(The Center Square) – The state of Illinois spared no expense in taking part in this year’s Rose Parade in Pasadena, California. According to documents obtained by The Center Square, the cost of constructing the Enjoy Illinois float, the performances and the entry fee cost taxpayers $560,000. The 24-foot-tall float took three months to build using about 22,000 […]
(The Center Square) — The House Budget Committee passed a bill Thursday to create a bipartisan fiscal commission designed to keep the federal government from going broke. The Committee passed H.R. 5779, the Fiscal Commission Act of 2023, with bipartisan support. Passage of the bill marked the first time the House Budget Committee had passed bipartisan legislation outside […]
(The Center Square) – A long-awaited report from U.S. Department of Justice released Thursday found widespread problems with law enforcement officers’ response to the mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. A gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022. The Justice Department report provided the most thorough examination […]
(The Center Square) – A former state legislator has formed a group that is launching a statewide effort to put parents’ rights on Illinois’ November 2024 ballot. The Parents Matter Coalition has said that minor children in Illinois should require the guidance of their parents when faced with life-altering medical decisions like abortions or gender identity procedures. […]
(The Center Square) – House Republicans have the votes to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, U.S. Rep. Mark Green, MD, R-Tenn., said Thursday. Green, who chairs the House Committee on Homeland Security, said all 18 Republican committee members support impeaching him. Three articles of impeachment have been filed against Mayorkas alleging he is derelict […]
(The Center Square) — Florida lawmakers want to alleviate the state’s growing affordable housing shortage by fixing some of the shortfalls in the Live Local Act of 2023. The bill passed unanimously with the Senate Committee on Community Affairs on Jan. 9 and was due before the Senate Committee on Fiscal Policy on Thursday, however, […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R-FL) choice to refocus his campaign operation on building support in South Carolina, effectively accepting a third-place finish in New Hampshire, could end up assisting former President Donald Trump as he looks to fend off former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s rise in the Granite State. The DeSantis campaign, under pressure from a […]
As the March for Life gathers in Washington, D.C., for the second time since Roe v. Wade was reversed, Republicans appear poised to nominate a presidential candidate reluctant to impose new federal limits on abortion favored by leading anti-abortion groups. Former President Donald Trump beat Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) by nearly 30 points in the […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is quickly discovering what his predecessor learned before him: appeasing all corners of his party is no small task. Less than three months after Johnson secured the speaker’s gavel, the Louisiana Republican has overseen several consequential votes that have threatened to split the GOP conference. The speaker has sought to […]
Gov. Chris Sununu (R-NH) is hoping he can one-up Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-IA) in the 2024 Republican presidential primary endorsement race as his pick, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley, takes on former President Donald Trump next Tuesday in New Hampshire‘s nominating contest. But although Sununu has provided Haley with his public support […]
