(The Center Square) – Jackson County Executive Frank White, a member of the Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame, vetoed an ordinance placing a 40-year sales tax on the April ballot to support a new major league baseball stadium and renovate the football stadium. “This proposed sales tax would generate over $2 billion from our […]
(The Center Square) — Delaware Republicans are pushing several proposals aimed at requiring state lawmakers to be more accountable for their conduct and financial decisions. One proposal would allow any member of the public to request an investigation if they believe a legislator has engaged in unethical or illegal conduct while in office, which the bill’s authors […]
EXCLUSIVE — The New Hampshire state director for Republican Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign lobbied in 2020 for a Democratic dark money organization that spent millions of dollars that year willing Joe Biden to the White House, among other left-wing groups, documents show. Tyler Clark, who became Haley’s 2024 state director for the Granite State late […]
(The Center Square) — As the Pennsylvania House has moved to eliminate junk fees, the less-than-transparent charges are getting more national attention as well. Junk fees are mandatory fees or charges added to the price of a product, unexpected by consumers and usually revealed alongside taxes near the end of a purchase. They’re commonly labeled […]
Former President Donald Trump‘s penchant for punishing GOP detractors is trickling down to Congress as some of his most ardent supporters are using loyalty to the former president as a litmus test for the Republican Party. House Republican disagreements between conservatives and centrist lawmakers on government funding and leadership have been a mainstay since the […]
Grocery retailer Costco is testing out a new system for customers entering the store that would prevent nonmembers from shopping inside. The move by the warehouse shopping center was first discovered in the state of Washington, where people spotted a sign informing shoppers they would be asked to scan their membership card before they could […]
The first Supplemental Security Income payment of the new year, worth up to $943 for individual filers, will go out to recipients in a little under two weeks. The payment will be released on Thursday, Feb. 1, and it marks the first check of 2024 because no payment was issued in January because of a […]
The third round of January Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for top earners who retire at 70, will go out to the final group of retirees in four days. Retired seniors born on or after the 21st of a month can expect their first payment of 2024 to arrive on Jan. 24. Those […]
The government of South Africa is battling to prevent the eldest daughter of the late former President Nelson Mandela from selling 70 items belonging to the beloved anti-apartheid leader. Including an ID card, hearing aids, clothing, gifts from world leaders, and his iconic “Madiba” shirts, Makaziwe Mandela is trying to auction off the collection in […]
WASHINGTON — As thousands of high school and college students came to the nation’s capital to participate in the 51st annual March for Life, young people are calling on Republicans to be more active in addressing abortion going into the 2024 elections. Young people from across the country weathered the cold and snow to march […]
