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Colorado legislature turns focus to tax cuts, credits with days left in session

(The Center Square) – Two bills to cut Coloradans’ taxes are receiving bipartisan support as the General Assembly enters its final days of the 2024 legislative session. Republicans are promoting Senate Bill 24-228 as the largest tax cut in state history and Democrats are hailing House Bill 24-1134 as providing hundreds of millions in tax credits to middle- and […]

Bill would alert immigration when non-citizen tries to buy guns

(The Center Square) – Nearly 15 million people living in or entering the country illegally are on an FBI list prohibiting purchase of firearms. However, the National Instant Criminal Background Check system isn’t required to let immigration authorities know if one of those 14.8 million is an applicant and in America. Legislation is proposed to […]

Tentative Seattle police contract increases wages for first time in 3 years

(The Center Square) – A tentative agreement between the City of Seattle and the Seattle Police Officers Guild has been submitted to the city council with retroactive wage increases that make Seattle police officers among the most competitively paid in the state. If the agreement is approved by the city council, Seattle police officers will […]

PA Game Commission head resigns after ‘business relationships’ revealed

(The Center Square) — The Pennsylvania Game Commission has a new leader after its top official resigned due to moonlighting as a wellness coach — and engaging in a “business relationship” with several commission workers. Bryan Burhans, PGC executive director, stepped down on Monday after the Board of Game Commissioners raised concerns unrelated to his […]

Congressional probe opened on ‘mealy-mouthed, spineless college leaders’

(The Center Square) – For “mealy-mouthed, spineless college leaders,” actions will have consequences, the North Carolina congresswoman leading a key U.S. House of Representatives committee said Tuesday amid ongoing college campus disruptions. The war between Israel and Hamas has led to significant demonstrations or encampments on at least four dozen campuses nationwide, a national observer […]

NRCC drops off ‘F*** Hamas’ T-shirt at Tlaib’s office and sparks outrage

A spokesperson for the National Republican Congressional Committee said it sparked outrage at Rep. Rashida Tlaib‘s (D-MI) congressional office when they dropped off a “F*** Hamas” T-shirt on Wednesday morning ahead of the vote on the bipartisan Antisemitism Awareness Act, a bill that supporters say help combat antisemitism on college campuses. In a video given […]

Biden is not showing control over campus protests: Sarah Bedford

The Washington Examiner’s Sarah Bedford contended Wednesday that President Joe Biden has not attempted to calm the disorder happening across the United States, specifically on college campuses. As massive protests in support of Palestinians have taken place, some, such as those at Columbia University, have turned violent. Bedford, the investigations editor for the Washington Examiner, […]

House Oversight Committee promises end to George Washington University protests after emergency hearing

Republican members of the House Oversight Committee are calling on the city government to provide police support to clear pro-Palestinian protesters at George Washington University. Led by Chairman James Comer (R-KY), Republican members of the House Oversight Committee visited the pro-Palestinian encampment at George Washington University on Wednesday, where tensions have increased since tents first […]

Ken Paxton leads push to kill Biden administration’s effort to close ‘gun show loophole’

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is spearheading a lawsuit against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives over its rule change on the private sale of firearms. The rule change, which is meant to close the so-called gun show loophole, centers on firearms sellers needing to secure licensing in order to conduct background checks […]

Pentagon space official affirms Russia seeking anti-satellite nuclear capability

Russia is looking to develop a new satellite that could carry a nuclear device and pose a threat to all other satellites, a senior Pentagon official told lawmakers on Wednesday. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy John Plumb confirmed Russia’s intended military development to lawmakers on the House Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Strategic […]
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