by Admin | Sep 3, 2023
by Arjun Singh Three swing states will hold elections to their supreme courts over the next 18 months, potentially altering court compositions amid key cultural and political flashpoints such as abortion, guns and redistricting. Between 2023 and 2024,...
by M.D. Kittle | Sep 3, 2023
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will be all over New Hampshire this Labor Day weekend — at a fair in Contoocook, a house party in Dublin, town halls in Conway and Laconia, and a parade and a picnic in the mix. In all, the Ohio businessman will press...
by The Center Square | Sep 3, 2023
by Benjamin Yount There are new calls to overhaul Wisconsin’s economic development arm after another audit found more problems. The Legislative Audit Bureau report into the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. found WEDC missed its promised-jobs-mark, spent...
by Star News Staff | Sep 3, 2023
by Marya Ruth Dunning Despite the controversiality of the curriculum, business schools are still following the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiative. The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance defines ESG as an effort that “grew out...
by The Center Square | Sep 3, 2023
by J.D. Davidson Columbus officials won’t back away from their fight to enact more restrictive gun laws than the state allows. City Attorney Zach Klein filed a motion to dismiss the state’s challenge of ordinances dealing with gun storage, high-capacity...
by The Center Square | Sep 3, 2023
by Cameron Arcand Scottsdale, Arizona, officials have enlisted one of the state’s most powerful advocacy organizations in proposing numerous changes to crack down on short term rental properties. Scottsdale, which is popular for tourism, is pushing for...
by Star News Staff | Sep 3, 2023
by Anthony Gockowski The City of Champlin is considering seceding from Hennepin County and joining Anoka County. The Champlin City Council discussed the idea during a worksession Monday at Mayor Ryan Sabas’ request. “I am requesting to add an agenda item to the...
by The Center Square | Sep 3, 2023
by Scott McClallen The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wayne County violated the rights of Detroiters by not offering prompt court hearings within two weeks of their vehicles being seized. The Center Square reported the lawsuit in 2020 when The...
by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 3, 2023
Another inmate was recently found dead in their cell in the Fulton County Jail, according to a press release by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO). On Wednesday, the FCSO announced that inmate Samuel Lawrence, age 34, was found unresponsive in his unit cell on...
by The Center Square | Sep 3, 2023
by Steve Wilson Despite being hit by Category 3 Hurricane Idalia, gas prices in Florida have decreased by five cents going into the Labor Day weekend. The average gas price in Florida was $3.69 per gallon of regular according to the American Automobile...
by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 3, 2023
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a bipartisan coalition of 33 attorneys general in sending a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding the rise of flavored, disposable e-cigarette use among the nation’s youth. The letter, sent to...
by The Center Square | Sep 3, 2023
by Jon Styf The city of Rocky Top is receiving a $2.3 million loan for water infrastructure from the state of Tennessee. The loan is part of the State Revolving Fund Loan Program to help communities, utility districts and water and wastewater authorities obtain...
by Star News Staff | Sep 3, 2023
by Robert Romano The national unemployment rate reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics jumped from 3.5 percent to 3.8 percent in August as an additional 514,000 Americans said they could not find work in the Bureau’s household survey. Now 6.3 million...
by Star News Staff | Sep 3, 2023
by Jennie Taer Customs and Border Protection (CBP) authorities flagged 74,904 illegal migrants nationwide for potentially posing risks to national security between October 2022 and August, according to CBP data obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller News...
by Star News Staff | Sep 3, 2023
by Mary Lou Masters A poll released Thursday indicates the Senate GOP campaign arm’s pick to unseat Montana’s incumbent Democratic senator in 2024 is not faring well in a potential primary. Former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy, who was recruited by the National...
by The Center Square | Sep 3, 2023
by Morgan Sweeney The State Board of Education completed its review of state standards of learning for math and has approved new 2023 standards to go into effect during the 2024-25 school year. In 2000, the General Assembly voted to make it a law that the board...
by Star News Staff | Sep 3, 2023
by Tyler O’Neil Transgender advocates repeatedly claim that minors only take “puberty-blocking” drugs or cross-sex hormones, but never undergo surgeries in an attempt to force their male or female bodies to resemble the opposite sex, yet a new study...
by Star News Staff | Sep 3, 2023
by Brandon Poulter The Alaska State Board of Education voted on Thursday to support a regulation banning boys from competing on girls’ high school athletic teams, according to The Associated Press. The board delayed its initial vote on the issue in July after...
by Star News Staff | Sep 3, 2023
by Kate Anderson High School Assistant Coach Joe Kennedy said he’s nervous about returning to the football field Friday after winning a years-long battle in the Supreme Court in 2022 allowing him to pray on the field, according to an interview with the...
by Star News Staff | Sep 3, 2023
by Itxu Díaz Kids, go to school! It’s time to go back. Some will have already started. A ritual that we adults attend every year with a mixture of nostalgia and indifference: nostalgia because we remember the beautiful — or ugly — child we were, and...
by The Center Square | Sep 3, 2023
by Randy Bracht The U.S. Department of Labor issued notice Wednesday of a proposal to increase the threshold for required overtime payments to salaried workers whose weekly or annual wages are considered low income. If enacted, the proposed rule would guarantee...
