(The Center Square) — Delaware Republicans seek to limit the governor’s “unfettered” powers by requiring more legislative oversight and setting limits on emergency declarations. One proposal filed by the Assembly’s GOP minority would require the Legislature to create a new joint committee on Oversight of Agency Regulations and enhance lawmakers’ oversight of new regulations. Another […]
(The Center Square) – Virginia Democrats hit back at Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s State of the Commonwealth address, alluding to a progressive agenda. Del. Betsy Carr said Democrats are committed to moving the commonwealth “forward” while “protecting the rights and freedoms” of Virginians, which they say is the message voters sent last November. Carr highlighted […]
(The Center Square) — The diesel-to-electric vehicle conversion continues as Pennsylvania coughs up the funds for localities and trucking companies to make an upgrade. The Department of Environmental Protection announced on Wednesday $40 million in grants to 16 applicants to replace aging diesel vehicles with EVs. The grants come from the $119 million Pennsylvania was awarded from […]
KEOKUK, Iowa — Former President Donald Trump dispatched a team of high-profile surrogates to secure votes for him in Iowa while also testing out their prospects as a 2024 running mate. Trump’s vice presidential hopefuls are not only contending with likely caucusgoers, they are also contending with blizzard conditions before the primary’s opening contest on […]
(The Center Square) – Florida’s Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund balance, drained during the COVID-19 pandemic, is expected to exceed its prepandemic level by March, two months earlier than expected, according to the nonprofit group Florida TaxWatch. That will allow a decrease in state sales tax businesses must pay on payments made to rent or lease […]
Former President Donald Trump is awaiting a ruling in a civil fraud case in New York, where his real estate operation is at stake and he faces down hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties. Closing arguments in the case’s 2 1/2 month trial concluded this week, and a ruling could come by the end […]
The Biden administration is bankrolling a little-known foreign group to thwart “disinformation” in media, despite Congress exerting pressure on Democrats over similar initiatives GOP lawmakers have equated to state-sponsored “censorship,” records reveal. For a program running until May 2024, the State Department has pledged $24,000 in taxpayer dollars to ESTIMA, a nonprofit organization in the […]
The second round of January Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for top earners who retire at 70, will go out to the next group of retirees in four days. Retired seniors born between the 11th and 20th of a month should receive their first payment of 2024 in five days, on Wednesday, Jan. […]
The Iowa caucuses are the first on the presidential Republican primary calendar, but the winner of this race does not always end up faring well in nominating contests in subsequent states. Donald Trump has a large polling lead over fellow GOP candidates Nikki Haley and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) going into Monday’s caucuses, but history […]
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie won’t be fading into the background after ending his 2024 presidential bid earlier this week. Whether it be on a speculated No Labels centrist third-party ticket, continuing to tour the country advocating against former President Donald Trump, becoming a political analyst on the news, or even starting his own […]
