(The Center Square) – The Texas Education Agency is taking over three more public school districts: Beaumont ISD, Connally ISD and Lake Worth ISD. This brings the total to four this year and five overall. State law requires the TEA to take over failing school districts after a campus receives failing academic ratings for at […]
(The Center Square) – Small Business Advocacy Council President Elliott Richardson prides himself on tirelessly pushing the envelope when it comes to making life more bearable for Chicago small business owners. “Small businesses really could use a point person at City Hall to help them through the process,” Richardson told The Center Square. “If they’re […]
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is receiving pushback for celebrating the NFL’s Buffalo Bills’ victory on Sunday after saying he would discuss the shooting at Bondi Beach in Australia. Sunday’s shooting saw two gunmen open fire on a Jewish event in Bondi Beach, killing at least 15 people on the first day of Hanukkah. […]
(The Center Square) – To help generate a Republican winner in the northeastern part of the state for the first time since 1882, the General Assembly redrew the congressional map for two of the 14 seats North Carolina sends to the U.S. House of Representatives. Rocky Mount Mayor Sandy Roberson, one of the first names […]
Charlotte‘s new police chief warned that her department is facing critical staffing shortages, as North Carolina‘s largest city seeks to heighten security in the aftermath of high-profile crime. “Right now, we’re down a significant number of officers, almost 200 officers,” said Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Chief Estella Patterson, who was sworn into office earlier this month. The […]
The Paramount+ series Landman took a swipe at ABC News’s The View in its latest episode on Sunday. In the episode, titled “The Pirate Dinner,” central character Tommy Norris (Billy Bob Thornton) attempts to calm down his father figure, T.L. (Sam Elliott), by suggesting he watch The View, but T.L. isn’t familiar with the show. […]
Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) jumped into a crowded congressional primary late Sunday, endorsing firefighter union boss Bob Brooks in a race Democrats are targeting as a key midterm elections pickup. Shapiro, who is rumored to be eyeing a 2028 presidential run, has been getting increasingly involved in his state’s congressional races, attempting to shape their outcome. There […]
The FBI untangled the mysterious Jan. 6, 2021, pipe bombs case by relying on a “new computer program,” which deciphered cellphone data that the agency had held for years. Earlier this month, the government charged Brian Cole Jr. with planting the pipe bombs outside the Republican and Democratic national committees on the eve of Jan. […]
The Supreme Court announced on Monday it will take up a death row inmate’s challenge over allegations that the dismissal of four black jurors during his trial was unlawful, adding to the justices’ caseload for the current term. The high court said it will hear arguments in Pitchford v. Cain later this term, limited to […]
Family and friends of the two students who were killed in the mass shooting at Brown University on Saturday have released the names of their lost loved ones. Ella Cook, a 19-year-old sophomore from Birmingham, Alabama, and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, a freshman who graduated in May from Midlothian High School in Virginia, were identified as […]
