(The Center Square) — New Jersey Republicans are seizing on a new independent report detailing Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, saying it backs up their claims that he mismanaged the crisis. The 907-page report, which was overseen by Paul Zoubek, a Republican former assistant state attorney general, examined New Jersey’s preparedness […]
(The Center Square) – The chorus of voices in opposition to the Internal Revenue Service’s taxation of a state rebate many Arizona families received last year continues to grow. On Wednesday, U.S. Reps. David Schweikert, Greg Stanton and Juan Ciscomani asked the IRS to change course on taxing the “Arizona Families Tax Rebate.” Taxpayers in Arizona […]
(The Center Square) – A bill to substantially restrict oil and gas permitting in Colorado would result in widespread financial and environmental impacts, according to a new report by a research group. The report, published by the Common Sense Institute, a free-enterprise think tank, says Senate Bill 24-159 would negatively impact the state’s economy as well as tax […]
(The Center Square) – Mass gun violence this year is down nearly 50% compared to last year, according to James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University who manages the Associated Press/USA TODAY mass killing database. “As for crime, it’s: ‘Good news is no news.’ … mass shootings by the Gun Violence Archive definition (4+ shot, […]
(The Center Square) – Washington state held its first quarterly carbon auction of the year on March 6, selling all 7.4 million allowances at a final settlement price of $25.76 to bring in nearly $192 million, according to a preliminary summary report released Wednesday by the Department of Ecology. That’s on top of the slightly more than $2 […]
(The Center Square) – A U.S. Supreme Court case regarding free speech at higher education institutions has left the ongoing debate about bias on college campuses undecided. The issue began when a legal challenge was filed in Speech First, Inc. v. Sands over Virginia Tech’s “bias-response team policies,” which monitored, tracked and investigated students’ speech […]
Republicans‘ uphill climb of impeaching President Joe Biden got a little steeper following Rep. Ken Buck‘s (R-CO) early retirement announcement, with his departure presenting the House GOP with significant math problems. Buck will leave Congress on March 22, handing Republicans just a two-seat majority over Democrats, likely posing a problem for the divided GOP conference. A lawmaker told Axios in […]
Former President Donald Trump remains in legal peril to a degree without precedent for a major-party nominee, but the cases against him are falling apart politically. What happens to Trump in court is the most important thing. But barring a conviction and sentence before Election Day, the 2024 presidential race will be tried in the […]
Crime in Washington, D.C., is a crisis. Six months ago, the Washington Examiner looked at some of the issues plaguing the nation’s capital. In the months since, things feel worse than ever, but that might be starting to change. In this series, we are looking at how the nation’s capital wound up with its record […]
April’s monthly Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $943 for individual filers, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in less than three weeks. The next installment will go out in 18 days, on Monday, April 1, to people who struggle with a serious debilitating disability that results in a limited income, according to […]
