Chicago paused its early voting process in the March 19 presidential primary election on Friday to remove a Democratic judicial candidate from the ballot, with plans to reopen on Wednesday. Early voting began in downtown Chicago on Thursday, but an order from the Appellate Court of Illinois forced the city’s two early-voting ballot locations to […]
New York Comptroller Tom DiNapoli claimed Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) is attempting to deprive him of his office’s oversight authority in a recent report on the state’s executive budget. In his 38-page report released last week, DiNapoli critiqued Hochul’s 2024-25 budget proposal, saying that it contained “concerning proposals” regarding transparency, debt, and oversight limitations. Hochul […]
In the coming week, officials in Harris County, Texas, will alert applicants who have been chosen for its pilot basic income program for low-income individuals in parts of the county. Last week, officials in the county said the Uplift Harris program had roughly 83,000 applicants and confirmed that it will notify those selected for the payments by Feb. […]
Kyle Rittenhouse questioned why the public still does not know the names of the Kansas City, Missouri, shooters, noting that “the government was quick to reveal my name” after the shooting he was involved in. The Kansas City shooting that Rittenhouse referenced occurred Wednesday as the Kansas City Chiefs celebrated their Super Bowl victory, with […]
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) attracted a Republican challenger for her Wisconsin Senate seat on Tuesday after Eric Hovde launched a campaign website introducing himself to voters. Hovde, a real estate and bank CEO who first ran for Baldwin’s seat in 2012, announced he would mount a second run in a 30-second ad calling for “common […]
Major League Baseball’s Washington Nationals will not be sold after nearly two years exploring options, team owner Mark Lerner said. Lerner announced in April 2022 that it would enter an exploratory process to sell the team, but on Monday he told the Washington Post that the family has opted not to sell the Nationals in […]
The Biden administration is slated to grant a request from Midwestern state leaders to allow the year-round sale of higher blends of ethanol in gasoline beginning in 2025, a decision likely to be met with mixed reactions from the states, which had pushed for the expansion but not the delayed start date. The action, reported […]
March’s Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $943 for individual filers, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in 10 days. The payment will go out on Friday, March 1, and is the second payment for 2024 because no payments went out in January due to a scheduling quirk in the Social Security Administration’s […]
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley dismissed the idea that she might suspend her presidential campaign in a “state of the race” speech Tuesday, reiterating her intention to stay in the fight through Super Tuesday at the very least. “That’s about the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. If I get out of the race today, […]
The Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to take up a case challenging a Virginia high school’s efforts to promote diversity in education, rejecting an appeal by a coalition of parents of students who say a Virginia public school’s admissions policy racially discriminates against Asian Americans. Despite a forceful dissent by Republican-appointed Justices Clarence Thomas and […]
