(The Center Square) – Louisiana regulators are considering a revision to an existing coastal use permit that would allow LNG export terminal operator Venture Global to expand dredging along the Calcasieu Ship Channer near the mouth of the Gulf of America, an area commercial fishermen and shrimpers contend is vulnerable to adverse impacts on water quality, […]
(The Center Square) – In the wake of fraud allegations against Ohio child care facilities, the state launched a new way for the public to get involved. State Auditor Keith Faber announced a new section to the auditor’s website that allows the public to report tips about potential fraud involving public benefits. “We want to make […]
Medicaid, one of the oldest forms of public assistance susceptible to scams, has long been a cash cow for Somali fraudsters seeking to profit from taxpayer-funded programming in Minnesota. Heightened scrutiny surrounding Medicaid comes as other cases of Somali-connected fraud in Minnesota attract national attention, such as Somali-owned organizations caught fraudulently collecting child care subsidies […]
(The Center Square) – Starting in the new year, the minimum wage in Michigan is now $13.73 per hour. That is up more than $1 over last year’s minimum wage. Nationally, the federal minimum wage remained at $7.25 per hour. The most-recent adjustment of that wage was in 2009, making this the longest period of Congress […]
(The Center Square) – Traditional transportation energy prices in North Carolina have dropped to the lowest level since before the COVID-19 era movement restrictions. The average gallon of unleaded regular from Murphy to Manteo is $2.61, down a nickel from a week earlier and the lowest since state government restrictions led to prices below $2 […]
(The Center Square) – Indiana State Police seized an estimated $7 million worth of cocaine during a search of a semi truck on Interstate 70. Two men were arrested following the discovery of the 309 pounds of narcotics during a routine Department of Transportation compliance inspection on Saturday afternoon. Indiana Gov. Mike Braun applauded the seizure. […]
EXCLUSIVE — Georgia Republican Rep. Mike Collins is homing in on Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA), launching a new digital ad that signals an early pivot toward the general election even as Collins remains locked in a three-way GOP primary. The ad, shared exclusively with the Washington Examiner, pushes past Collins’s Republican opponents, whom he must […]
Captured former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, appeared in Manhattan federal court on Monday after their dramatic capture by U.S. forces, opening one of the most consequential criminal prosecutions ever brought against a foreign head of state and his spouse. The couple was seized in Caracas during a surprise U.S. military […]
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan resigned from her judicial duties weeks after being convicted of obstruction for helping an illegal immigrant evade arrest. Dugan was found guilty of one obstruction charge by a jury in federal court last month, after helping an illegal immigrant who was before her court escape out a backdoor once […]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) is considering a run for Minnesota governor after Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) abruptly ended his campaign for a third term on Monday. Klobuchar, who has represented Minnesota in the Senate since 2007, has not made a final decision on whether to mount a run, according to reports, but she met with […]
