Two Biden family associates testified to Congress this week about their deep involvement in the family’s foreign business dealings, revealing information in respective closed-door interviews about Hunter Biden‘s foreign engagements and the Bidens’ lack of experience in an industry in which they were doing business, according to lawmakers and sources familiar with the interviews. The […]
One Republican lawmaker is arguing that former President Donald Trump‘s push to have the GOP reject the bipartisan border deal in an attempt to use immigration to win in the 2024 election is more than political malpractice. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) slammed Trump’s attempts to kill the bipartisan border deal that Congress is currently debating. […]
Some Congressional Republicans are already wary about a deal made behind closed doors that would shut down the border if crossings reached a certain level of illegal immigrants. Lawmakers in the Senate established a deal on Friday that they intend to release in the next few days that would give President Joe Biden a new […]
(The Center Square) – Amazon Web Services is investing $10 billion in two data centers in Mississippi and lawmakers approved $260 million in taxpayer funds on Thursday to help finance the project. State officials say the project will be the largest capital investment in the state’s history, dwarfing the $2.5 billion Steel Dynamics project announced last […]
(The Center Square) — Rhode Island lawmakers will revisit a plan to help property owners develop accessory dwelling units as part of a broader effort to boost housing production in the state. The proposal would give homeowners the right to develop accessory dwelling units within the existing footprint of their structures or on any lot larger than 20,000 […]
(The Center Square) – A universal income program partially funded by the city of Denver that pays homeless people a regular stipend is eligible to migrants as long as they meet the criteria, according to the city. The Denver Basic Income Program, which was started in 2021 with the aid of $2 million from the city of […]
(The Center Square) – Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has filed $56.1 billion in budget recommendations for Fiscal Year 2025, emphasizing education and infrastructure. The governor said the budget “responsibly controls spending growth,” while critics dub it “irresponsible.” “Our Fiscal Year 2025 budget proposal is balanced, responsible and forward-looking,” said Healey. “It protects taxpayer dollars while […]
(The Center Square) – Republican Gov. Mike Parson’s $51.8 billion budget for fiscal year 2025 doesn’t have any large projects when compared to previous years. Last year, Parson planned to spend $859 million to expand I-70 to six lanes from Kansas City to St. Louis and ended up approving $2.8 billion for the project. This year, two […]
California has been hammered over the past few years as the spike in retail theft that started in San Francisco and Los Angeles has spread across the state, prompting the creation of task forces, legislative hearings, and promises of a crackdown by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA). California prosecutors and business leaders have blamed some of the […]
(The Center Square) – A new challenge against Illinois’ gun and magazine ban seeks to have a state district court declare a plaintiff a peace officer and exempt from the state’s prohibition. Last year, Illinois banned the sale and possession of more than 170 semi-automatic firearms, magazines over certain capacities, and various attachments. The law […]
