Report: Connecticut Legal Aid Saved State Millions

Report: Connecticut Legal Aid Saved State Millions

by Christian Wade   Connecticut saved taxpayers millions of dollars through a pandemic-related program that provided legal representation to low-income tenants facing eviction, according to a new report. The report on the state’s right-to-counsel program,...

Illinois Bans ‘Assault Weapons’

CBS News Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a statewide ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines Wednesday night, after the state Senate and House approved the legislation. The House voted 68-41 to approve the ban Tuesday. The bill passed 34-20 in...

Parler’s Parent Company Has Laid off a Majority of its Staff

The Verge Parlement Technologies, the parent company of “censorship-free” social media platform Parler, has laid off a majority of its staff and most of its chief executives over the last few weeks. The sudden purge of staff has thrown the future of Parler, one of the...

Domestic Flights Resumes After FAA Halts Travel Nationwide

Associated Press Thousands of flight delays and cancellations rippled across the U.S. early Wednesday after computer outage led to a grounding order for all departing aircraft by the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA is working to restore what is known as the...
Michigan Reading Scores of Fourth Graders Plummet

Michigan Reading Scores of Fourth Graders Plummet

by Bruce Walker   Reading scores are down in Michigan among fourth graders from low-income households. Overall, the scores are 11th-worst in the country. For Black fourth graders in low-income households, it’s even worse: bottom five in the nation. Those...
Georgia Gas Tax Moratorium Ends, Rises to 31.2 Cents

Georgia Gas Tax Moratorium Ends, Rises to 31.2 Cents

Governor Brian Kemp allowed Georgia’s moratorium on state gas and diesel taxes to expire on Tuesday night, after first introducing the moratorium in May and renewing it six times since then. In 2022, Georgia’s gas tax was 29.1 cents, and the diesel tax at...