by Hannah Poling | Nov 13, 2022
Ohio Republican Party (ORP) Chairman Bob Paduchik announced that he won’t seek reelection as state party chairman following a GOP sweep of statewide offices. “I will not run for reelection for the chairmanship of the Ohio Republican Party. It is time for a new...
by The Center Square | Nov 13, 2022
by Anthony Hennen Nuclear power remains a significant energy source in Pennsylvania, and one lawmaker wants to explore the possibilities of an expansion. Some skepticism remains, however, over cost-efficiency in such an expansion. House Resolution 238,...
by Admin | Nov 13, 2022
by Anthony Gockowski State Rep. Tony Jurgens, a Republican, endorsed a Democrat in a crucial race that helped the Minnesota DFL reclaim the majority in the Senate for the first time in six years. With Democrats already controlling the governor’s mansion and the...
by Just the News | Nov 13, 2022
by Natalia Mittelstadt Virginia GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Friday brushed off former President Trump’s criticism of him – which followed his lieutenant governor, Winsome Sears, saying Trump should remove himself from GOP electoral politics. “Listen,...
by Eric Burk | Nov 13, 2022
Virginia’s Amtrak service ridership hit 105,689 in September, up from the pre-pandemic 76,793 riders in September 2019, for 37.6 percent growth. That’s also an improvement from September 2021 ridership at 50,776. In a Thursday press release, the Virginia...
by The Center Square | Nov 13, 2022
by Benjamin Yount Wisconsin’s new wolf hunt plan doesn’t include a target number for the state’s wolf population. The Department of Natural Resources on Thursday unveiled its new plan. “The proposed draft Wolf Management Plan reflects the detailed and...
by The Center Square | Nov 13, 2022
by Cole Lauterbach Despite hundreds of thousands of votes yet to be tabulated, poll watchers had seen enough to predict two new Republican U.S. House members, but another GOP incumbent is on the ropes. On Friday morning, incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Tom...
by The Center Square | Nov 13, 2022
by Scott McClallen Michigan taxpayers will pay at least $7.75 million for a new entertainment venue in Downtown Lansing. The Michigan Strategic Fund on Wednesday approved $5 million of taxpayer dollars for the venue. The Center Square reported the planned $21...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Nov 13, 2022
Tennessee’s Department of Education (TDOE) and its Department of Agriculture (TDA) are teaming up to promote a nearly 100-year-old student organization. Membership numbers are rising for Future Farmers of America (FFA) in the state, according to a joint release...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Nov 13, 2022
Tennessee’s Department of Education (TDOE) and its Department of Agriculture (TDA) are teaming up to promote a nearly 100-year-old student organization. Membership numbers are rising for Future Farmers of America (FFA) in the state, according to a joint release...
by The Center Square | Nov 13, 2022
by Jon Styf Tennessee saw a record $405.3 million in sports gambling wagers in October, according to numbers released on Thursday afternoon. The previous high was $386 million in January. With that, the state collected $6.99 million in taxes, the second-highest...
by The Center Square | Nov 13, 2022
by Jon Styf Tennessee saw a record $405.3 million in sports gambling wagers in October, according to numbers released on Thursday afternoon. The previous high was $386 million in January. With that, the state collected $6.99 million in taxes, the second-highest...
by Star News Staff | Nov 13, 2022
by Connor Vasile In early October, my alma mater made headlines after it decided to fire chemistry professor Dr. Maitland Jones Jr. after 82 of his students signed a petition noting that his organic chemistry class was “too hard.” The students accused Jones of...
by TC Weber | Nov 13, 2022
A recently released report from the Tennessee Comptroller’s office shows that Tennessee K-3 students are making positive, albeit slight, growth in acquiring reading skills. Those conclusions were drawn from state-mandated K-3 universal reading screeners (URS),...
by The Center Square | Nov 13, 2022
by T.A. DeFeo An ammunition manufacturer plans to spend $60 million to build a new manufacturing and distribution facility in Bryan County, Ga. Georgia officials would not say whether the state offered any tax incentives to encourage Norma Precision to build...
by The Center Square | Nov 13, 2022
by Benjamin Yount The people who lobby for local governments in Wisconsin are once again talking about more state money. The League of Wisconsin Municipalities on Thursday said the wave of local tax referendum questions show the need for funding “reform.”...
by TC Weber | Nov 13, 2022
A recently released report from the Tennessee Comptroller’s office shows that Tennessee K-3 students are making positive, albeit slight, growth in acquiring reading skills. Those conclusions were drawn from state-mandated K-3 universal reading screeners (URS),...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Nov 13, 2022
In his weekly update, Memphis’ mayor lamented the city’s “revolving door” of crime, and said he supports new tough-on-crime legislature recently enacted by the Tennessee legislature. “Last week, I told you about a man who, while driving a...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Nov 13, 2022
In his weekly update, Memphis’ mayor lamented the city’s “revolving door” of crime, and said he supports new tough-on-crime legislature recently enacted by the Tennessee legislature. “Last week, I told you about a man who, while driving a...
by The Center Square | Nov 13, 2022
by Kimberly James Connecticut has launched a new educational public campaign to promote responsible adult-use cannabis. As the state has legalized the possession of small amounts of cannabis for adults age 21 and over, Gov. Ned Lamont and the state’s Department...
by Eric Burk | Nov 13, 2022
The Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) released a new video supporting its legal efforts to fight new admissions policies at Thomas Jefferson (TJ) High School for Science and Technology; the video argues that efforts to change the policy amount to a racist effort to...
