EPA Administrator Regan Has to Be Told by East Palestine, Ohio Residents to Test for Dioxins
WKBN First News U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan returned to East Palestine on Tuesday. Regan held a roundtable with teachers and students at East Palestine High School and met with small business owners. He then went to the new...Railroad Execs Got Cash, in Part for ‘Record’ Train Length
Scripps News While concerns have been building across the railroad industry for years about the growing length of trains, our Scripps News investigation found that Norfolk Southern’s top executives personally pocketed millions of dollars in incentives and cash rewards...Indiana Governor Objects Taking Toxic Waste from Ohio Train Derailment
The Indianapolis Star Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb said in a tweet Tuesday that he continues to object to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to move hazardous waste from the Ohio train derailment to Indiana. He also said there has been a...
Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy: Farmers’ Interests Have Been Forgotten
Entrepreneur and Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says the interests of the American farmer have been forgotten. The latest trade numbers might just make that case. The 37-year-old Ramaswamy, who launched his campaign last week, joined The Iowa Star...
Gallagher Calls on Biden Administration to Declassify Intelligence on Origins of COVID-19
It’s time to open up the classified pandemic files, says U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI-08), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. With revelations the U.S. Department of Energy now believes a lab leak was the likely cause of the COVID-19...
Fountain Hills Council Prevents ‘Green New Deal’ Style Environmental Plan from Adoption
Fountains Hills Town Councilmember Allen Skillicorn announced Monday that conservative members of the Town Council prevented implementing something he called a “Green New Deal” style environmental plan. “Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC)...
Economists: Railroad Derailments Highlight Necessity of Line 5
by Scott McClallen As two train derailments – one in Ohio and one in Michigan – remain national news, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Attorney General Dana Nessel continue their crusade to shut down the Line 5 pipeline. If successful in their efforts, moving the...
Georgia Election Chief Blasts County for Taking $2M in Zuckerbucks, Suggests Legislative Remedy
by Natalia Mittelstadt Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) slammed DeKalb County for accepting $2 million in private money for election administration — or “Zuckerbucks” — in “violation” of state law while suggesting a...
Commentary: Draft Treaty with WHO Puts U.S. Sovereignty to Manage Public Health Crises in Question
by Robert Romano A draft World Health Organization (WHO) Pandemic Agreement, released on February 1, would make U.S. sovereignty to make its own decisions about public health and pandemic management provisional, “provided that” the U.S. response and activities...
DeSantis Signs Bill Ending Disney’s Special Self-Governing Status
by Madeleine Hubbard Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill ending the Walt Disney Company’s special self-governing status. “Allowing a corporation to control its own government is bad policy, especially when the corporation makes...
Ohio Senate to Hold Hearing on East Palestine, Ohio Train Derailment
According to Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima), the Senate’s Special Committee on Rail Safety will have its initial hearing to examine the Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The committee will convene in the Senate Finance Hearing Room on...
Ramsey County Sheriff Slams Commissioners for ‘Utterly Ignoring Crime’
by Anthony Gockowski A war of words between the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners and Sheriff Bob Fletcher boiled over Friday as the board accused the sheriff of an “act of racism.” The dispute began Tuesday when the board voted to increase oversight of...
Virginia Military Institute Alumni Work to Disrupt Donations to Force School to End DEI Programs
by Giovanna Johnson The Virginia Military Institute continues to face intense pushback from an alumni group that opposes the military school’s ongoing diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The activists in recent months upped their efforts by seeking to...
Ohio U.S. Senator JD Vance Pushes PPP-Style Relief for East Palestine Businesses Following Train Derailment
Ohio Senator JD Vance (R-OH) published an opinion piece in The Washington Post this week detailing the extent of support and investment needed for the Ohio town of East Palestine to rebuild following the February 3rd derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying...
Pennsylvania Republican House Leaders Discuss Speaker’s Stalling Reconvening of Session, Failure to Investigate Harassment
Pennsylvania state House Republicans on Monday excoriated their Democratic counterparts for failing to reconvene and failing to start investigating sexual-harassment allegations against a Democratic House member. Republicans have blasted Speaker Mark Rozzi (D-Temple)...
Source: Forestry Workers Find Animals Dying at Alarming Rates in Ohio Parks Following East Palestine Train Derailment
Although Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, the Environmental Protection Agency, and local officials continue to assure Ohioans that recent air monitoring and water sample tests have shown no concerns with air quality or water quality in East Palestine’s municipal water...
Oklahoma Set to Debut a First-of-It’s-Kind School Choice Program
by Reagan Reese While conventional school choice programs typically involve vouchers administered by the state, Oklahoma is set to create a tax credit-based initiative to fund education outside the public school system. The state’s school choice program, which...
Tennessee Right to Life Urges Lawmakers to Vote Against Bills Introducing ‘Exceptions’ to Human Life Protection Act
Tennessee Right to Life is calling upon state lawmakers to vote against legislation that would rewrite the Human Life Protection Act by introducing “exceptions” which, the group says, would make the law “unenforceable.” Senate Bill 745/House Bill 883 is slated to be...
Commentary: Americans Should Read the Fine Print on Biden’s Newest Border Enforcement Policy
by Chad Wolf If you believe the reporting of the legacy media, the Biden administration’s newly proposed 153-page asylum rule is a resurgence of the Trump administration policies they loathed. The Washington Post describes the new rule as the administration’s...
Michigan Democrat Rep. Elissa Slotkin Announces 2024 Bid for Senate Seat of Retiring Stabenow
by Madeleine Hubbard Michigan Democrat Rep. Elissa Slotkin on Monday announced her 2024 Senate for the seat of retiring fellow Democrat Sen. Debbie Stabenow. The race for the open seat will likely intensify Michigan’s status as a battleground state, with...
