(The Center Square) – A federal magistrate judge ordered the last of 23 defendants in a drug trafficking and money laundering case to be detained this week. Now, 22 out of 23 of these people who have been charged with 33 federal crimes are now in custody. Their crimes include, among other things, laundering millions […]
(The Center Square) — Georgia’s net tax collections in December decreased by 5% from a year ago. Collections surpassed $3 billion, down $159.1 million from December 2022, when net tax collections exceeded $3.2 billion. However, so far this fiscal year, the state’s net tax revenue has increased by 1.6% or $253 million, totaling roughly $16.1 […]
(The Center Square) – Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is asking lawmakers to implement a 3.65% flat income tax rate this year and a 3.5% flat tax in 2025. Lawmakers passed a bill in 2022 that created a flat tax rate of 3.9% by 2026. Reynolds said in her Condition of the State address Tuesday night […]
(The Center Square) — Delaware Republicans have signed onto an appeal of a lawsuit against Gov. John Carney’s authority to shut down houses of worship during public health emergencies. In a new court filing, all 21 members of the state Assembly’s GOP caucus urged the state Supreme Court to consider the issue of whether the […]
(The Center Square) – South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem used the slogan “Freedom Works Here” in her State of the State address Tuesday, a day after lawmakers questioned a workforce development campaign with the same name. Noem said the advertisements featuring her in various professions led to a 78% increase in plumbing licenses, 44% for […]
(The Center Square) – Colorado health officials are taking public comments on the state’s plan to reduce PFAS chemicals. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment scheduled virtual meetings and will accept public comments to gain input on how the chemicals can be reduced. The chemicals are used to make coatings and products that resist heat, oil, stains, […]
(The Center Square) — Maine lobstermen are making a last-ditch push to scuttle a federal monitoring program seeking to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, lawyers for five lobstermen argue that new federal fisheries monitoring rules violate the Fourth and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. […]
BEIJING (AP) — China’s space agency said Wednesday that its latest lunar explorer had arrived at the launch site in preparation for a mission to the moon in the first half of this year. State broadcaster CCTV posted photos on its website of the unit under wraps as it was unloaded from a large cargo […]
If Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley are to thwart former President Donald Trump in the Jan. 15 Iowa caucuses, they’ll have to win over key counties that Trump lost in his first White House run. Republican pollsters and political experts told the Washington Examiner that a possible pathway to stop Trump runs […]
President Joe Biden is on pace to outveto his recent predecessors. Biden has already issued nine vetoes during his presidency, on pace to best former President Donald Trump, who issued 10 during his four years in office, and Barack Obama, who signed 12 vetoes across two terms. Biden has issued more than two dozen veto […]
