(The Center Square) – Illinois is one of the U.S. states hardest hit by inflation, an analyst says. The personal finance company WalletHub compared 23 major metropolitan areas across key metrics, including the Consumer Price Index, to measure inflation and how it impacts people in different cities. According to the report, two of the five major metropolitan areas […]

The House Oversight Committee on Thursday expanded its investigation into former President Joe Biden‘s cognitive decline and the use of an autopen to authorize high-level executive actions, adding four more transcribed interviews with senior Biden aides to its schedule this fall. The committee, chaired by Rep. James Comer (R-KY), has scheduled interviews with Ian Sams, Andrew Bates, Karine Jean-Pierre, and Jeff […]

An Idaho judge on Thursday lifted the gag order that another judge imposed on convicted murderer Bryan Kohberger’s case. Earlier this month, Kohberger pleaded guilty to all five charges for fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students at a rental home in 2022. The guilty plea removed the death penalty as a possibility. Kohberger admitted […]

(The Center Square) – California Republican lawmakers launched a ballot measure that would require voter ID identification for counted ballots, and the verification of the citizenship status of individuals registering to vote.  It’s unclear how this measure would impact San Francisco, where noncitizens are able to register to vote for school board elections. Last year, […]