As voters head into 2024, at the top of their minds is the sharpness of their candidates. That could be tough for President Joe Biden after a series of flubs this week has prompted renewed criticism about his mental acuity and whether he is fit for office. France Biden first came under criticism during a […]
(The Center Square) – A ruling by the Hawaii Supreme Court saying “there is no state constitutional right to carry a firearm in public” drew praise from the state’s attorney general and criticism from people across the U.S. The court’s decision is based on a case brought by Christopher Wilson, who was cited by police […]
(The Center Square) — The state House passed three bills Thursday that they say will provide “major tax relief.” House Bill 1015 would accelerate the state’s income tax cut from 5.75% to 5.39%. HB 1019 would double the homestead exemption, raising it to $4,000, and HB 1021 would increase the child tax deduction to $4,000 from $3,000. Lawmakers passed all three bills unanimously. […]
(The Center Square) – The debate around crime and punishment continues in Illinois. Late last month, state Rep. Justin Slaughter, D-Chicago, filed House Bill 4603 that would prohibit police from pulling over vehicles that speed, improperly change lanes, have excessive tint, no seatbelts and a variety of other violations. While he’s told media outlets he won’t advance […]
(The Center Square) – Republicans in the Washington Senate are calling a property tax measure backed by Democrats “the single most destructive and far-reaching bill of the 2024 session.” At least that’s how Sen. Keith Wagoner, R-Sedro Woolley, and a member of the Senate Ways & Means Committee, described Senate Bill 5770 in a Wednesday new release. SB 570 would allow local governments across […]
(The Center Square) – As the taxpayer costs of health care for migrants in Illinois approaches $1 billion, some are saying enough is enough. After an initial budget estimate by Gov. J.B. Pritzker for migrant health care of $550 million, that figure has ballooned to about $770 million. During a news conference Thursday, state Sen. […]
CEOs across industries are starting to feel more confident in their business conditions than they have in the past two years, according to a new report. Over 130 CEOs responded to the survey from the Conference Board last month, and it revealed that nearly a third of them thought economic conditions were better during 2024’s […]
LEESBURG, Virginia — President Joe Biden will meet with House Democrats at their annual retreat to preview the party’s plan of attack for the 2024 cycle as the White House turns its attention away from the primary election and toward the general. Biden is set to meet with Democrats at the Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, […]
The Secret Service ordered officials to ignore Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s request for security after it conducted an analysis of threats to the independent presidential candidate, newly released emails from the agency show. In one of the 63 pages of mostly redacted emails, a top official concluded that “no response” to Kennedy or his worried […]
House Democrats accepted donations late last year from a staunch anti-Israel activist who helps lead an organization long accused of sharing ties to Palestinian terrorism, records show. CEO Hussam Ayloush of the California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which federal prosecutors named as an “unindicted co-conspirator” of Hamas in a 2009 terrorism financing […]
