(The Center Square) – A Texas Democrat running for U.S. Senate is under scrutiny for his claims about border security. Similar to Senate Democrats claiming to support border security, including distancing themselves from Biden-Harris administration policies, U.S. Rep. Collin Allred, D-Dallas, who’s challenging incumbent U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, says he will secure the border. […]

“I believe in that old adage that as goes California, so goes the rest of the country.” – Kamala Harris When Harris named Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her vice presidential nominee, the Democrats were thrilled since he looks like someone who’d be at home on a tractor, sporting a straw hat while tending to […]

(The Center Square) – Cook County has joined the state of Illinois in offering tax breaks to tech manufacturers. The Class 8 MICRO incentive builds on the state’s MICRO Act, signed by Governor J.B. Pritzker in 2022, which provides up to 100% in income tax breaks for facilities in underserved areas. Properties benefiting from Cook […]

Last week, the Federal Reserve delivered its first rate cut since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Historically, reductions in the fed funds rate have occurred in response to slowing economic activity, falling inflation, or external shocks like the dot-com bubble burst, the global financial crisis, or the pandemic. This time is different. After succeeding […]