(Greg Bishop, The Center Square) Part of the Illinois state budget that begins July 1 includes a delay in the annual motor fuel tax increase. An association says they’re ready to add to a state-mandated sign announcing the delay to give it more context that they say taxpayers need...
(Tyler Arnold, The Center Square) Republicans have selected their candidates for the two most contentious seats in the Virginia Congressional delegation---Jennifer Kiggans in the second district and Yesli Vega in the seventh district.
Kiggans, who serves in the Virginia Senate, will face incumbent Democrat Rep. Elaine Luria in November. Yesli...
(Headline USA) President Joe Biden on Wednesday will call on Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for three months---an election year move meant to placate the outraged public while failing to address underlying supply issues that have contributed to rampant inflation and an ongoing fuel crisis.
That crisis...
(Headline USA) The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is providing logistical support to import the equivalent of about 16 million 8-ounce baby formula bottles from Mexico starting this weekend, as part of its efforts to ease nationwide supply shortages caused by the closure of the largest U.S. manufacturing...
(Headline USA) The mother--daughter team who helped orchestrate what appears to have been an illicit vote-counting operation at the State Farm Arena in Georgia's Fulton County received an image makeover from the House's corrupt Jan. 6 committee as it pushed the false claim that visual evidence of widespread fraud...
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned Maine’s ban on state tuition assistance to students attending religious schools in an education case that could have big implications for schools around the country.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Carson v. Makin.
The dispute began when the state...
(Headline USA) Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks has run his race for Senate as a strong supporter of former President Donald Trump, refusing to accept the widely disputed outcome of the 2020 contest in the face of a preponderance of evidence that indicates widespread vote fraud.
Brooks has campaigned alongside the organizers...
(Headline USA) Unable to deal with a labor shortage triggered by the Biden administration's economic ruin and post-pandemic response, public pools across the country are being forced to close because of a lifeguard shortage, even as summer temperatures soar on pace with skyrocketing gas prices.
Manager Ashley Ford strode the...
(Headline USA) As the Biden administration's disastrous domestic policies continue to drive massive spikes in energy prices, the U.S. nuclear industry is generating less electricity as reactors retire, but now plant operators are hoping to nearly double their output over the next three decades, according to the industry's trade...
(Headline USA) Twitter's board has recommended unanimously that shareholders approve the proposed $44 billion sale of the company to billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, according to a regulatory filing Tuesday.
Musk reiterated his desire to move forward with the acquisition last week during a virtual meeting with Twitter employees, though shares...
(Headline USA) The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that the mayor of Minneapolis hasn't met a legal duty to hire more police officers or demonstrate why he hasn't done so.
In a Monday ruling, Chief Justice Lorie Gildea said Mayor Jacob Frey has a “clear legal duty” under the city’s...
(Headline USA) Multiple Uvalde police officers armed with rifles and at least one ballistic shield stood and waited in a school hallway for nearly an hour while a gunman carried out a massacre of 19 elementary students and two teachers, according to a Monday news report that marks the...