ROCKY MOUNT, North Carolina (AP) — As Laurie Buckhout made her way around Nash County GOP headquarters in Rocky Mount, she seemed to be in high spirits. The Republican congressional candidate bounced around the crowded room, hugging and laughing with volunteers set to canvass local neighborhoods that afternoon. But a scandal emerging in North Carolina […]
(The Center Square) – After 158 U.S. House Democrats voted against deporting sex offenders, including child rapists, and one U.S. Senate Democrat blocked a bill to strengthen protections for unaccompanied minors, a Texas group is again calling on state leaders to act. “Despite the extraordinary efforts of [U.S.] Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-IA, and others, Congress […]
(The Center Square) – Asheville and other parts of western North Carolina were cut off from the world on Saturday, with no roads open into or out of the most populous city in the region and electricity and cell towers limited or inoperable. Fatalities from the storm Helene in the South were more than five […]
(The Center Square) – Requiring students to make a DEI statement to qualify for a course is “inappropriate” and could cross the line of compelled speech, according to a Brookings expert. Stanford University is requiring those applying to enroll in the school’s Global Entrepreneurial Marketing course offered by the Department of Management Science and Engineering […]
(The Center Square) – With the state’s unemployment rate already now at 5.3%, Republican state Sen. Craig Wilcox is warning that the number of people he feels are being hurt by policy decisions in Springfield only figures to multiply. New U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows Illinois’ unemployment rate crept up to 5.3% in […]
(The Center Square) – Illinois state Rep. La Shawn Ford is pushing for a different kind of conversation when it comes to making Chicago residents feel safe in their own neighborhoods. Even with overall reported violent crimes across the city down in several key areas, a new Harris Poll finds that almost two out of […]
(The Center Square) – States and local governments continue to spend the $350 billion given out by the federal government during the COVID-19 pandemic. A Congressional watchdog report found that states have obligated 84% ($163.7 billion) and spent 60% ($117.3 billion) of the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds as of March 31, the […]
Former President Donald Trump was widely cheered by the audience of Saturday’s college football game, which was being held between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Georgia Bulldogs. Trump was greeted with “U.S.A.” chants by attendees of the game when he was near the concession stands, buying some popcorn and throwing it out to the […]
Former President Donald Trump is speaking in Erie, Pennsylvania, as just over five weeks remain until the November presidential election. Trump is expected to deliver remarks at the Pennsylvania rally at 2 p.m. just an hour and a half’s drive north from where he was targeted in an attempted assassination in Butler this summer. CLICK […]
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) celebrated the assassination of Hezbollah head Hassan Nasrallah, calling it a “service to humanity.” Nasrallah was assassinated in Hezbollah’s underground headquarters in a Beirut suburb by the Israeli Air Force with bunker-buster bombs on Friday. In an appearance on NBC News’s Meet the Press, Rubio waved away concerns about Iranian retaliation, […]
