SYNDICATION

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Texas' legislative budget board has approved the allocation of $874.6 million for public safety initiatives, including school safety measures and additional funding for border security. The legislative board sent a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday stating it had approved the transfer of funds under the...

(Zeta Cross, The Center Square) A new survey by SmartAsset.com has found that N.Y., Calif. and Ill. are losing more highly paid workers under 35 than they are gaining. SmartAsset, a website that provides financial advice to young professionals, compiled the survey data by comparing the tax returns of workers making over...

(Scott McClallen, The Center Square) A federal grand jury has indicted six people from Benton Harbor on fraud charges. They are accused of defrauding taxpayers by $1 million via unemployment insurance fraud and small business loans. The indictment says between Apr. 2020 and Dec. 2021, six people submitted at least 98...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have arrested several individuals in the Houston and Harlingen field offices as part of an immigration enforcement operation called “Operation Secure Streets.” Houston area agents of ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations team apprehended individuals between Sept. 12 and...

(Tom Joyce, The Center Square) Ariz. Gov. Doug Ducey is taking Joe Biden to court over their spat about securing the nation's southern border. The Biden administration ordered Ariz. to remove its temporary border barrier made out of shipping containers, but the state refused. Instead, it filed a lawsuit on...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Inspectors from the Texas Secretary of State and Attorney General’s Election Integrity Team have been sent to Harris County to observe and monitor voting processes. Inspectors were sent after numerous voting irregularities were reported after the 2020 election and 2022 March primary election and after...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Officers with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office rescued eight women who were forced into sex trafficking in Fla. by the arrested smuggler and trafficker who illegally brought them into the U.S. through the southern border. Sheriff Chad Chronister made the announcement on Monday with Attorney General...

(Headline USA) In Shanghai, communists started administering an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday in what appears to be a world first. The vaccine, a mist that is sucked in through the mouth, is being offered for free as a booster dose for previously vaccinated people, according to an announcement on...

(Headline USA) Donald Trump has endorsed Yesli Vega, the GOP county official and former police officer challenging Democratic U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger in Virginia's competitive 7th Congressional District. Vega told reporters at a rally Friday afternoon in Stafford that she had just learned of the endorsement — which was posted...

(Headline USA) A federal judge Friday rejected a leftist lawfare suit that attempted to bar a group from monitoring outdoor ballot boxes in Arizona’s largest county. Watchers in Maricopa County---a hotspot for election fraud in the 2020 election---have shown up armed and in ballistic vests, although none have threatened legal...

(Brett Rowland and Tom Gantert, The Center Square) Seven years ago, the former New York City Schools Chancellor said the city's decision to lift a ban on cell phones in schools was "common sense." Last week, the Philadelphia Board of Education approved a contract of up to $5 million with a company...

(The Center Square) While the majority of Americans still support sending weapons to Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion, they are unsure about handing over federal funds, according to a new poll. Convention of States Action, along with the Trafalgar Group, released the poll, which found that 40.3% of...