While Congress gears up for a fight over spending, China hawks are attempting to push through bills combating Chinese influence. Of the six bills on tap for this week, five are focused on China in areas ranging from pandemic response to electric vehicles. Here is an overview of four of the major bills being voted […]
When Nashville real estate broker and one-time House candidate Stewart Parks was convicted on Jan. 6 riot charges of trespassing and theft and sentenced to eight months in the Memphis Federal Correctional Institute, he expected the worst. “When I went in, the plan was I was just gonna keep my head down low and good […]
Vice President Kamala Harris has updated her campaign website to provide details on her policy positions after weeks of criticism that she is running a light-on-substance campaign. The issues page, published a day before her debate with former President Donald Trump in Philadelphia, details what her campaign is calling her “New Way Forward” approach to […]
Former President Donald Trump broke with other Republicans in the Sunshine State and said he would vote “yes” on a ballot measure seeking to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida. Amendment 3 would allow those who are 21 and older to “possess, purchase, or use marijuana products and marijuana accessories for non-medical personal consumption by smoking, […]
(The Center Square) – Affordable housing is among Arizonans’ top priorities this election season according to a recent poll by Noble Predictive Insights. It is a topic that both parties claim to address. The poll was conducted between Aug. 12-16, surveying 1,003 registered voters in Arizona and yielding a 3.09% margin of error. “For most […]
(The Center Square) – The Washington State Board of Education is moving closer to officially updating and expanding a 2021 resolution that established an ethnic studies graduation requirement. Board members discussed “incorporating Ethnic Studies into the legislative platform, and/or addressing Ethnic Studies through the FutureReady graduation requirements initiative,” according to the agenda for Thursday’s virtual […]
(The Center Square) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have allowed illegal immigrants to use the state’s taxpayer funded home down payment equity exchange program that would have provided up to $150,000 to qualifying illegal immigrant homebuyers. Newsom’s veto cited the program’s “finite funding,” which received no money this year and […]
(The Center Square ) – With inflation easing faster in recent months, Fed policy has become more restrictive. Concerns are mounting that the Federal Reserve may have once again lagged behind the curve. The latest jobs report provided little reassurance to investors, as employment growth appears to be decelerating more rapidly than anticipated. In August, […]
(The Center Square) – Democratic North Carolina state Rep. Kelly Alexander Jr. died Friday. He was 75. Alexander died after an illness, one which he earlier said would prevent him from running for reelection this fall in Mecklenburg County-based District 107. His political positions aligned strongly with his party, and he was known for his […]
ABC News’s David Muir and Linsey Davis have been selected as moderators of the presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Harris has refrained from commenting on ABC hosting the debate, but Trump has repeatedly called the network “fake news” and accused the co-chairwoman of Disney Entertainment, Dana Walden, of […]
