People have long memories when it comes to their wallets. And that appears good for former President Donald Trump, but not President Joe Biden. As sticky inflation holds and prices on grocery shelves and at the pump rise, voters are recalling how good they had it before “Bidenomics.” In the latest Rasmussen Reports survey of […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) walked away from a last-minute minibus spending bill to avert a government shutdown on his watch with a few cuts and bruises to go with the victory. Released just after 3 a.m., the $1 trillion, 1,012-page minibus package marks the end of a nearly yearlong saga to fund the government. After […]
(The Center Square) — The Georgia Senate approved a measure Wednesday to lower the state’s income tax to 5.39% from 5.49%. The state Senate voted 40-12 in favor of House Bill 1015, sending the measure to Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who is expected to sign it. Kemp signed HB 1437 into law in April 2022, setting the state’s tax […]
(The Center Square) – The Pentagon wants to spend $1.1 billion to build barracks in 2025 and more to maintain facilities after a Congressional watchdog found widespread problems in housing for troops, including rodent infestations, mold, sewage backups and other conditions so bad it drove some into marriages to escape living in the barracks. The […]
(The Center Square) – The Pritzker administration is working to justify to Illinois legislators the proposed $52.7 billion budget and Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s ability to transfer funds unilaterally. During a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in Springfield Wednesday, state Sen. Chapin Rose, R-Mahomet, said historically, governors have had a 2% transfer power, but then it increased to […]
(The Center Square) – In a tense election year and Beltway battles left and right, North Carolina Congresswoman Deborah Ross has dropped in a touch of levity. March Madness, Tobacco Road style. The two-term Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, challenged in November by Republican Alan Swain and the Green Party’s Michael Dublin, posted […]
(The Center Square) — As the Pennsylvania House considers marijuana legalization, legislators want to learn from the mistakes elsewhere as they try to remedy the mistakes of the past. “If we’re gonna be talking about legalizing cannabis, regulating it, having it be something that is part of a beneficial economy to Pennsylvania,” said Rep. Rich […]
(The Center Square) — Pennsylvania has a newly created Office of Outdoor Recreation, and now the state is granting $200,000 to launch an Outdoor Business Alliance that will spur broad-based cooperation in the industry. “We need to make sure that we invest, we need to make sure that outdoor rec is central to that,” Gov. […]
Pizzerias and bakeries are getting burned in New York City because a new law could cost business owners some serious dough. NYC tops the country in serving the most expensive piece of pizza. This new emissions law requires bakeries and pizzerias with wood- and coal-fired stoves or cooktops to cut emissions by 75%. It could […]
April’s monthly Supplemental Security Income payment, which is worth up to $943 for individual filers, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in a little bit more than a week. The next installment will go out in 11 days, on Monday, April 1, to people who struggle with a serious debilitating disability that results in […]
