A California bill introduced Tuesday would ban public schools from serving foods containing certain artificial dyes and additives, including Doritos, Gatorade, and Welch’s fruit snacks. Foods containing Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3, and titanium dioxide would be banned under Assembly Bill 2316. The legislation was introduced by Democratic […]
Dollar Tree Inc. has announced plans to close over 900 of its Family Dollar locations, along with a few of its own Dollar Tree stores. The announcement from the bargain retail chain follows the announcement last fall that there would be a review of Family Dollar’s performance. On Wednesday, it was announced that the first […]
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) announced on Wednesday she would not run in the special election to replace outgoing Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO), who is sought to replace in the general election. “I’m not leaving my constituents in the 3rd district,” Boebert told reporters on Wednesday. This is a breaking story and will be updated.
The House voted overwhelmingly to pass legislation that will force TikTok to separate itself from its parent company in China or be banned in the United States, a major step toward a crackdown motivated by fears that the popular social media company could be used for spying or manipulation by the Chinese Communist Party. The […]
Voters in four states cast their ballots in the March 12 presidential contests on Tuesday. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump both clinched their party’s nominations Tuesday night, with voters in Georgia, Mississippi, and Washington casting ballots. Hawaiians also voted in a GOP caucus, with polls closing in the state at 2 a.m. […]
Georgia low-income residents who receive assistance from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will see their final direct payments for March in 10 days. SNAP is sent out starting on March. 5, and it will end on March. 23 in Georgia. SNAP payments will be issued to recipients’ accounts on days depending on the last two digits of a beneficiary’s client ID. For example, beneficiary […]
The judge presiding over Donald Trump‘s Georgia election interference trial dropped six charges on Wednesday that the former president and his 14 remaining co-defendants face as he also mulls whether to remove District Attorney Fani Willis from the case. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee issued an order dismissing “Counts 2, 5, 6, 23, […]
Monthly payments of $528 will be allocated in two days to 100 low-income entrepreneurs in Ann Arbor, Michigan, who are participants in the Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor program. Conducted by the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions team, this two-year pilot initiative began sending payments in January to people who had been selected beforehand. Kristin Seefeldt, the associate director […]
EXCLUSIVE — A Virginia Republican fighting to defend her House seat will have the support of Americans for Prosperity Action after receiving the Koch-funded organization’s endorsement. The Virginia Beach-anchored congressional district of Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA) could prove critical to House Republicans in November as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) seeks to protect his razor-thin majority […]
The Supreme Court has deliberated on several heated topics throughout its many years, but the justices follow a set of rules comparable to a “preschool” to ensure civility. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett explained the justices’ rules for their conferences when deliberating cases in a panel with Justice Sonia Sotomayor and chief executive of […]
