(The Center Square) – Prostitution is illegal in all states except certain parts of Nevada. Illinois legislators and LGBTQ advocates pushed for the state to decriminalize prostitution at a news conference Wednesday. Equality Illinois board member and former sex worker Reyna Ortiz said the criminalization of adults engaging consensually in sex work is what makes […]
Civil rights groups insisted that the Supreme Court take up Louisiana’s redistricting battle on Wednesday in an attempt to maintain a second majority-black congressional district that was recently drawn. A group of voters that described themselves as “non-African American” filed a lawsuit against the state in January, claiming the new district violated the equal protection […]
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker, whose goal is to have one million electric vehicles on Illinois roads within six years, admits demand for EVs has tailed off. Pritzker joined the Illinois Manufacturers Association and representatives from the EV industry Tuesday for the first ever “EV Showcase Day” at the governor’s mansion in Springfield. […]
(The Center Square) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed an election reform measure, and, as with many matters in modern politics, opinions differ based on political proclivities. Senate Bill 189, which updates the earlier SB 202, the Election Integrity Act of 2021, removes the Secretary of State from the State Election Board and bars […]
Israel has begun limited military operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, to which more than 1 million Palestinians have fled during the war, prompting the Biden administration to halt a military aid delivery of bombs to the Jewish state. The Israel Defense Forces had held off on ground military operations in Rafah for […]
Former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign press secretary greatly criticized The View for hoping he goes to jail, suggesting they are “wildly out of touch.” The hosts were discussing a recent warning from Judge Juan Merchan gave to Trump for repeatedly violating his gag order for discussing the details of his current trial, with the […]
(The Center Square) – New legislation introduced in the Ohio House would send repeat offenders who use a firearm when committing another crime to prison longer. The Repeat Offender Act increases penalties for violent offenders in possession of a firearm while still being impacted by a previous felony conviction. It also creates a weapons-specific enhancement […]
A bipartisan antisemitism bill approved overwhelmingly in the House is going nowhere fast in the Senate. Prompted by the Washington Examiner on Wednesday about the legislation’s fate in the upper chamber, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) made no commitment to put it up for a vote but also did not declare it dead. The […]
House Republicans asked the Department of Justice on Wednesday to open an investigation into testimony Michael Cohen gave to Congress in 2019 that they say included at least six lies. Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland that they were […]
Republican state Sen. Buck Newton (NC) is pushing legislation in the North Carolina legislature that would repeal a COVID-era provision allowing the broad use of masks for health and safety purposes. Masks were widely used during the pandemic, especially in 2020 and early 2021, but as the health crisis continued, their effectiveness in preventing the […]
