by Peter D'Abrosca | Jan 16, 2022
A Michigan professor has been placed on leave after an expletive-filled rant on a Zoom call, which he directed at students to open the semester. The rant was largely centered around COVID-19 protocols. “I don’t know whether you people have noticed,...
by The Center Square | Jan 16, 2022
by Debra Heine A new survey of Republican primary voters in South Dakota suggests that Sen. John Thune’s (R-S.D.) reelection chances were severely damaged by his public spat with former President Trump after the 2020 election. The poll, conducted by pollster...
by The Center Square | Jan 16, 2022
by Casey Harper President Joe Biden saw a flurry of setbacks on a range of key issues this week, making it one of his toughest since taking office. Biden addressed those difficulties in a speech Friday after losses in Congress, the Supreme Court, the court of...
by The Center Square | Jan 16, 2022
by Brent Addleman For the eighth consecutive year, Connecticut’s worker’s compensation insurance rates are dropping, Gov. Ned Lamont said. The governor announced in a news release that businesses will see a rate decrease in 2022 as the state’s Insurance...
by Eric Burk | Jan 16, 2022
Senator Ryan McDougle (R-Hanover) and Speaker of the House of Delegates Todd Gilbert (R-Shenandoah) will again serve on the Republican Legislative Campaign Committee (RLCC) Executive Committee. Gilbert is also in a new role at the RLCC as finance chair....
by The Center Square | Jan 16, 2022
by Benjamin Yount The lawmaker in charge of one of Wisconsin’s election investigations is asking more questions about the state’s Elections Commission after they refused to provide her answers about the state’s voter rolls. Rep. Janel Brandtjen, R-Menomonee...
by Eric Burk | Jan 16, 2022
Governor Glenn Youngkin signed nine executive orders and two executive directives on Saturday shortly after the inauguration. Three of the orders focus specifically on school policy, banning the use of “divisive concepts,” allowing parents to opt...
by Eric Burk | Jan 16, 2022
Governor Glenn Youngkin, Attorney General Jason Miyares, and Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears took their oaths of office on Saturday afternoon, followed by a howitzer salute from the Army National Guard. Then, Youngkin gave his first speech as governor, with...
by Hayley Feland | Jan 16, 2022
Several Wisconsin Representatives joined the call for President Joe Biden to fire Education Secretary Miguel Cardona for his involvement in a letter that labeled concerned parents “domestic terrorists.” The letter was spearheaded by Representative Lisa McClain...
by Eric Burk | Jan 16, 2022
Governor Ralph Northam announced Friday that he has issued more than 1,200 pardons during his term in office. That includes a January 13 pardon for Senator Joe Morrissey (D-Richmond), who was sentenced in 2014 of contributing to the delinquency of a minor after...
by Rachel Alexander | Jan 16, 2022
Prominent national officials and local elected officials held a press conference this week at the Arizona State Capitol demanding that Gov. Doug Ducey do something about the “border invasion.” The officials were responding to Ducey’s final State of the State...
