Lara Trump recently announced her top priorities as the next possible Republican National Committee co-chairwoman, highlighting plans to improve fundraising for the party ahead of a critical election in November. Trump, the daughter-in-law of former President Donald Trump, said some of her focus on day one as head of the RNC would be to promote […]
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) hinted she would say “yes” to becoming former President Donald Trump‘s pick for vice president should he offer, claiming anyone in her position would do so. Mace, who is facing a competitive reelection this fall, said she thinks her position in Congress may keep Trump from picking her. She is one […]
(The Center Square) — Louisiana lawmakers approved numerous bills on Thursday during the fourth day of a special session focused on crime. Legislators approved bills to eliminate the requirement for a concealed carry permit, lower the age for consideration as a juvenile in the justice system and increase penalties for carjackers and those who sell […]
(The Center Square) – Cook County’s tax on guns and ammunition is still in place, but a case alleging the ordinance violates the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment has been revived. In 2012, Cook County approved a $25 per gun and 1 to 5 cent per cartridge of ammunition tax. Initial challenges went to the Illinois […]
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s budget proposal includes going after Illinois retailers’ earnings, something that is not sitting well with industry officials. Retailers receive a discount of 1.75% of the sales tax they collect from sales as reimbursement for collecting taxes for the state. Pritzker wants to cap the claim at $1,000 a […]
(The Center Square) — One Wisconsin mother is blasting a school policy allowing students to use bathrooms and locker rooms according to their chosen gender identity without public discussion from parents. Parents have filed a legal challenge to that policy in Doe v. Bethel Local School District Board of Education, which is now being considered […]
(The Center Square) – Washington state Democrats have signaled a willingness to pass three initiatives to the Legislature scheduled for public hearings next week. The three measures getting public hearings are Initiative 2081 to establish a parental bill of rights relating to their children’s public school education, Initiative 2111 to prohibit state and local governments […]
(The Center Square) – A narrative that a “civil war” or “cold war” between federal law enforcement officers and their state and local counterparts at the southern border in Texas – which has been circulating among a range of pundits – isn’t valid, Gov. Greg Abbott, Texas Department of Public Safety and the Border Patrol […]
President Joe Biden tried to squash bubbling concerns over his electability with a campaign cash swing in California as his 2024 White House reelection campaign lumbers toward another likely rematch with former President Donald Trump. Biden, who would be 82 at the start of a potential second term, recently escaped charges in the investigation into […]
Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden will continue unabated despite Democrats pressuring them to call off their efforts in the wake of former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov’s arrest, according to lawmakers and sources familiar with the inquiry. The chairmen leading the inquiry, Reps. James Comer (R-KY), Jim Jordan (R-OH), and Jason Smith (R-MO), are […]
