(The Center Square) – Sound Transit’s West Seattle Link Extension project is now projecting estimated costs to total around $7 billion as the agency’s board of directors approve selected routes and stations. Sound Transit’s new cost estimate for the West Seattle Link Extension is set between $6.7 billion and $7.1 billion. The project’s final Environmental […]

(The Center Square) – Seven lawsuits in 52 days for the North Carolina State Board of Elections seemed frequent. And it was. Considering the Republican National Committee has filed more than 130 nationwide, and only did four of those seven, a drop in the bucket might be more accurately descriptive. Democrats filed one of the […]

(The Center Square) – The surge of undocumented immigration in the U.S. strains resources far beyond the border, leaving many areas grappling with mounting pressures on social services. This includes hospitals that face the cost of uncompensated care. Uncompensated care refers to services provided without payment, such as charity care and unanticipated bad debt. Federal […]

(The Center Square) – Election Day preparations are continuing smoothly in North Carolina, even as the state recovers from the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, State Board of Elections officials say. After the first week of early voting, more than 2.3 million voters have cast their ballots in the state, a 30% turnout of registered voters […]