(The Center Square) – A Washington-based surgery center ranked by a nonprofit among the top in the state for minor gender reassignment surgeries was recently fined $5 million as part of a lawsuit in which the State Attorney General’s Office accused them of deceptive business practices. Within Washington, Lynnwood-based Alderwood Surgical Center performed more than […]
(The Center Square) – False claims by a Biden administration official on the way to North Carolina sparked one controversy. Plenty more are rumbling from the hills and hollows of the Blue Ridge and Appalachians. Members of Congress from the region are trying to learn facts in addition to sharing knowledge, their plight as steep […]
(The Center Square) – One of the plaintiffs suing the Chicago Teachers Union to open the books for how union dues are spent says after bringing a complaint forward, leaders humiliated and intimidated them. The Liberty Justice Center said CTU hasn’t met its obligation to publish an audit report for its members since it published […]
Football coach Joe Kennedy said he hopes to inspire others as his journey to the Supreme Court to defend his First Amendment rights hits the big screen this weekend. Average Joe debuts across theaters nationwide this Friday, detailing his life story that includes a rough childhood in foster care, serving in the Marine Corps, becoming […]
Supreme Court’s delicate dance with election involvement Legal analysts are split on how involved they expect the Supreme Court to get in this year’s election, Supreme Court Reporter Kaelan Deese wrote this morning. Some say the light docket justices have prepared themselves is to make room for possible election-related cases, and others say that could […]
Former President Donald Trump has raised eyebrows with his decision to hold campaign rallies deep in Democratic territory, including appearances in Coachella Valley, California, and Madison Square Garden in New York City. Yet it is not the first time Trump has paid attention to the blue states outside of the highly competitive Rust Belt, the […]
The novelist John Gardner once classified a certain type of hack writer as the “disPollyanna” — a curdled optimist whose wounded, childlike idealism is inverted and weaponized in the form of “crude jokes and images, slang phrases borrowed from foreign languages” meant solely “to shock prudes.” The disPollyanna “simplemindedly long[s] for goodness, justice, and sanity” […]
An obscure government oversight group could make major waves in the 2024 election if President Joe Biden fulfills its wishes. The group, a watchdog of government watchdogs, has suggested Biden fire Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Joseph Cuffari following a four-year investigation and a 1,000-page report. If he does, it could set off a […]
For the first time all week, the average price for a gallon of regular gas in the country decreased on Friday. The new price is $3.209, a very slight drop from Thursday’s price of $3.212. The cost of gas had increased four straight days prior to the release of Friday’s pricing. Gas prices are a […]
Every big campaign event playing out across the United States this election season has its essential ingredients. There’s the chanting crowd, the patriotic festoonery, the smiling candidate, the platitude-stuffed stump speech, and the stirring popular song to start the party. The process of how those songs are chosen, what effect they have, and how they’re […]
