The judge presiding over former President Donald Trump‘s Georgia racketeering case ruled Friday that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can remain on the case only if she removes the special prosecutor who was previously her boyfriend. In the much anticipated ruling, Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee said Willis must address the appearance of impropriety […]
A record 3.2 million migrants are expected to cross into the United States this year, 1 million more than during past spikes in the Reagan and Clinton eras, according to a new outlook. “We forecast U.S. southwest border encounters by Customs and Border Patrol at 2.7 million for FY 2024, based on the last three […]
Former President Donald Trump once again found himself in U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s courtroom on Thursday for a hearing in his Mar-a-Lago classified documents case in Florida. Cannon, a Trump appointee who was assigned last spring to oversee the former president’s prosecution on charges of mishandling classified documents, referred to Trump as “the defendant” […]
(The Center Square) – One of the most controversial bills passed by the Washington State Legislature this session has yet to be signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1589, dubbed by critics as the “natural gas ban bill,” would allow utilities – that is, Puget Sound Energy – to start planning how to move […]
(The Center Square) – The Georgia House of Representatives on Thursday passed a measure that would allow Georgia families to use state-funded education savings accounts for private school or other education-related uses. Lawmakers passed Senate Bill 233, the Georgia Promise Scholarship Act, by a 91-82 margin, a year after killing the measure. Under the measure, taxpayers […]
(The Center Square) – Proposed legislation that directs two Illinois agencies to assign state-mandated “deficits” to gasoline is being criticized by an industry group, which argues the measure would further increase the price of a gallon of gas. Senate Bill 1556 from state Sen. Dave Koehler, D-Peoria, would mandate two state regulators, the Illinois Environmental Protection […]
(The Center Square) – Results from Washington state’s first carbon auction of the year show a massive decrease in the final settlement price for allowances, which was just above the minimum bid and half of the average price last year. That could be an indication that Initiative 2117, to repeal the Climate Commitment Act and prohibit […]
(The Center Square) – Gov. Josh Shapiro’s new carbon tax plan won over some unlikely allies – Pennsylvania’s building and construction trades. And they say they want lawmakers to get on the same page, too. “The governor acknowledged that we need the Legislature to act,” said Robert Bair, president of the Pennsylvania State Building and […]
(The Center Square) – The housing market is not immune from inflationary woes as buyer’s purchasing power has significantly diminished in four years. Home buyers in 2024 need 80% more income to purchase a home than they did in 2020, according to a new report by Zillow. “The income needed to comfortably afford a home […]
Democratic superlawyer Marc Elias is waging a full-on assault on election laws by pushing “fringe legal theories” in dozens of key states ahead of the 2024 election, according to an election law expert. Elias recently boasted that his firm, Elias Law Group, is “now litigating 55 voting and election cases in 21 states” in the […]
