Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are taking Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to task over the lack of transparency surrounding his unexplained health emergency that prompted a hospital stay. The defense secretary, 70, has been at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for a week, first being transported to the hospital via ambulance on […]
NEWTON, Iowa — Former President Donald Trump reminded his supporters why they like him and his detractors why they do not during his weekend campaigning in Iowa before next week’s caucuses. Trump’s most ardent supporters reveled in his criticism of President Joe Biden, in addition to his 2024 Republican primary opponents Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) […]
(The Center Square) – No matter how you slice it, the compliance rate for Illinois’ gun ban registry is in the single digits, according to a gun dealer group. A year ago this week, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker enacted the ban on certain semi-automatic firearms, magazines and attachments. The measure included a registration requirement for […]
(The Center Square) — Weeks later, after more details have been released regarding the $2 billion entertainment district deal between Monumental Sports and Entertainment and state and local governments in Virginia, economists maintain it’s a bad deal for taxpayers — though some components make it slightly less so. Initially, a handful of figures were released to the […]
Carleen Johnson | The Center Square (The Center Square) – The Washington legislative session is underway. Lawmakers will spend the next two months focusing on – among other issues – mental health, homelessness, the fentanyl crisis, the environment, transportation and policing. In a Crosscut/Elway poll out last week, Washington voters listed their top priorities as the economy, public safety, […]
(The Center Square) – An Illinois state lawmaker is calling on the Biden administration to close the U.S. southern border after his trip to Texas. Illinois has seen nearly 30,000 migrants arrive since August 2022, which has left many communities in need of help and several others refusing to take part in sheltering those arrivals. […]
(The Center Square) — A majority of New York voters support increasing taxes on the state’s top earners, according to a new independent poll, which comes as Democratic lawmakers prepare to make another push for a wealth tax. The Siena poll, commissioned by the Invest in Our New York campaign, found that 74% of voters believe […]
(The Center Square) — New Jersey lawmakers are considering a proposal that would make the state the latest to require children signing up for social media websites and apps to get their parents’ consent. The proposal would require parental consent before users 18 and younger could sign up for sites like Facebook, TikTok and Instagram. It would […]
(The Center Square) – Kansas City’s professional football and baseball teams say they would stay in Jackson County if voters approve an extension of a sales tax for a new stadium and improvements. After weeks of debate and meetings, the Jackson County legislature voted 8-1 to put a 40-year sales tax extension on the April […]
The first Supplemental Security Income payment of 2024, worth up to $943 for individual filers, will go out to recipients in a little over three weeks. The payment will be released in 23 days, on Thursday, Feb. 1, and marks the first payment of the new year. No payment was issued in January. Recipients were […]
