(The Center Square) – A group of 22 Democratic attorneys general is urging a federal appeals court to allow the federal government to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour for some federal contractors. President Joe Biden’s executive order in April 2021 increased the minimum wage, which was set at $10.10 per hour in […]
(The Center Square) – Prosecutors want former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s longtime chief of staff to spend up to five years in prison to send a message to Springfield while defense attorneys want him to avoid prison. Tim Mapes, 68, served for decades under Madigan as the clerk of the Illinois House and as […]
“Bidenomics” isn’t working well, and now there’s proof. Despite records being broken on Wall Street, those on Main Street are living and working for their next paycheck and have little saved for an emergency. In the latest Issues and Insights/TIPP poll, released early Wednesday, 64% said they are “living ‘paycheck to paycheck’ these days.” Even […]
(The Center Square) — The Georgia Senate signed off on legislation that proponents said would give more insight into the state’s budgeting process. On Tuesday, state senators passed Senate Bill 366, the Tax Expenditures Transparency Act of 2024, by a 50-0 margin. The measure increases the number of audits the chairs of the House Ways and Means […]
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a federal ban on bump stocks later in February, the latest opportunity for the high court to rule on gun violence and 2nd Amendment rights. The case in question, Garland v. Cargill, came after the Trump administration banned bump stocks, attachments added to semiautomatic weapons […]
EXCLUSIVE — Former Rep. Mike Rogers raised $1 million in the final quarter of 2023 as he eyes a return to Congress as the next U.S. senator from Michigan. Rogers, a seven-term congressman who retired from the House in 2015, became the first high-profile Republican to run for the seat of retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow […]
EXCLUSIVE — A Virginia high school teacher went on a 12-minute rant saying the United States is funding a “genocide” in Gaza while attempting to convince children to become activists for the cause, according to an audio recording obtained by the Washington Examiner. Catherine Massalha, a history teacher at Deep Run High School in Henrico […]
To get a feel for why the Senate’s bipartisan border proposal is a nonstarter for so many House Republicans, turn to a dissenting GOP senator. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) penned an op-ed saying a bipartisan deal is “unrealistic” under President Joe Biden, whom Rubio contends has given “no indication of being serious” on the issue. […]
The first wave of February’s three Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for top earners who retire at 70, will go out to the first group of retirees in exactly two weeks. Retired seniors born on or between the first and 10th of their birth month should receive their first payment of February on […]
As California’s primary approaches, competitive House races are heating up, setting up multiple rematches that could sway the Republican majority in the chamber. California is the nation’s most populous state, with 52 representatives. The state has often set the political agenda for the entire nation, from leading electric vehicle initiatives, to gun control, to shoring […]
