(The Center Square) – With one of the highest minimum wages in the country, the city of Denver is looking to give subpoena power to its auditor so it can go after businesses for what it has deemed “wage theft.” The city of Denver’s auditor is the only elected official without subpoena power. The city stated that […]
(The Center Square) – There seems to be some confusion among certain state agencies about workers who received exemptions from WA Cares, Washington’s mandatory long-term care benefit program. The program is paid for by 58 cents out of every $100 earned deducted from workers’ paychecks. WA Cares provided a one-time opportunity for people to opt […]
Former President Donald Trump has firmed up his thin lead in the key battleground states likely to determine the fall presidential election. In the latest collection of surveys released by Emerson College Polling/Hill, Trump leads President Joe Biden in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The Republican, declared the outright national poll […]
(The Center Square) – Texas National Guard troops are continuing to build concertina wire barriers and expand Texas’ border wall through Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star. Since launching OLS three years ago, Texas achieved a milestone this month of installing more than 100 miles of concertina wire along the Texas-Mexico border. […]
(The Center Square)– Add the University of Wisconsin to the list of schools experiencing anti-Israel protests. Groups of students began to gather Monday on the campuses in Madison and Milwaukee, joining pro-Hamas groups on campuses across the country after the terrorist organization invaded Israel in October, killing more than 1,000 men, women and children and taking […]
(The Center Square) – A new survey shows that not since the pandemic have the percentage of small businesses experiencing rent problems been so high, but conditions appear to be improving in Illinois. A survey by the small business network Alignable shows that 43% of small businesses nationwide were unable to pay their rent in full or […]
Former President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) have seemingly buried the hatchet after a contentious primary fight, while former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley has left her voters to be courted by President Joe Biden. It isn’t the first time the two vanquished Trump rivals have diverged in their strategies for dealing with the […]
Law enforcement officials cleared a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Utah, during which 17 protesters were arrested, one officer was injured, and a hatchet was confiscated. The university announced it had disassembled around a dozen tents, numerous packs of food, toilet paper, water bottles, and other supplies as it cleared the demonstration area shortly […]
Democrats are projecting confidence that Florida is in play for President Joe Biden this November, particularly now that the issue of abortion access will be on the state’s ballots. But Florida voter registration data underscores the challenge for Biden if he wants to change the Sunshine State from red to blue this election cycle. Florida […]
Donald Trump will be back in a New York criminal court on Tuesday, when a banker who played a role in the hush money payment to a porn star will resume testimony over his links to the former president’s ex-attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen. On Friday, testimony ended with Gary Farro, a senior managing director […]
