(The Center Square) – Shoplifting has soared in the U.S. in 2024, forcing many stores to leave cities and continuing a trend in recent years. Shoplifting has risen 24% in the first half of 2024 alone, according to newly released data from the Council on Criminal Justice. The White House cited the CCJ’s data to […]
(The Center Square) – An Illinois Constitutional attorney and members of Congress react to President Joe Biden’s calls for US Supreme court reforms. Illinois U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, like Biden, is calling for an enforceable ethics code for the U.S. Supreme Court. In a statement, Durbin said Justice Clarence Thomas’s spouse was on the payroll […]
(The Center Square) – Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, are requesting that a judge deny Welch’s motion to dismiss a case where Illinois Statehouse staffers are seeking to collectively bargain. Welch’s motion includes an accusation that the legislative staff forum shopped, which is a strategy of filing a case […]
(The Center Square) – Illinois state Rep. La Shawn Ford, D-Chicago, is pledging to do all he can to slow an ongoing trend that has seen at least 140 Chicago postal workers attacked while on the job over the last year. In the latest incident, longtime city letter carrier Octavia Redmond was gunned down July […]
(The Center Square) – Seven Hawaii defendants in lawsuits related to the August 2023 Maui fires have reached a tentative $4 billion settlement that would also require state funds, according to Gov. Josh Green. The state of Hawaii, County of Maui, Hawaiian Electric, Kamehameha Schools, West Maui Land Co., Hawaiian Telcom and Spectrum/Charter Communications are […]
(The Center Square) – From kindergarten through third grade, North Carolina public school students scored higher than the national average on literary assessments at the end of last school year, state officials said. The assessment is called Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills, also known as DIBELS. Educators credit the improvement to the statewide […]
Vice President Kamala Harris is cutting into the enthusiasm advantage former President Donald Trump had over President Joe Biden, particularly among black voters, according to a new CBS-YouGov poll. The poll found that Harris and Trump are statistically tied nationally and across the collective battleground states, with Harris having a 1-point edge nationally, which expands […]
Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) responded to former President Donald Trump‘s criticisms of the Georgia governor and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger while the former president was in the Peach State on Saturday. Trump called out Kemp and Raffensperger in a post on Truth Social prior to his Atlanta rally — where he echoed the […]
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) is no longer a bachelor. Scott, 58, married interior designer and mother of three Mindy Noce, 47, on Saturday in their native South Carolina. The ceremony took place at Seacoast Church in Mount Pleasant. “Tonight, we promised to cherish and nourish each other and our marriage for the rest of our lives,” Scott […]
Vice President Kamala Harris is making a historic bid to become the nation’s first female, black, and Indian President, drawing from a well of Hindu, Jewish, and protestant influences. As the vice president leads the Left into the presidential election, voters will determine if her diverse background can unite the country or drive a deeper […]
