(The Center Square) – A year until the pivotal 2026 midterms, North Carolina’s Republican Party voter registrations are only 6,115 behind its registrations as Democrats. Both continue to dwarf the surge in choice for unaffiliated, a bloc that is less than 62,000 from topping 3 million in a state with more than 7.6 million registered. […]

(The Center Square) – Georgia ranks 22nd on the Tax Foundation’s annual State Tax Competitiveness Index, with property taxes receiving the lowest marks. Property taxes are not set by the state, but rather by local cities, counties and school boards. Georgia ranks higher than all of its neighbors except Florida, with the highest property taxes paid […]

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR) is sending 100 Arkansas National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., after the Thanksgiving holiday. The deployment announcement comes just days after the Department of War extended the National Guard presence in the capital through Feb. 28, 2026. Sanders’s office said that the deployment is set to last several months. ARKANSAS […]

The Trump administration told a federal judge on Monday that it will deplete the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program contingency fund to provide food stamp recipients with part of their monthly benefits. Late last week, U.S. District Judge John McConnell ordered the administration to use contingency funds and either fully or partially fund November payments, demanding […]