(The Center Square) – Legislation creating a new state agency for early childhood programs is on its way to Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk, but the estimated new costs to taxpayers remain unknown. Late last year, Pritzker announced he wanted to start the Department of Early Childhood to oversee various programs for early childhood services. […]
(The Center Square) – The Seattle School Board has unanimously approved a plan to address a $104 million budget deficit that could include closing approximately 20 elementary schools. The district’s “well-resourced schools” plan finds the district would be better accommodated with approximately 50 K-5 sites, with 10 per region after the 2024-2025 school year. There […]
EXCLUSIVE — The recently retired second in command of the U.S. Border Patrol said the Biden administration intentionally blocked him and others from engaging with the public, enacting robust protocols to sabotage media requests as millions surged across the southern border. In an interview with the Washington Examiner, recently retired Border Patrol Deputy Chief Matthew […]
(The Center Square) – For weeks, Gov. J.B. Pritzker has boasted about his proposed 2025 budget as being balanced, but it appears that the numbers aren’t adding up. Republicans are saying, “We told you so.” In a memo from Deputy Gov. Andy Manar, state agency directors are being asked to prepare for $800 million less in available revenue […]
Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial, was critical of Trump’s legal team for not objecting more to some of Stormy Daniels’s testimony. He said there were many moments during her testimony in which the defense team could have objected but chose not to. Merchan, for the […]
Many people of all races, and especially younger voters, are dismissing President Joe Biden’s claim that “they have the money to spend,” with some revealing that they went without food one day last month. In an unusual survey that tapped into the hurt many feel from inflation, minorities, young voters, and those with just a […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) does not see a path to a nationwide abortion ban. Despite Johnson’s long history of being an anti-abortion advocate, both as a lawyer and as a representative, his new role as a leader has forced him to put some strong beliefs aside in the name of governance. With a law […]
EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) is pushing for a federal ban on parabens, a synthetic chemical often used in cosmetics that has been linked to several health problems. Her new bill, named the “No Chemicals in Cosmetics Act,” would ban the chemical from being used in cosmetic products, citing its link to health […]
“Stop trying to make ‘fetch’ happen. … It’s not going to happen.” That’s what Regina George, the meanest girl in 2004’s Mean Girls, tells a hanger-on who is hoping to gain favor by coining a synonym for “cool.” While “fetch” never happened, the admonishing phrase certainly did, escaping the movie and becoming a meme for […]
Porn star Stormy Daniels testifying this week in the hush money case against former President Donald Trump marked an extraordinary moment in U.S. politics and presidential elections. Never before has a former president faced a criminal trial after leaving office, and now, thanks to Daniels, real name Stephanie Clifford, never before has the public had […]
