Voters in Arizona will be given the opportunity to enshrine the right to an abortion in the state’s constitution this election. Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes certified 577,971 signatures Monday, which far exceeds the required 383,923 to get a question on the ballot. Earlier this year, Arizona for Abortion Access turned in more than […]
Efforts to recall Council of the District of Columbia member Charles Allen of Ward 6 have failed to gather enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. There had been a surge of pessimism about Allen since the winter because homicides and carjackings spiked in his ward. The initiative was about 700 signatures short of its […]
Former New York Republican Rep. George Santos‘s fraud case is inching toward its start with a pretrial court conference on Tuesday, moving closer to a rare moment in history when a member of Congress faces a jury of his peers on criminal charges. Santos is accused of several financial crimes, including lying to Congress about […]
Child tax credit throwdown Democrats and Republicans will find themselves in a strange position next year as former President Donald Trump’s signature achievement expires and a new Congress is left with an opportunity to reshape the tax code. Congress being left with work to do on rethinking the future of taxes isn’t what’s strange, though. […]
(The Center Square) – In what should be one of the calendar year’s deadest times, North Carolina sports wagering in July still managed to add more than $7.6 million to state coffers. Football arrives in August, goes full tilt in September, and America’s top reason to gamble – 68 million Americans gambled about $23.1 billion […]
(The Center Square) – Capping a remarkable day of litigation, the Justice For All Party will be a part of the North Carolina election this fall following a federal judge’s ruling Monday night. Judge Terrence Boyle ordered the State Board of Elections to grant the party access to the ballot as most of the nation […]
(The Center Square) — A federal report warns that SEPTA’s contract with a state-owned Chinese company lacked proper oversight and may not have met federal guidelines for Buy America requirements. However, much of the problem came from vague guidance from the federal government itself. The contract, a $138-million deal with the China Railway Rolling Stock […]
(The Center Square) – Of Texas’ nearly a dozen veterans serving in Congress, several are weighing in on a military service controversy surrounding the presumed vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who served in the Army National Guard for 24 years. Questions and criticisms about Walz’s military record have existed since 2006 when he first ran for Congress and resurfaced […]
(The Center Square) – We The People Party, despite an 11th-hour attempt by the North Carolina Democratic Party, will remain on the ballot for more than 7.5 million registered voters. Wake County Superior Court Judge Keith Gregory said no to an emergency injunction that would have kept Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a former Democrat, from […]
(The Center Square) – Three and a half years into an unprecedented border crisis impacting Texans in border communities and the state’s largest cities, high-profile Democrats are openly endorsing a Republican candidate for Senate who they never endorsed before: U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz. Cruz, a Houston Republican, is running for reelection for his third term. […]
