Former President Donald Trump regained a double-digit lead in New Hampshire, according to a new poll, after former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley briefly closed the gap to single digits. An early January poll from CNN, taken before the Iowa caucuses, showed Haley just seven percentage points behind Trump. A new CNN poll, taken Jan. […]
Washington Examiner Economics Reporter Zach Halaschak joins Magazine Executive Editor Jim Antle to discuss the new bipartisan tax bill, whether the child tax credit will remain intact, and how Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is pushing for a fiscal reform deal.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is under immense pressure to accept a deal on the border in exchange for additional funding for Ukraine. He was among the only Ukraine skeptics in the room on Wednesday as President Joe Biden’s advisers underscored the “critical importance” of the aid in a meeting with congressional leaders at the White […]
Yogurt company Siggi’s is hosting a “digital detox” to pay people to stay off their smartphones for a month. Siggi’s is seeking ten applicants to receive a smartphone lockbox, flip phone, one-month pre-paid SIM card, and a reward that includes $10,000 and 60 cups of its yogurt. No purchase is necessary to enter, but applicants […]
Former President Donald Trump hit back against fears over his age, saying that there was a “big difference” between 77 and 80. Speaking on Saturday at a rally in the NHU Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire, Trump, 77, rebuffed attacks on his age, according to Politico, following comments from former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley […]
Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice likened the organization’s movement concerning the content allowed in school libraries to that of schools’ internet access policies. Justice appeared on the Reid Out on Friday, where host Joy Reid grilled her over alleged book bans. Moms for Liberty members have a reputation for appearing before school boards across […]
(The Center Square) – Money from Seattle’s tax on sweetened beverages is still below pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels, and city officials say they’ll push for a new revenue stream. In 2022, sweetened beverage tax revenues increased by about 11% [$2 million] from 2021 levels to approximately $21 million. The pandemic caused the tax revenue to drop […]
(The Center Square) – With limited Illinois tax dollars, state officials are laying out their priorities amid ongoing budget pressures such as the hundreds of millions of dollars for migrant care. Promoting the taxpayer-funded $250 million Smart Start early childhood education initiative, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said the state will have to balance such future spending […]
(The Center Square) — Nearly a decade after then-Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin nixed a plan for a publicly funded system, advocates have renewed a push to transform health care with a single-payer system. About 60 House Democrats have signed onto a proposal that calls for eventually replacing private health insurance premiums in the state with a public financing […]
(The Center Square) – Options for school children in North Carolina were different a year ago. Come Sunday when National School Choice Week begins, there will be much to celebrate among those who advocate that children should not be in poor-performing schools just because of where they live. The state will spend $17.3 billion for […]
