Georgia Leaders Plan to Review State’s Tax Credits

by The Center Square | Mar 7, 2023

by T.A. DeFeo   Georgia leaders plan to review the state’s various tax credits, saying they want to ensure any credits provide a “significant return on investment” for Georgia’s taxpayers. The review, announced Thursday, will include the oft-lauded...

Report: Florida’s Tourism Industry Will Continue Post-COVID Recovery

by The Center Square | Mar 7, 2023

by Andrew Powell   With the exception of a dip during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, Florida’s tourism industry has continued to grow since 2019 and predictions are that the good times will continue to roll for the Sunshine State. A report from Visit Florida, showed...

Gov Shapiro, Norfolk Southern Broker $7.4 Million Aid Deal

by The Center Square | Mar 7, 2023

by Christen Smith   Norfolk Southern agreed this week to reimburse first responders, county relief funds and state agencies nearly $7.4 million in the wake of the February 3 train derailment near the Pennsylvania-Ohio border. Gov. Josh Shapiro said Monday he...

Ohio GOP Chairman Triantafilou Rallies Allen County Republicans with New Party Vision

by Hannah Poling | Mar 7, 2023

Alex Triantafilou, the newly elected head of the Ohio Republican Party, stopped in Lima for the Allen County Republican Party’s monthly luncheon on March 3rd. to discuss his vision of what the party can anticipate this year. According to Triantafilou, they will...

Commentary: Your Tax Dollars at Work in Ukraine in Six Charts

by Admin | Mar 7, 2023

by George Rasley   According to a report by Jonathan Masters and Will Merrow, since Russia’s invasion in February of 2022, Ukraine has become far and away the top recipient of U.S. foreign aid. It’s the first time that a European country has held the top spot...

Arizona State Sen. Anthony Kern Calls for Resignation of Tamillia Valenzuela from Valley School Board Following Anti-Christian Comments

by Neil Jones | Mar 7, 2023

Arizona State Sen. Anthony Kern (R-Glendale) released a statement Friday calling for Tamillia Valenzuela to resign from the Washington Elementary School District (WESD) Governing Board after making anti-Christian remarks during a recent meeting. “While...

Music Spotlight: Molly Lovette

by Bethany Bowman | Mar 7, 2023

NASHVILLE, Tennessee – Molly Lovette is from a tight-knit Irish family who grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. Deep-rooted in tradition and faith, Molly attended Catholic grade school and then an all-girls Catholic High School – the same one that her grandmother,...

Ohio to Invest in Train Derailment Training for Small First Responder Departments

by Hannah Poling | Mar 7, 2023

The state of Ohio intends to invest almost $1 million on training small, rural first-responder teams to respond to train derailments. On March 1st, Governor Mike DeWine announced that he had discussed the necessity of more extensive train derailment response training...

Commentary: Class Divisions Versus Factions, and the Role They Play in a More Perfect Union

by RealClearWire | Mar 7, 2023

by Adam Carrington   We live in politically divided times. How we describe the sources of our divisions, though, varies. Some focus on principles such as equality, justice, liberty, and order. Some take up policy disputes related to those principles while others...

Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions Hit Record High

by Admin | Mar 7, 2023

by John Hugh DeMastri   Global carbon dioxide emissions hit a record high of more than 36 billion tons in 2022, although emissions grew more slowly than anticipated, the International Energy Agency (IEA) reported Thursday. Emissions from coal surged by 1.6%, to a...

‘Corrupt’: Ramaswamy Says Consultant Promised Second-Place Finish in CPAC Poll for ‘a Few Hundred Thousand Dollars’

by Admin | Mar 7, 2023

by Harold Hutchison   Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said Monday he was offered second place in the 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll if he paid a consultant. “One of the things you see as an outsider is how corrupt the...