(The Center Square) – A ban on the sale of agricultural land to foreign adversaries such as North Korea, Iran, China, Russia and Venezuela has been proposed and advanced from a Louisiana legislative committee on Thursday. The bill was approved by the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development in the House of Representatives. Next […]
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s most-recent former governor says elections in the state must be fair and free from outside money posing as election aid. Former Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday said voters need to approve a constitutional amendment banning so-called “Zuckerbucks” in order to keep politicians from sapping faith from voters. “Because elections are so […]
(The Center Square) – Michigan Republicans want to ban sanctuary cities in the state after a man who entered the country illegally allegedly murdered a 25-year-old woman in Grand Rapids last week Brandon Ortiz-Vite, 25, was deported in 2020 but reentered the United States illegally, bought a gun illegally and used it to shoot his […]
No Labels had threatened to upend a presidential race that is shaping up to be a rematch of 2020, and still could. The group, promising to put together a third-party ticket that provides an alternative to President Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, will announce in the next couple of weeks who would make […]
Joe Lieberman, who died Wednesday at 82, came within one Sarah Palin of being vice presidential nominee of both major parties in under a decade. Al Gore selected the Connecticut senator to be his running mate in 2000. Republicans mocked the ticket as “Sore Loserman” during the subsequent fight over Florida’s hanging chads. But John […]
A proposed vaping ban in Florida could find its way to the national stage as lawmakers look to crack down on illicit products being brought into the United States from foreign countries. The Florida legislature passed a bill earlier this month to implement stricter restrictions on flavored vape products and allow the state attorney general […]
The collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge has presented Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg with an opportunity to rehabilitate his image after being the target of Republican criticism for years over his performance. “Today this is happening in Baltimore. Tomorrow it could be your district,” he said during a White House briefing Wednesday, making an appeal for bipartisanship in Congress. “We […]
The first of April’s three Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for the highest income earners who retire at 70, will go out to the first group of retirees in a little less than two weeks. The payment will go out to beneficiaries in 12 days, on Wednesday, April 10. It goes to people […]
There are just three more days until April’s monthly Supplemental Security Income payment, which is worth up to $943 for individual filers, goes out to millions of beneficiaries. The installment goes out on Monday, April 1, to people with a serious debilitating disability that results in a limited income, according to the Social Security Administration. […]
Three Democratic senators have come out against President Joe Biden’s pick to be the first Muslim American appeals court judge as concerns grow that a potential vote on the nominee could hurt vulnerable senators up for reelection this year. Adeel Mangi, a litigator who was nominated for a seat on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court […]
