(The Center Square) – Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is defending the state’s child care spending, saying longtime safeguards are in place that help prevent widespread fraud uncovered in Minnesota. DeWine’s defense came after fellow Republican Rep. Josh Williams (R-Sylvania Township) spearheaded a letter from lawmakers calling for an investigation into the state’s child care facilities, which he […]

(The Center Square) – The FBI and several police departments foiled another New Year’s Eve terror plot, this time in North Carolina, officials announced on Friday. The FBI apprehended 18-year-old Christian Sturdivant on New Year’s Eve, the day for which he had planned his attack, Russ Ferguson, U.S. attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, said. […]

(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania’s electrical grid is at a critical crossroads, buckling under the pressure of rising demand with not enough supply or time to stabilize it. Those concerns – reliability and affordability – dominated the last year for PJM Interconnection, the regional grid operator serving 67 million people across 13 states and the […]

The Justice Department sent Minnesota officials a letter Friday demanding records regarding the state’s “vouching” system for voter registration, as the North Star State faces intense scrutiny over the Somali child care fraud revelations. Minnesota offers an alternative form of verifying an address when registering to vote on Election Day known as “vouching,” by which […]