February benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in Kentucky will be sent out in nine days. Food stamps are issued to eligible residents in Kentucky between Feb. 1 and Feb. 19. Payments are sent out to recipients on odd days, based on the last digits of their case numbers. Bluegrass State residents must meet […]
The Minnesota Supreme Court is set to hear arguments for a new law that would restore voting rights to convicted felons who are on parole, probation, or work release. Initially, the state restored voting rights to felons after they were off parole or probation and had paid their restitutions. In March 2023, Gov. Tim Walz […]
Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA) gave final approval to a congressional map that creates a court-ordered second majority-black district and likely costs Republicans one of its five seats in the Louisiana legislature. The new map protects the partisan lean of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise’s (R-LA) districts, but reshapes Rep. […]
A Pennsylvania district has a sense of its community back after Susquehannock High School reclaimed its “Warriors” mascot following its cancellation. The Southern York County School District school board voted 7-2 Thursday to bring back the name. Prior to the vote, there was a roughly two-hour-long session for public comment and a presentation from the Native […]
New York megadonors have sued third-party organization No Labels over an alleged bait-and-switch situation, accusing the group of seeking donations as a bipartisan governing group and then looking to finance a third-party presidential campaign. Two members of the Durst Organization, chairman Douglas Durst and president Jonathan Durst, filed a breach-of-contract and “unjust enrichment” suit on […]
An appeals court denied former President Donald Trump‘s request on Tuesday that the court’s full panel of judges reconsider a gag order in the election subversion case against him in Washington, D.C. The announcement comes after a panel of three Democrat-appointed judges largely rejected Trump’s initial appeal of the gag order in December. Trump then […]
Nikki Haley is refusing to suspend her presidential campaign even as the race has largely shifted into a two-way contest between her and Donald Trump — and many in the GOP are falling in line behind the former president. In a memo released just hours before the first-in-the-nation primary in New Hampshire, Haley’s campaign shared […]
Nearly half, 46%, of adults aged 18-24 say Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, surprise attack that killed more than 1,200 Israelis can be justified, a poll released Monday shows. Three-quarters of all respondents said the attack was not justified. The Harvard CAPS-Harris poll asked voters of various age groups about their stances on the conflict in […]
In three weeks, officials in Michigan will send out checks worth an average of $550 to approximately 700,000 households as part of a recently enacted expansion to the working families tax credit. Eligible taxpayers in the Great Lakes State will get a check that is equal to the difference between the 6% working families tax credit on an […]
Former President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that his wife, former first lady Melania Trump, would be more active on the campaign trail this election cycle than in his previous runs. The ex-president said Melania Trump, who stayed out of the spotlight during the couple’s first stint in the White House, was compassionate and was […]
