(The Center Square) – Memphis and the city’s convention and visitors bureau came to an agreement over hotel-motel tax funds for the renovation of the FedExForum but details of the agreement were not released. Rep. Kevin Vaughn, R-Collierville, said that the agreement means that the funding is in place to complete the renovation. Senate Bill […]
(The Center Square) – Virginia is beginning to experience some of the impacts from the cargo ship crash that brought down Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, closing a vital shipping lane leading to one of the eastern seaboard’s busiest ports. Shortly after on Thursday, Gov. Glenn Youngkin offered to assist neighboring Maryland. Within hours, the commonwealth’s […]
(The Center Square) – A measure creating a task force to look into monthly guaranteed taxpayer-funded “unrestricted cash” subsidies to certain individuals in Illinois is being discussed in the state legislature. An Illinois Senate appropriations committee Wednesday heard about Senate Bill 3462 from state Sen. Ram Villivalam, D-Chicago. The bill as filed would create the Illinois Guaranteed Income […]
President Joe Biden knows Michigan will be crucial if he’s going to win a second term in the White House, and it is ground zero for the domestic political implications of U.S. policy on Israel and Gaza. A Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll finds the race between Biden and Donald Trump tied after the former president […]
President Joe Biden is hoping the star power of his Democratic predecessors, former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, will shine a light on his campaign against another former president, Donald Trump, during a high-profile New York City fundraiser. But although his last State of the Union before November’s general election addressed concerns about his […]
President Joe Biden‘s campaign has gone on the offensive against former President Donald Trump over his “nonexistent” efforts in the battle to win over supporters of former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley. Haley was the last major primary foe Trump defeated before becoming the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party. But her exit hasn’t led to a unified GOP. […]
There are only four more days until April’s monthly Supplemental Security Income payment, which is worth up to $943 for individual filers, goes out to millions of beneficiaries. The installment goes out on Monday, April 1, to people who struggle with a severely debilitating disability that results in a limited income, according to the Social […]
Border Patrol agents along the Canadian border are well on track to surpass the record-high number of illegal immigrant arrests made last year. The numbers are of particular concern given that these higher-than-average monthly arrests recently occurred during the winter months, when temperatures are often below 0 degrees Fahrenheit, presenting major safety challenges to immigrants […]
Former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said he would be against any effort to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from the ballot. Ramaswamy gained ground early in the Republican primary before falling behind and dropping out, endorsing former President Donald Trump instead. Despite his backing of Trump, Ramaswamy expressed support for Kennedy to appear on the […]
A majority of Americans now oppose Israel‘s military actions in Gaza, according to a new Gallup poll that was released on Wednesday. The poll found that 55% of the country disapproves of Israel’s military involvement in Gaza following Hamas‘s Oct. 7 attack on Israel. The debate about the Israel-Hamas war has spread over the past […]
