(The Center Square) – A half-cent sales tax for the transportation funding in Maricopa County seems likely to pass. Proposition 479 is leading with 60.18% of the vote, compared with 39.82% voting against the ballot measure as of Wednesday afternoon. When looking more closely, over 730,000 people have backed the proposition so far, but there […]

(The Center Square) – Third District Congressman Rep. Derrick Van Orden defeated Rebecca Cooke in a race that was called late Wednesday morning by multiple outlets. Van Orden, the Republican incumbent, had 51.35% of the vote with 211,696 to Cooke’s 48.65% with 200,556 votes in the district that includes Eau Claire and areas south of […]

(The Center Square) – A church in the mountains of eastern Tennessee is rebuilding after Hurricane Helene’s flood waters ripped away parts of the building. The main sanctuary is mostly intact. Recovery, now in the sixth week, remains a journey. Volunteers had to dig out Riverview Baptist Church in Erwin and fully gut the building […]

(The Center Square) – With the state’s notoriously cold winter just around the corner, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has joined a group of governors now demanding that grid operator PJM Interconnection take steps to address its record-high electricity rates. Pritzker recently joined Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore […]