by Just the News | May 1, 2024
by Nicholas Ballasy The Federal Reserve on Wednesday decided to hold interest rates steady at a 23-year high, a decision that was expected. The Fed cited a lack of progress reducing inflation as the reasoning for leaving rates unchanged, consider a cut would likely...
by Just the News | May 1, 2024
by Nicholas Ballasy Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said on Wednesday that she’s filing a motion to vacate House Speaker Mike Johnson next week. “Next week, I am going to be calling this motion to vacate,” Greene said at a press conference...
by Christy Kelly | May 1, 2024
Arizona Representative Lorena Austin(D), in conjunction with Planned Parenthood Action, hosted a Drag Story Hour at the Arizona State Capitol on Tuesday. Democrat Rep. Lorena Austin deliberately misled House leadership to reserve a conference room to host a drag story...
by Tom Pappert | May 1, 2024
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake is statistically tied with Representative Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-03) in the first New Emerson College poll of the contest since the Arizona Supreme Court enacted a 19th-century law that bans abortion without exceptions for rape...
by The Center Square | May 1, 2024
by T.A. DeFeo Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation doubling annual paid parental leave for state employees and school personnel, including teachers. Previously, state employees could take three weeks or 120 hours of paid parental leave during a 12-month...
by The Center Square | May 1, 2024
by Benjamin Yount No one is sure if there is an ‘or else’ attached to the statement from UW-Madison leaders to pro-Palestinian protesters who are camping on campus. Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin issued a statement that says the university is willing to...
by The Center Square | May 1, 2024
by Andrew Powell Floridians with developmental disabilities will benefit from a record level of funding for direct services after Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a multi-billion dollar investment from the state. DeSantis spoke at the Els Center in Jupiter on Monday...
by The Center Square | May 1, 2024
by Scott McClallen The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency wants taxpayers to foot its $55 million settlement for improperly taking money. The agency said Tuesday it will seek Legislative approval of $55 million for a settlement fund related to Saunders v...
by The Center Square | May 1, 2024
by Casey Harper A new bill would push back on the U.S. Department of Labor’s ability to regulate apprenticeships. The “Apprenticeship Freedom Act” from House Freedom Caucus Chair Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., was obtained exclusively by The Center Square. The...
by The Center Square | May 1, 2024
by Christina Lengyel Pennsylvania may soon join the list of states banning employers from pulling job applicants’ credit scores during the hiring process. The House Labor and Industry Committee recently approved House Bill 2207, which would outlaw the...
by The Center Square | May 1, 2024
by J.D. Davidson Stronger fentanyl-related drug trafficking penalties and a requirement to teach high school students the dangers of fentanyl now wait on the Ohio Senate to move closer to becoming law. House Bill 322, which passed the House with an 80-13 vote...
by Tom Pappert | May 1, 2024
The president of Emory University on Monday acknowledged he was “not entirely accurate” in his reporting of the number of university “community” members who participated in an anti-Israel encampment last week. Emory University President Gregory...
by Star News Staff | May 1, 2024
by Hank Long It’s been just more than one week since police found Sen. Nicole Mitchell hiding in the basement of her stepmother’s Detroit Lakes home before dawn on April 22 and subsequently arrested her on suspicion of felony burglary. The first term DFLer from...
by Kaitlin Housler | May 1, 2024
A pro-Palestine rally is scheduled to be held in downtown Nashville on Wednesday, the organization Palestine Hurra Collective Nashville announced on social media. Wednesday’s “May Day Rally and March” will be held at 5:30 p.m. at Centennial Park. Activists at the...
by Tom Pappert | May 1, 2024
Former President Donald Trump has now pulled ahead of President Joe Biden in seven battleground states, including Pennsylvania, according to polling released Tuesday. Pollsters found Trump beat Biden by 2 percent in Pennsylvania. The former president garnered the...
by Just the News | May 1, 2024
by Charlotte Hazard “If she invokes the motion, it will not succeed,” top House Democrats said in a statement. Democratic leaders in the House indicated Tuesday that if Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., attempted to oust House Speaker Mike...
by Just the News | May 1, 2024
by John Solomon In landmark guidance, the federal commission created to fight racial and sexual discrimination declared Monday that employers that fail to use a worker’s preferred pronoun or refuse them the chance to use the restroom of their choice will...
by Kaitlin Housler | May 1, 2024
NetChoice, a “trade organization fighting to protect free expression and free enterprise online,” asked Tennessee Governor Bill Lee to veto a bill that would require minors to have parental consent before downloading social media applications. The bill, filed as HB...
by Tom Pappert | May 1, 2024
Metro Nashville Councilwoman Courtney Johnston has yet to offer her positions on top issues to voters nearly one month since declaring her primary challenge to U.S. Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN-05) in Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District. Johnston declared...
by Star News Staff | May 1, 2024
by Micaela Burrow The Pentagon told Congress it could not provide a required accounting of diversity training to Congress because it didn’t have enough people working in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) positions, the Daily Caller News Foundation has...
by Just the News | May 1, 2024
by Natalia Mittelstadt Several Republican-led states said that they are banning U.S. Department of Justice election monitors from entering polling sites in the November general election after the agency sent observers to various states in the 2022 midterms....
