(The Center Square) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is heralding a budget that Republicans say was crammed down taxpayers throats in the dead of night. After the Senate approved the state budget package late in the evening Sunday, the House took the measure up in the early morning hours Wednesday. The measure spends $53.1 billion […]
With former President Donald Trump staring down a possible felony conviction this week, his ability to vote for himself in November could be stripped away. An estimated 4.4 million people, or 2% of the electorate, were unable to vote in the 2022 elections because of felony convictions on their records, according to the Sentencing Project. […]
(The Center Square) – Police Chief Adrian Diaz is stepping down from his role as head of the Seattle Police Department amid an increasing number of issues within the department. Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell announced the move on Wednesday, stating that Diaz “will be stepping aside to work on special assignments.” Former King County Sheriff […]
(The Center Square) – The Horse Heaven Clean Energy Center generating wind and solar energy south of the Tri-Cities in southeastern Washington was expected to begin construction in 2021. Three years later, the project is still in the planning phase, with Gov. Jay Inslee most recently sending the proposed site certification agreement back to the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council for reconsideration. […]
(The Center Square) – Strengthening competition for specialty crops and improved access to safe drinking water in rural communities are among the North Carolina benefits reaped by the Farm Bill moving on from the Committee on Agriculture in the U.S. House of Representatives. Other key impacts are the investments in the farm safety net, incentives […]
(The Center Square) – The Chicago Bears will have to wait on public assistance for a new stadium project. The Illinois legislature, which ended spring session early Wednesday, won’t act on anything regarding a new Bears stadium until this fall at the earliest, if at all. The Bears unveiled the project in April with a $4.7 […]
(The Center Square) – California legislators in both chambers passed a pair of plastic shopping bag ban bills after an earlier ban on thin plastic bags increased overall plastic bag waste due to use of thicker, “reusable” plastic bags. California’s single-use plastic shopping bag ban went into effect in 2016, but plastic bag waste increased 47% to 231,072 […]
Democrats are banking on President Joe Biden delivering a strong debate performance next month following an expectations-defying State of the Union that eased concerns about him leading the 2024 ticket. Republicans have seized on the 81-year-old Biden’s gaffes and forgetfulness to make the case he is mentally unfit for a second term. Those concerns were […]
Hunter Biden will stand trial next week on gun-related charges just as the GOP’s effort to untangle his web of foreign moneymaking fizzles out. While the political will to impeach President Joe Biden over any involvement in his family’s influence peddling has all but disappeared, the belief that the Justice Department gave Hunter Biden favorable […]
Montana voters will nominate their Republican and Democratic Senate candidates next week in a hotly contested race that is quickly escalating and could determine control of the upper chamber. Sen. Jon Tester’s (D-MT) strategy to secure a fourth consecutive term this November hinges on distancing himself from President Joe Biden, as the incumbent hopes to […]
