Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), a freshman representative representing Dallas, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) got into a heated argument during the House Oversight Committee hearing Thursday night. The chaos in the hearing, which was pushed back to allow some Republicans time to go to New York in support of former President Donald Trump during […]
President Joe Biden commemorated the 70th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education desegregation ruling by delivering remarks at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., on Friday. The president’s speech comes as his campaign is placing a concerted effort on courting black voters ahead of the 2024 […]
Former President Donald Trump will head to Minnesota on a day off from his hush money trial for a Republican fundraiser Friday night in a traditionally Democratic state that he boasts he can carry in November. Trump will headline the state GOP’s annual Lincoln Reagan dinner, which coincides with the party’s state convention, after attending […]
Metro riders in Washington, D.C., are as happy with public transit as they’ve been in a decade, but not all is well in the capital’s underground stations. Despite high levels of satisfaction with the train system generally, safety remains a great concern as serious crime such as rape, robbery, and homicide on the Metro have […]
Gov. Henry McMaster (R-SC) expressed his confidence in South Carolina’s voter registration system after a state lawmaker reported state agencies tried to register illegal immigrants to vote. Earlier this month, the governor requested that the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division investigate Republican state Rep. Adam Morgan’s claims the South Carolina Medicaid office had repeatedly sent […]
(The Center Square) – Inflation is still impacting families in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area, according to a new Common Sense Institute report. The free-market think tank’s May inflation update analyzed different price increases from 2020, which determined that prices across the board are still significantly higher. Most notably, the report says that “typical” Arizona families would have […]
(The Center Square) – Proposed legislation targeting protestors is expected to get tweaks from the North Carolina House of Representatives, possibly before the Memorial Day holiday weekend. People wearing masks in public, and those blocking roads or emergency vehicles, are singled out in the bill passed by the Senate 30-15 this week. Critics have roared […]
(The Center Square) – The latest count of unhoused people living in King County reveals that homelessness in the region is at an all-time high. The King County Regional Homelessness Authority conducted both an unsheltered and sheltered point-in-time, or PIT, count in January, with results showing 16,385 people experiencing homelessness in King County. KCRHA released the PIT […]
(The Center Square) – Annual Census estimates released Thursday show Illinois’ largest cities continuing to lose population. Gov. J.B. Pritzker again denied the federal data. When asked why he thinks the state’s major cities are losing population, Pritzker said the state gained population and the annual estimates calculated by the U.S. Census Bureau are wrong. “The […]
(The Center Square) — Though dozens of states make their legislative sessions viewable live and on-demand, Pennsylvania stands out. It’s one of only a few states that offer a live-streaming option but doesn’t make the recordings publicly accessible online. Though residents can watch House sessions on YouTube after the fact, the same can’t be said […]
