Inflation Adds $371 a Month to Americans’ Budget
CNN Business From rent and groceries to utilities, families are paying a lot more every month as they try to keep up with inflation. And while inflation has cooled in recent months, the typical household spent $371 more on good and services in December than a year...Wisconsin Supreme Court Election Heats Up
Politico Control of the Wisconsin state Supreme Court is on the ballot this spring, and the contest could decide the fate of abortion rights, redistricting and more in the critical swing state. Should a more liberal-leaning jurist win the job in the April election, it...Norton LifeLock Hacked, Password Managers Likely Targeted
TechCrunch Thousands of Norton LifeLock customers had their accounts compromised in recent weeks, potentially allowing criminal hackers access to customer password managers, the company revealed in a recent data breach notice. In a notice to customers, Gen Digital,...CDC to Hold Meeting on Censorship … in Secret
WarRoom The Centers for Disease Control is planning to hold a confidential meeting to address “developing a public health tool to predict the virality of vaccine misinformation.” The meeting, set to take place on March 7th, 2023, was announced on the U.S. government’s...
Watchdogs Have Long Warned About Biden’s Pay-to-Play Penn Biden Center
The Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement opened in 2018 as then-former Vice President Joe Biden’s “think tank.” It was founded, according to the institution, “on the principle that a democratic, open, secure, tolerant, and interconnected world...
Hennepin County DA Moriarty Faces Criticism for Dismissing Rape Case During First Week in Office
by Anthony Gockowski Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty is facing criticism after she dropped a rape charge involving a 14-year-old victim during her first week in office. Moriarty was sworn in Jan. 3, replacing longtime county attorney Mike Freeman. She...
Republican Faction Works with Democrats to Move the Party Left, Push Open Primaries, Ranked Choice Voting
As Democrats take over the top leadership positions in Arizona, progressives on both sides of the aisle are moving to codify policy prescriptions. Once such group, Save Democracy Arizona (SDA), is looking into getting an initiative on the ballot in 2024 that would...
Sen. Obenshain Tries Again with Charter School Constitutional Amendment
Senator Mark Obenshain (R-Rockingham) has introduced a constitutional amendment to add approving charter schools to the Virginia Board of Education’s powers. “We’ve seen a huge number of parents move their children to private or homeschooling...
Prestigious Business Schools Train Students in Woke Capitalism
by Alexa Schwerha Prestigious business schools across the country are adding more opportunities to study diversity equity and inclusion (DEI) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG), a trend that’s expected to continue, professors told the Daily Caller...
FBI Raided Overseas Chinese Government Police Station in New York, Seized Materials: Report
by Philip Lenczycki FBI counterintelligence agents raided the New York office of an alleged overseas Chinese government police station sometime in fall 2022, The New York Times reported Thursday. During the raid, federal authorities reportedly seized materials...
New Polling Finds Republicans Hold Sight Edge over Democrats in Party Preferences
by Madeleine Hubbard For the first time in more than three decades, a higher percentage of Americans are identifying as Republicans or saying that they are GOP-leaning than those who are saying they are Democrats or leaning toward the Democratic Party,...
Unvaccinated Military Members Still Facing Repercussions Despite Rescinded COVID-19 Mandate
by Natalia Mittelstadt Despite the Department of Defense rescinding the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, unvaccinated military members are still facing repercussions, including denied benefits, ineligibility for promotion, being non-deployable, and potentially...
Tennessee Site Undergoes Name Change to Remove ‘Harmful Slur’
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Board on Geographic Names (BOGN) recently finalized the renaming of five sites across the nation, including one in Tennessee, to remove a “harmful slur” from its titles. Squawberry, which is located in Carter...
Commentary: Reset, Revelation, and Retribution
by Bob Maistros The restored Bourbon dynasty is said to have “learnt nothing and forgotten nothing.” But Louis XVIII’s posse had nothing on Republican “moderates” in the recently (barely) restored House majority. Check out this choice tidbit, in the wake of...Tennessee State Senator Introduces Bill Aimed at Prohibiting School District from Mandating Implied Bias Training
State Senator Todd Gardenhire (R-Chattanooga) introduced legislation that would prohibit Tennessee public schools and universities from mandating “implicit bias” training. If passed, SB102 would also extend to state agencies, including the Tennessee...
Ohio Congressman Legislates Against Use of SEC for Social Policy
U.S. Representative Dave Joyce (R-OH-14) is encouraging fellow congresspersons to get behind a resolution he introduced to shield American industry from new disclosure requirements meant to advance leftist environmental policy. Last year, the Securities and Exchange...
Commentary: The Coming Dark Age, Courtesy of our 21st Century Government
by Susanne Downing Certain basic functions of everyday life distinguish us from animals. Our use of fire is among them. We cook with it, heat with it, and light the darkness with it. In many ways, fire on the stove is the center of our family life. In days of...
Audit Finds Florida City Has Fixed 23 Out of 31 Problem Areas from 2020 Report
by Andrew Powell A follow-up audit for the city of Palm Bay by the State of Florida Auditor General found the city of Palm Bay has corrected all but eight of the 31 issues found in the 2020 report. Palm Bay city Manager Suzanna Sherman responded to the Auditor...
Visitor Spending, Attendance from Nashville’s New Year’s Eve Event Breaks Records
Nashville’s live New Year’s Eve event earlier this month at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park broke records and exceeded expectations in both direct visitor spending and attendance, the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp (NCVC) recently announced. “The...
Pennsylvania Bill Seeks to End Medical-Lawsuit Venue Shopping
Pennsylvania state Representative Torren Ecker (R-Abbottstown) is preparing legislation to restore a rule keeping each healthcare lawsuit in the county where the alleged malpractice occurred. Two decades ago, state lawmakers enacted the Medical Care Availability and...
