(The Center Square) — With inflation hitting every corner of the marketplace, including local road projects, as state officials look to designate more tax dollars for transportation, Georgians will see less bang for their buck. From the second quarter of 2020 to the second quarter of 2023, the highway construction cost index increased by 51%, […]
(The Center Square) – California attorney General Rob Bonta led a 21-state coalition demanding that the Biden administration ban menthol cigarettes, claiming they are disproportionately consumed by black smokers, LGBTQ smokers and smokers with mental health problems. “For far too long, tobacco companies have intentionally targeted specific communities across this nation, particularly communities of color, […]
(The Center Square) — Loudoun County Public Schools is being sued by media outlet The Daily Wire for withholding information about its legal settlements. The Wire’s lawyers at America First Legal say in the suit that “the documents requested are of the type that can be released, and are released by other school districts in the Commonwealth,” citing records […]
(The Center Square) – Jackson County Executive Frank White, a member of the Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame, vetoed an ordinance placing a 40-year sales tax on the April ballot to support a new major league baseball stadium and renovate the football stadium. “This proposed sales tax would generate over $2 billion from our […]
(The Center Square) — Delaware Republicans are pushing several proposals aimed at requiring state lawmakers to be more accountable for their conduct and financial decisions. One proposal would allow any member of the public to request an investigation if they believe a legislator has engaged in unethical or illegal conduct while in office, which the bill’s authors […]
EXCLUSIVE — The New Hampshire state director for Republican Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign lobbied in 2020 for a Democratic dark money organization that spent millions of dollars that year willing Joe Biden to the White House, among other left-wing groups, documents show. Tyler Clark, who became Haley’s 2024 state director for the Granite State late […]
(The Center Square) — As the Pennsylvania House has moved to eliminate junk fees, the less-than-transparent charges are getting more national attention as well. Junk fees are mandatory fees or charges added to the price of a product, unexpected by consumers and usually revealed alongside taxes near the end of a purchase. They’re commonly labeled […]
Former President Donald Trump‘s penchant for punishing GOP detractors is trickling down to Congress as some of his most ardent supporters are using loyalty to the former president as a litmus test for the Republican Party. House Republican disagreements between conservatives and centrist lawmakers on government funding and leadership have been a mainstay since the […]
Grocery retailer Costco is testing out a new system for customers entering the store that would prevent nonmembers from shopping inside. The move by the warehouse shopping center was first discovered in the state of Washington, where people spotted a sign informing shoppers they would be asked to scan their membership card before they could […]
The first Supplemental Security Income payment of the new year, worth up to $943 for individual filers, will go out to recipients in a little under two weeks. The payment will be released on Thursday, Feb. 1, and it marks the first check of 2024 because no payment was issued in January because of a […]
