(The Center Square) – The rise of pro-Palestinian protests on U.S. university campuses often feature protesters calling for violence against Jews, leaving Jewish students feeling unsafe and frustrated by the lack of response from school administrators and federal officials. Pro-Palestine sentiment is not new to many of these campuses, but the deadly Oct. 7 Hamas […]
(The Center Square) – Three out of six initiatives to the Legislature will receive public hearings, Democratic leaders confirmed on Friday afternoon. The three measures getting public hearings are Initiative 2081 to establish a parental bill of rights relating to their children’s public school education, Initiative 2111 to prohibit state and local governments from enacting […]
(The Center Square) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a measure authorizing a local referendum to let voters decide whether to create a new city in Gwinnett County. Under Senate Bill 333, voters will decide in November whether to establish a new city of Mulberry, which would cover roughly 25.9 square miles in northeastern Gwinnett County […]
(The Center Square) – A report on the financial statuses of U.S. cities gave Florida’s largest mixed grades. The 2024 Financial State of the Cities report by Truth in Accounting gave Jacksonville and Miami poor marks and Orlando and Tampa passing grades. The methodology is to examine the cities’ bills, their respective number of taxpayers and […]
(The Center Square) – Pension liabilities contributed to poor ratings for Missouri’s largest cities in a report by Truth in Accounting, a nonprofit organization devoted to examining the fiscal health of governments. Both cities received “D” grades. Kansas City was rated 62nd out of 75 cities and St. Louis 64th. The report gave 22 cities […]
One person was killed and five were wounded in a shooting at an Indianapolis, Indiana, Waffle House on Monday, according to police statements. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officers were dispatched to a Waffle House location in the southwestern corner of the city at approximately 12:30 am on Monday morning following the report of a person being […]
(The Center Square) – Texas’ comptroller remains skeptical about financial institutions recently claiming to have withdrawn from environmental, social and governance investing policies touted as fighting climate change. J.P. Morgan Asset Management and State Street Global Advisors recently announced they would withdraw from the Climate Action 100+, “an investor-led initiative to ensure the world’s largest […]
With former President Donald Trump leading GOP primary opponents by a mile in 2024 election polls, some voters are already considering who he might pick as his running mate, and one name stands out in a list of 14 potential selections. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) leads the pack, followed at a distance by Nikki Haley […]
Gov. Chris Sununu (R-NH) argued that the state of South Carolina “traditionally” has lower turnout by primary voters, claiming that it provides a way for 2024 presidential candidate Nikki Haley to win the state’s primary. Sununu’s assessment of Haley’s home state comes ahead of the South Carolina primary election for the Republican party’s 2024 presidential […]
When you believe in the power of innovation, so-called problems are actually future business opportunities. That’s the story of a pioneering company, Crusoe Energy Systems, which is using a waste product from the oil and natural gas industry to make waves in the technology sector. And it wouldn’t have happened without Wyoming’s willingness to explore […]
