(The Center Square) – The South Dakota House Taxation Committee recommended that tax cuts enacted last year become permanent. The Legislature cut the sales tax from 4.5% to 4.2%, with the reduction expiring in four years, a move added by the Senate, according to Rep. Chris Karr, R-Sioux Falls, the bill’s sponsor. Karr cited a […]
(The Center Square) – Two bills filed in the Washington State Legislature take aim at Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s use of recent lawsuit settlement money to send out checks to hundreds of thousands of state residents. Last month, the AGO sent out $40 million worth of checks in the amounts of $50 and $120 to state […]
(The Center Square) – The state of Texas has filed a response with the U.S. Supreme Court to an appeal made by the Biden administration in a lawsuit filed over concertina wire barriers erected on Texas soil by officials working through Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star. The administration requested the Supreme Court vacate […]
(The Center Square) – After the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that placed abortion regulations in the hands of states, Illinois has seen a rise in those coming from out of state for the procedure. In June 2022, after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision essentially overturning Roe vs. Wade, multiple states, including several neighboring Illinois, restricted […]
AUSTIN, Texas — A state police helicopter deployed to the southern border by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott crashed near the U.S.-Mexico boundary Thursday evening, the Washington Examiner has learned. A Texas Department of Public Safety single-engine helicopter carrying two crew members went down after sunset around 7:20 p.m. local time while conducting a border interdiction […]
First lady Jill Biden says her husband’s age is an “asset,” as President Joe Biden — at 81 already the oldest American leader in history — faces persistent questions from voters about his decision to seek another term. In an interview with MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” released Thursday, Jill Biden responded to those concerned the Democratic president is […]
(The Center Square) – If Democrats had a magic wand, they’d put Michelle Obama in the White House. The former first lady has more political star power than incumbent President Joe Biden and other famous and not-so-famous Democrats ahead of the November election, according to The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll, conducted Jan. 2-4. The poll, […]
In sports and politics, the past year has brought a few surprising results from the Motor City. The Detroit Lions are good this season, and a freshman Democratic congressman has been bucking a large faction of his party over some aspects of identity politics and support for Israel. The Lions are enjoying their first truly […]
A member of Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R-FL) security team was quick to take down a climate protester who interrupted the governor on stage during a campaign stop in Ames, Iowa, on Thursday evening. One day after debating former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, DeSantis campaigned in Iowa four days ahead of the state’s caucuses. He was […]
“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government, and I’m here to help,’” Ronald Reagan once said, but the 40th president could never have known just how right he was. At the time it was spoken and forever since, Reagan’s statement has been taken to refer mainly to the […]
