(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 […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) defended President Joe Biden as “one of the most successful presidents in modern American history” amid concerns over the president’s mental acuity. Ocasio-Cortez touted Biden’s successes in his first term as president, including securing the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act and the American Rescue Plan. “I know who I’m going […]
Montana’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will begin sending its March payments, worth up to $1,751, in 18 days. SNAP payments in Montana are distributed over five days each month, beginning on the 2nd. March’s payments will be sent from March 2 to March 6. The dates recipients receive their payments depend on their SNAP case number, account number, Social Security number, or […]
