(Steve Bittenbender, The Center Square) Anyone looking for good news about the N.Y. economy would have found little from a report issued this week by the N.Y. Federal Reserve.
Its Empire State Manufacturing Survey for Aug. reported the second-steepest decline in its history as the general business conditions index dropped...
(Robert Davis, The Center Square) Gun rights groups are suing the cities of Boulder and Louisville over ordinances prohibiting the sale of "assault weapons" and "large capacity" magazines.
Colo.-based Rocky Mountain Gun Owners , a gun rights advocacy group, and the National Foundation for Gun Rights , a nonprofit legal...
(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) A Wisconsin school board stood firm in the face of protests, retaining a ban on the display of gay or Black Lives Matter flags in classrooms, as well as using preferred pronouns in school-related emails.
Numerous protestors attended a school board meeting, speaking on the matter...
(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) Asset management giant Vanguard hosted diversity training, telling white men to be prepared to be "uncomfortable" and be prepared to be held "accountable."
Vanguard, which manages over $7 trillion in assets, hosted the event in an attempt to signal their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion,...
Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that he didn't take any classified information with him when he left office.
The disclosure — which would typically be unremarkable for a former vice president — is notable given the recent raid on Former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence.
Trump has issued a...
(Headline USA) Biologicals boys in Utah will once again be able to compete in girls' sports as the school year begins, after a judge on Friday reversed a ban pending legal challenges from parents.
Instead of an outright ban, transgender girls will now be sent before a commission that will...
(Headline USA) Indiana Republicans on Saturday picked Rudy Yakym to replace U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski on the November ballot, after Yakym won the endorsement of the late Indiana congresswoman's husband.
Yakym is set to be a favorite in the November election against Democrat Paul Steury, a high school science teacher...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) – Texans are being encouraged to use a free iWatch reporting system to alert local and state law enforcement about suspicious behaviors and activities that appear to be criminal, terroristic or school safety-related.
To educate Texans about the service as children head back to school,...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) – New legislation is being proposed for the 2023 legislative session to expand Fla.’s teaching workforce, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday.
Three new legislative proposals the legislature will consider next year, he said, include a recruitment initiative to hire retired military veterans and first responders...
(Tom Joyce, The Center Square) – Ariz. Gov. Doug Ducey joined families, educators and community leaders on Tuesday to celebrate Arizona’s recently-enacted universal school choice law at a time when a challenge to the law is mounting.
The law makes all Ariz.’s school-age children eligible for the Empowerment Scholarship Accounts. It’s...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) At a Tuesday news conference announcing new legislative proposals to expand teacher hiring, Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed back against the narrative that mask and vaccine mandates prevented the spread of COVID-19.
“We banned the masks in with the legislature with the Parents Bill of...
(Deroy Murdock, Headline USA) “The Inflation Reduction Act invests $369 billion to take the most aggressive action ever---ever, ever, ever---in confronting the climate crisis and strengthening our energy security,” President Joe Biden said Tuesday at the White House, just before signing the IRA into law.
IRA goes far beyond the...