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(Alan Wooten, The Center Square) Making solicitation of prostitution a felony and enhanced training requirements are key ingredients to the North Carolina legislation helping combat human trafficking. Lawmakers directed the Department of Labor to increase awareness, and the Department of Social Services is required to expand training available to county...

(Glenn Minnis, The Center Square) With violent crime like robberies sharply on the rise over the past year, a Chicago city council member is sponsoring an ordinance that would mean enhanced penalties for individuals convicted of crimes while wearing masks. Just four years ago during the COVID-19 pandemic, masks were...

(Benjamin Yount, The Center Square) The Wisconsin Supreme Court is going to decide on abortion. The court said it will hear two challenges to Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion law, without waiting for lower courts in the state to rule on them first. “In granting this case, this court is doing what many...

(J.D. Davidson, The Center Square) A pilot program targeting the accuracy of voter rolls in Ohio is now going statewide. Secretary of State Frank LaRose recently announced a new voter-data integrity program that began in six counties and is now going statewide. The program uses county-specific digital dashboards to help...

(Nolan McKendry, The Center Square) As families across America celebrated the 4th of July, they faced stubbornly high prices at the grocery store. According to a survey from the American Farm Bureau Federation, hosting an Independence Day cookout for 10 guests will cost $71.22 this year. The grocery bill has spiked...

(Casey Harper, The Center Square) President Joe Biden's White House staff has grown to historic highs, costing taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, according to a new report. An analysis from OpenTheBooks of the recently released White House payroll found the Biden White House staff spending has hit new highs. "During...

(David Mastio, The Center Square) California Gov. Gavin Newsom's super PAC "Campaign for Democracy" is running an ad on X, formerly known as Twitter, that reads, "Guns are the number one killer of kids. Not cancer. Not car accidents. GUNS." The claim is false for most Americans. https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1792338712455786883   It is true that...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The agency in charge of fortifying the 2020 election is now apparently trying to protect schools from mass shootings. The Homeland Security Department’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, announced last week that it held “a full-scale active shooter/reunification exercise” at Kettle Run High School...

(Casey Harper, The Center Square) President Joe Biden’s attempt to re-interpret Title IX and thereby implement a sweeping LGBT agenda at schools around the country may be put on hold after a few key court rulings. The Biden administration’s overhaul of Title IX is set to take effect Aug. 1,...

(Christian Wade, The Center Square) New York City officials are dramatically expanding a controversial program that gives debit cards pre-loaded with cash to immigrant families staying in taxpayer-funded hotels across the city. The Adams administration says another round of debit cards is expected to be distributed to more than 7,300...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Nashville Judge I’Ashea Myles has decided that none of Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale’s writings should be made public, accepting the dubious argument that Hale’s victims have copyrights to the material—even though the victims haven’t registered with the federal copyright office. “The materials created by Hale are exempted from...

(Ireland Owens, The Center Square) Columbia University is getting slammed after transcripts of anti-Semitic texts sent between Columbia administrators were released, as was detailed by the U.S. Committee on Education and the Workforce. This update comes after a previous release from the committee about alleged offensive texts that “downplayed” antisemitism...