by Casey Owens | Aug 12, 2021
Governor DeSantis held three ceremonies in the state of Florida Tuesday, awarding first responders and educators with $1,000 bonuses for their hard work and dedication through the pandemic. In addition to first responders’ work through the pandemic,...
by Brian Ball | Aug 12, 2021
The Biden administration has squelched a fledgling Ohio program requiring those in their prime working years receiving Medicaid health coverage to get a job to remain covered. Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, administrator of the Department of Health and Human...
by The Center Square | Aug 12, 2021
by Scott McClallen The Lansing City Council approved Mayor Andy Schor’s proposal to spend $180,000 from Fiscal Year 2020-2021 on youth activities to suppress an uptick in gun violence. “We are ready to distribute these carryforward dollars to our partners who...
by Bradley Vasoli | Aug 12, 2021
Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey (R-Clarklake) has indicated he plans to skip the Mackinac Policy Conference, which is hosted annually by the Detroit Regional Chamber, citing the conference’s COVID vaccine requirement. The Republican leader...
by Eric Burk | Aug 12, 2021
The Loudoun County School Board voted 7-2 to approve a transgender policy on Wednesday evening, in the second day of a two-part meeting. A public hearing was held Tuesday evening. On Wednesday, many board members emphasized the significant amount of time at the...
by The Center Square | Aug 12, 2021
by J.D. Davidson Ohio could pocket more than $11 billion if Congress moves forward with passage of an infrastructure compromise bill spearheaded by U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio. The $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed the Senate on...
by Cooper Moran | Aug 12, 2021
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers on Saturday apprehended a convicted sex offender in Yuma, after he illegally entered the United States from Mexico. The 45-year-old from El Salvador, Jorge Ramirez-Rivera, was traveling with a group of seven...
by The Center Square | Aug 12, 2021
by Dan McCaleb With gasoline prices up more than $1 a gallon over the past year, the Biden administration took heat Wednesday over a statement from National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan pressuring OPEC nations to increase oil production. “Higher...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Aug 12, 2021
A chase between U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents and a suspected smuggler who had nine passengers in his car came to an end after a fiery crash Saturday, according to a press release. After a Jeep Liberty blew past a Border Patrol checkpoint near...
by Cooper Moran | Aug 12, 2021
Arizona State Senator Tony Navarrete (D-Phoenix) resigned from his position Tuesday, after he was arrested and charged with seven felony counts related to allegations of child sexual abuse. Since his arrest, the vast majority of elected officials throughout the...
by Hayley Feland | Aug 12, 2021
The Minnesota Supreme Court denied an appeal that was seeking to overturn the ruling requiring Minneapolis to hire more police officers. As reported by The Minnesota Sun, some city attorneys asked “the state Supreme Court to step in and offer an ‘accelerated...
by Bradley Vasoli | Aug 12, 2021
Michigan’s board of education passed a resolution Tuesday evening allowing individual school districts to either adopt or reject masking for students and staff to prevent COVID-19’s spread. The Democrat-run board adopted the resolution instead of another...
by Grant Holcomb | Aug 12, 2021
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is giving defiant school boards and school officials who are not following his executive order banning mask mandates until Friday to comply with the order. Specifically, Broward County Schools received a letter from the Florida Board...
by Hayley Feland | Aug 12, 2021
The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus and others filed a lawsuit against the Minnesota State Fair because of its gun restrictions. The groups argue that the Minnesota State Agricultural Society does not have the authority to bar people from carrying guns at the state...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Aug 12, 2021
Real estate terminology is not immune to America’s social justice craze, and certain “discriminatory” terms like “master suite,” “man-cave,” and others are on their way out. “There’s a hidden discriminatory piece that...
by Hayley Feland | Aug 12, 2021
The Sartell-St. Stephens School District equity survey allegedly violated the district policy. Some of the questions, viewable in a post from Kids Over Politics 748, asked the students about their religion and their gender identity, which the Kids Over Politics...
by Chris Butler | Aug 12, 2021
Tennessee Speaker of the House Cameron Sexton (R-Crossville) and more than 70 other Republican state representatives on Wednesday formally requested that Gov. Bill Lee call a special session of the General Assembly. Sexton said last week he and other...
