(The Center Square) – The Spokane Valley City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday not to provide Councilmember Al Merkel with legal representation amid his appeal to an investigation brought on by his peers.  The city announced earlier this month that a third-party investigation found Merkel violated the council’s Governance Manual and potentially state law. The situation ensued following a complaint from […]

(The Center Square) – Atlanta is forecast to take the worst storm beating of a major inland city in the South since the first Bush administration. Hurricane Helene’s expanse is forecast to only fall short of Opal (1995), Wilma (2005) and Irma (2017) from the Gulf since Hugo devastated Charlotte in 1989. The storm, likely […]

Special counsel Jack Smith filed his highly anticipated presidential immunity court filing on Thursday, which is expected to contain a trove of evidence to support his election interference charges against former President Donald Trump. The document remained under seal on Friday, and it was unclear when or if presiding Judge Tanya Chutkan would unseal a […]

(The Center Square) — Virginia’s current political contests could hardly be closer, according to the University of Mary Washington’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies Fall 2024 poll.  A little over a year out, the poll showed Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-07, and Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, the leading candidates for the commonwealth’s 2025 gubernatorial race, […]