(The Center Square) – Indiana has joined a small group of states that have made it a crime for banks and credit card companies to track purchases of guns and ammunition through the use of a special code. Earlier this month, Gov. Eric Holcomb signed House Bill 1084 into law. The legislation bars financial service […]
The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, collapsed early Tuesday morning after a cargo ship rammed into one of the supports for the structure. The bridge collapsed at approximately 1:30 a.m. EDT in what officials on Tuesday called a “catastrophic collapse.” Maryland Transportation Secretary Paul Wiedefeld said that as of roughly 7:30 a.m. EDT […]
(The Center Square) – A House committee on taxes will vote on a bill to create a flat tax on Tuesday and hold a public hearing on two joint resolutions regarding the eventual elimination of income and property taxes. Rep. Bishop Davidson, R-Republic, and a member of the Special Committee on Tax Reform, is a […]
(The Center Square) – Parents of Chicago school students are suing the Chicago Teachers Union seeking damages over a teachers strike during COVID-19 that kept children out of school longer. The lawsuits, filed by attorneys Patrick Hughes and Daniel Suhr from Hughes and Suhr LLC, stem from a strike that took place in January 2022. The […]
April’s monthly Supplemental Security Income payment, which is worth up to $943 for individual filers, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in less than a week. The next installment will go out in six days, on Monday, April 1, to people who struggle with a serious debilitating disability that results in a limited income, […]
Former President Donald Trump was set to begin his day in potentially deep financial turmoil but ended it in a surge back to one of the world’s richest people despite a setback in his bid to avoid trial on criminal hush money charges. Trump faced a deadline on Monday to post a bond of $464 […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will announce his vice presidential pick Tuesday, likely giving a boost to his struggling independent campaign in the coming days as his long-shot bid wrestles with meeting individual state ballot requirements. Kenndey’s announcement is set to take place in Oakland, California, and will help Kennedy gain access to dozens more state ballots. […]
A Democratic presidential candidate has not won North Carolina since former President Barack Obama‘s first election in 2008. But as President Joe Biden returns to the Tar Heel State for the first time since his State of the Union address, his campaign is projecting optimism about his prospects not supported by early polling. Biden and […]
The prestigious House Intelligence Committee will now be short two Republican members come April, when Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) plans to retire from Congress, leaving it up to the party’s top leaders to decide who will take their place on the coveted committee. Gallagher, who also chairs the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist […]
The last of March’s Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for the highest income earners who retire at 70, will go out to the third group of retirees in one day. The payment will go out to beneficiaries on Wednesday, March 27, for those born on or after the 21st of the month, according […]
