The number of housing starts ticked up in December despite pressure from high mortgage rates, a bit of good news for the economy. Housing starts, the change in the number of new residential buildings that began construction, rose 1.9% from November to this past month, according to a Thursday report from the Census Bureau. They are now at a seasonally adjusted annual rate […]
(The Center Square) – Preschools in Illinois are expanding in some areas due to the $250 million taxpayer-funded Smart Start Program. Gov. J.B. Pritzker said the Smart Start Program looks to make early childhood daycare and preschool more accessible for families throughout the state. The program is run by the Illinois State Board of Education, which […]
(The Center Square) – Colorado, California and 10 other state attorneys general called upon the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to classify cannabis as safe for medical research, potentially paving the way for next steps towards federal cannabis decriminalization. The DEA currently classifies cannabis as a Schedule I substance, which means it is recognized as a […]
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) issued an endorsement on Thursday in the Democratic Senate primary race for Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D-NJ) seat. Fetterman expressed his support for Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) to replace Menendez in the Senate following his recent federal indictments. “One of the most important things is that we have a reliable Democratic vote,” […]
(The Center Square) – New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and Calgon Carbon Corporation executives announced this week that the company will expand its operations to New Mexico. Calgon made an asset purchase of its new Bloomfield location. The New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) finalized an agreement with the company. Calgon acquired two existing businesses […]
(The Center Square) — Rural Pennsylvania keeps losing population, yet its home prices remain out of reach for many residents. The exodus of people has created problems for economic growth and maintaining community alike. “There’s a number of challenges that we face, but in Mercer County, none is more important than the 1% population loss […]
(The Center Square) – A witness testifying before Congress on Wednesday about the border crisis acknowledged he’d never been to the border, resulting in U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Arizona, raising questions and concerns about the testimony. Speaking before members of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on Wednesday, David Bier, associate director of […]
President Joe Biden will visit North Carolina on Thursday, exactly one week after Vice President Kamala Harris visited the Tar Heel State. The twin visits likely signal that Democrats think the state is in play this year, hoping to flip it the same way they did neighboring Georgia four years ago. “On Thursday, the president […]
Kevin Morris, a confidant of Hunter Biden, is set to testify in a closed-door interview this morning as part of the Republican-led impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
The first Supplemental Security Income payment of the new year, worth up to $943 for individual filers, will go out to recipients in two weeks. The payment will be released on Feb. 1, and it marks the first check of 2024 because no payment was issued in January. Recipients were given two payments in December […]
