(The Center Square) – An East Coast lending company sued by 11 attorneys general says accusations of unlawful business practices are without merit. John Morton, general counsel and executive vice president at Mariner, responded to The Center Square’s publication last week of the prosecutors’ lawsuit. The lending company disputes the accusations and says it has […]
(The Center Square) – A 2019 statewide audit found 16,219 untested sexual assault kits on the shelves of local law enforcement agencies. North Carolina’s lead prosecutor said Tuesday the backlog has been cleared. Taxpayers, through decisions of lawmakers in appropriations, supplied about $18 million to help agencies and the state crime lab get up to […]
Mandates for diversity, equity, and inclusion ideology are pervasive in American institutions of higher education, according to a new report from advocacy group Speech First. A majority of the 248 universities surveyed in the report published Thursday require students to take DEI-related courses to satisfy their general education requirements, and 59% of the 165 universities […]
(The Center Square) – After Tuesday’s Arizona Supreme Court ruling essentially banning all abortions in the state, the state legislature adjourned on Wednesday despite attempts to get a motion to repeal the 1864 law up for a vote. Gov. Katie Hobbs, as well as other Democrats and a handful of Republicans, have called for the […]
EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) is introducing legislation seeking to raise federal mandates for those convicted of child abuse, child pornography, and other related crimes to correct statutes that the Florida congresswoman calls “scarily low.” Luna will introduce three bills, the Holding Child Predators Accountable Act, the No Repeat Child Sex Offenders Act, […]
The 2024 election is a rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, but it will be a repeat in other ways, too. This year’s race is shaping up to be a contest over a handful of dominant issues, with inflation and the border benefiting Republicans while Democrats see abortion and what they […]
Former President Donald Trump‘s attempt to delicately handle the abortion problem plaguing the GOP backfired in the wake of an Arizona Supreme Court ruling that upheld a Civil War-era law banning the majority of abortions in the state. Trump stated that in the wake of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision striking down Roe v. Wade, states […]
A presidential election rematch in 2024 between Joe Biden and Donald Trump has helped pave the way for renewed interest in third-party candidates. The most dominant interloper is Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is polling at a healthy 11.7% and is being taken seriously, particularly by the Democratic National Committee. This cycle has also seen No Labels […]
The first of two May Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $943 for individual filers, goes out to millions of beneficiaries in just under three weeks. The first installment will go out in 20 days, on Wednesday, May 1, to people with a serious debilitating disability that results in a limited income, according to […]
The second of April’s three Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for the highest-income earners who retire at 70, will go out to the next group of retirees in less than a week. The next round will go out in six days, on April 17, to beneficiaries that were born on or between the […]
