(The Center Square) — Amid debate over legalizing adult-use marijuana, lawmakers say Pennsylvania’s medical program needs some improvements – and call on the governor to lead the way. The medical program grinds against federal law: every cardholder faces the loss of their Second Amendment rights. That tradeoff was made clear in January when Warren County […]
(The Center Square) – Preventing New Jersey public schools and libraries from keeping controversial titles off the shelves is in a proposal being rejected by Republicans. The lawmakers say it oversteps parents’ concerns. A bill working its way through the state Assembly would ban the censorship of any book for “partisan or doctrinal” reasons and […]
(The Center Square) – Delaying a mandate requiring hundreds of school districts to replace fossil fuel powered buses with e-vehicles has been requested of the state by New York Republicans. State Assemblyman Phil Palmesano called the requirements the “mother of all unfunded state mandates.” State Sen. George Borrello said, “Like so much of the state’s climate […]
(The Center Square) – The trippiest bill of the legislative session just made its way out of the Arizona State Senate Committee on Health and Human Services unanimously. Psychedelic mushrooms could soon be available as a mental health treatment option for Arizonans with Senate Bill 1570, sponsored by Sen. T.J. Shope, R-Coolidge, which would specifically legalize […]
Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley has remolded her campaign strategy as she faces a do-or-die moment in the 2024 Republican primary race. Haley, who is preparing to face former President Donald Trump in the Feb. 24 South Carolina primary, launched her campaign touting her political experience and that she “never lost an election.” She once shied away from […]
The philanthropy network steering the wealth of Democratic megadonor George Soros awarded a paid fellowship to the leader of a law school’s anti-Israel office facing a Senate investigation for promoting terrorist sympathizers, records show. Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans this month requested Rutgers University by Feb. 20 turn over funding and budget information on its Center […]
The first wave of February’s three Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for the highest earners who retire at 70, went out to the first group of retirees on Wednesday. Retired seniors born on or between the 1st and 10th of their birth month should have received their payment on Feb. 14, according to […]
Riding the coattails of a favorable congressional map and negative Democratic headwinds on crime and the economy, Republicans scored surprise wins in New York in 2022 to wrestle back control of the House. In this four-part series, the Washington Examiner will take a look at how focused the GOP will be on the Empire State […]
A new male contraceptive is showing promising results in the early stages of human clinical trials, meaning it could launch a new era of reproductive technologies. “I think we as a society, especially younger men, millennials, are realizing that we need to change the overbearing reliance on women as a whole as the main users […]
Millions of beneficiaries receive March’s Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $943 for individual filers, in 16 days. The payment, which goes out on Friday, March 1, will mark the second paycheck for 2024 because no payments went out in January due to a scheduling quirk in the Social Security Administration’s calendar. The maximum […]
