(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 […]
The final wave of February’s three Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for the highest earners who retire at 70, will go out to the third and last group of retirees in just under a week. Retirees born on or after the 21st of the month will get their payment in five days, on […]
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — The various legal cases against former President Donald Trump aren’t shaking the faith of his most ardent supporters – even in the event he is convicted in one of them. Trump, the frontrunner in the Republican primary race, faces a total of 91 charges in four criminal cases. But many of […]
The war in Ukraine has raged for two years and has reached an impasse. It has also become a political lightning rod back home between those who believe funding is essential to keep Vladimir Putin contained and those who refuse to give Volodymyr Zelensky a blank check. In this series, Costs of War, the Washington Examiner will investigate the state […]
March’s Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $943 for individual filers, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in one week. The payment will go out on Friday, March 1, to people who struggle with a serious debilitating disability and have a limited income as a result, according to the Social Security Administration. To qualify […]
