(The Center Square)—Legislation under review Tuesday in North Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee could increase restrictions on public records. Language in a bill that includes a section on autopsies would add those reports from the state’s chief medical examiner to an exemption list, if they are part of an unsolved crime investigation file. Once solved or […]
U.S. Capitol Police have issued an all-clear after placing the Republican National Committee headquarters on lockdown over a reported suspicious package at the building Wednesday morning. The area outside the RNC headquarters near the U.S. Capitol Complex was closed off by police around 7:45 a.m. Wednesday. Law enforcement told Congressional offices they were looking into […]
(The Center Square) — The Office of Outdoor Recreation pitched lawmakers on Tuesday for more financial support amid the Shapiro administration’s weeklong tourism campaign. The industry, according to Director Nathan Reigner, contributed $17 billion to Pennsylvania’s GDP in 2022 and “is a driver of our economy and economic competitiveness strategy.” He told two House committees […]
(The Center Square) – The Illinois Supreme Court is considering a case about whether someone’s Firearm Owners ID card can be revoked for merely being charged with a felony. Plaintiffs in the case, Aaron and Charles Davis, were charged in Wood River with felonies after firing guns into the air on July 3, 2016. After […]
(The Center Square) – Illinois legislators are working to change the term “offender” to “justice impacted individual” in state law, a move Republicans say disrespects victims of violent crime. House Bill 4409 would add Illinois Department of Corrections representation to the Adult Redeploy Illinois oversight board, but it also changes the word “offender” to “justice-impacted individuals.” Republicans […]
(The Center Square) – Surgery for a base of skull tumor will cause an indefinite leave from the U.S. House of Representatives for North Carolina Republican Dr. Greg Murphy. In a late-afternoon release on Tuesday, he said, “The prognosis is excellent, and I hope to be back to work full-time soon. I am, as are […]
(The Center Square) – Transferring student debt to taxpayers in a “Plan B” costing $750 billion has drawn a bicameral rejection letter authored by a North Carolina congresswoman and Louisiana senator and sent to the head of the Department of Education. Signed by 130 Republican members of Congress, Secretary Miguel Cardona is told the latest […]
Senate Democrats are looking to put their GOP colleagues in the hot seat with topics they hope will sizzle with voters in November: birth control and in vitro fertilization. Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade with the 2022 Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Democrats have seized on reproductive rights […]
Former White House press secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki could face a subpoena from the House Foreign Affairs Committee over a false claim she made about President Joe Biden in her book. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) is considering issuing Psaki a subpoena if she does not schedule an interview […]
Election Day is less than six months away, and voters have a familiar choice of Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Unless it’s The Godfather Part II, sequels rarely live up to the hype. Although it may look like a 2020 repeat, the stars are competing in a different game and under different rules. This series, ‘Judgment Day: […]
