 59, in Jabalia, a city in northern Gaza where Israeli forces recently returned to […]
President Joe Biden‘s campaign detailed several lines of attack to be lobbed against former President Donald Trump when the two candidates face off for the first general election debate of the 2024 cycle. Biden is set to “hold Donald Trump accountable” on the debate stage, according to campaign Chairwoman Jen O’Malley Dillon’s “The Road to […]
Documentarian Morgan Spurlock, best known for the 2004 film Supersize Me, died Thursday at the age of 53. Spurlock had been battling cancer, according to his family. He was a former smoker who quit before he embarked on his one-month binge of purely McDonald’s meals for three meals, which he turned into a movie. At […]
