by Just the News | Nov 5, 2023
by Charlotte Hazard The election campaign for a Massachusetts mayoral candidate is facing allegations of bribing residents to vote. Election officials for the city of Springfield say they witnessed voters being brought to the city hall for early voting and that...
by The Center Square | Nov 5, 2023
by Morgan Sweeney The issue of abortion has loomed large in this year’s General Assembly general election, as Virginia is the only state in the South not to impose additional restrictions on abortion after the release of the Dobbs decision. As Virginia has a...
by Just the News | Nov 5, 2023
by Madeleine Hubbard Former President Donald Trump is leading President Joe Biden in five of the six major swing states, according to new polls released Sunday, as voters largely express disapproval of the current president. Trump leads Biden by 10 points in...
by Just the News | Nov 5, 2023
by John Solomon House Judiciary Committee Republicans are pressing ahead with sweeping reforms to the government’s FISA surveillance powers that among other things would would prohibit the FBI from searching through Americans’ phone records without a...
by Just the News | Nov 5, 2023
by Madeleine Hubbard Former President Donald Trump slammed Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds on Sunday amid reports that she is going to endorse Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the 2024 Republican presidential primary. “Reynolds apparently has begun her...
by Neil W. McCabe | Nov 5, 2023
Virginia’s Republican governor touted how the commonwealth’s Republican voters are shattering records set in 2021 and 2023 in early voting before the commonwealth’s November 7 Election Day, when all 140 seats in both chambers of the General Assembly are up for grabs....
by The Center Square | Nov 5, 2023
by Benjamin Yount The plan that would add protections for election workers in Wisconsin, including a felony charge for anyone who assaults a poll worker, is bringing Republicans and Democrats together. The Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections held a...
by The Center Square | Nov 5, 2023
by Christen Smith Pennsylvania’s rainy day fund will receive a big deposit after lawmakers settled a dispute with the governor’s administration this week over the definition of “surplus.” State Treasurer Stacy Garrity said the $898 million contribution into the...
by Star News Staff | Nov 5, 2023
by Mary Lou Masters Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis responded Friday to Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida’s endorsement of former President Donald Trump during an interview with Fox News. The GOP senator and previous Florida governor decided not to endorse his...
by The Center Square | Nov 5, 2023
by Cameron Arcand Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is allocating $2.3 million in funds from the American Rescue Plan Act in order to support state elections ahead of 2024. In addition, the governor issued three Executive Orders pertaining to elections on Thursday. One...
by Kaitlin Housler | Nov 5, 2023
A new vote record analysis of the Ohio Legislature by the Institute for Legislative Analysis (ILA) found that lawmakers from the Buckeye State have the most “conservative voting records when it comes to cutting regulations, but very liberal records on tax, fiscal and...
by Star News Staff | Nov 5, 2023
by Anthony Gockowski Without ruling on the merits of the law itself, the Minnesota Court of Appeals said Thursday that a lower court judge had “no authority” to declare a new law granting felons the right to vote “unconstitutional.” Judge Matthew Quinn...
by The Center Square | Nov 5, 2023
by Scott McClallen After a record $82 billion budget that nearly depleted a $9 billion surplus, two bills aim to make Michigan’s budgeting process more transparent. Reps. Tom Kuhn (pictured above, right), R-Troy and Donni Steele (pictured above, left),...
by The Center Square | Nov 5, 2023
by T.A. DeFeo Georgia lawmakers are weighing whether the state should act to legislate or regulate artificial intelligence, following similar actions in other states and at the federal level. “Artificial Intelligence is a pretty hot buzzword these days,...
by Star News Staff | Nov 5, 2023
by Larry Sand There has been, for some time now, optimism about a post-Covid recovery for American public school students, but sadly, there is no good news to be had. Looking through a long lens, government-run education has been an enterprise rife with...
by Star News Staff | Nov 5, 2023
by Katelynn Richardson The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a case challenging the federal ban on bump stocks. The Fifth Circuit struck down the ATF’s rule earlier this year in Garland v. Cargill. The Supreme Court granted the government’s appeal of the...
by The Center Square | Nov 5, 2023
by Casey Harper President Joe Biden has signed an executive order requiring that Artificial Intelligence technology advance “equity and civil rights.” Biden signed the order this week, putting more regulatory guidance in place for A.I., a rapidly developing...
by Star News Staff | Nov 5, 2023
by Katelynn Richardson A federal appeals court temporarily paused the gag order against former President Donald Trump in his 2020 election case on Friday. The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia temporarily paused the order issued Oct. 17 by District...
by Kaitlin Housler | Nov 5, 2023
This year’s Jack Daniel’s New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park will go towards supporting students and their families who are experiencing homelessness through the Homeless Education Resource Office (HERO) Program of Metro...
by Kaitlin Housler | Nov 5, 2023
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti led a group of 19 other state attorneys general in filing a public comment letter in opposition to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) “Proposed Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace.” The...
by Star News Staff | Nov 5, 2023
by Manzanita Miller While there is a dearth of data showing the border crisis is costing Biden heavily in polls, Biden’s plan to dramatically expand immigration and resettle record-breaking numbers of individuals from Latin America through the refugee program...
