(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court announced it would hear a landmark challenge to an earlier ruling preventing enforcement of anti-camping ordinances — a challenge that was supported by a broad coalition of Republican and Democratic leaders, including California Gov. Gavin Newsom. “California has invested billions to address homelessness, but rulings from the […]
(The Center Square) — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has created a new panel to help address the issue of homelessness with the number of people living on the street rising. The Connecticut Interagency Council on Homelessness will be responsible for collaborating on a multi-agency approach to strengthen the state’s homelessness prevention and response efforts. Lamont […]
Long-shot Democratic primary candidate Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) criticized former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Wednesday for her refusal to participate in a New Hampshire debate. Phillips, who is challenging President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination in 2024, has been critical of the Democratic National Committee and Biden for the […]
(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania is looking at $1.6 billion to expand broadband to rural and overlooked parts of the state, but experts are warning that the process puts the government in the way of success. Pennsylvania, too, may face hurdles that other states simply don’t. “One thing keeps getting in the way, and it’s called […]
(The Center Square) — A pair of Georgia Republicans have proposed legislation to ban ranked-choice voting in the state. In a news release, Lt. Governor Burt Jones and state Sen. Randy Robertson, R-Cataula, who announced Senate Bill 355 on Tuesday, called out “those on the Left” as among the proponents who want ranked-choice voting. Such […]
Promoters of a secretive Silicon Valley-backed ballot initiative to build a new city on farmland between Sacramento and San Francisco are releasing more details of their plan as they submit paperwork Wednesday to qualify for the November election. California Forever, the company that stealthily snapped up more than $800 million of Solano County land in recent years, […]
With politicos quickly turning their attention to New Hampshire and South Carolina, analysis shows that Iowa pollsters were accurate in predicting the first-in-the-nation caucus — with one caveat. The final RealClearPolitics polling average had former President Donald Trump running away with 53% of the vote, followed by former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley with 19% […]
DES MOINES, Iowa — After former President Donald Trump‘s landslide win Monday in Iowa, his allies say the race is over and the remaining candidates must drop out now to consolidate Republican support. Trump won 51% percent of the vote in the opening nominating contest, a massive win over Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) with 21% […]
EXCLUSIVE — In the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision blocking race-based admissions at colleges and universities, medical school faculty at multiple institutions tried to find ways to circumvent the ruling, records show. Documents obtained through a public records request made by medical advocacy group Do No Harm and obtained by the Washington Examiner show […]
The first Supplemental Security Income payment of the new year, worth up to $943 for individual filers, will go out to recipients in just over two weeks. The payment will be released in 15 days, on Feb. 1, and they mark the first checks of 2024 because no payment was issued in January. Recipients were […]
