Crime
FBI data shows violent crime up 10.4%, property crime up 6.4% since 2019(The Center Square) – Annual FBI crime victimization surveys show violent crime is up 10.4% and property crime is up 6.4% between 2019 and 2023. Each year, the FBI releases… Read More
President Donald Trump
Prosecutors seek protections for evidence in Trump assassination attempt(The Center Square) – Prosecutors said they don't want the man they accused of trying to kill former President Donald Trump to turn over evidence in the case to the… Read More
School Choice
Arizona ESA program to have long-term benefits for taxpayers, public schools(The Center Square) – A recent report from the Fiscal Research and Education Center shows that school choice programs may save taxpayers money despite some Arizona politicians’ concerns about oversight… Read More
Missouri
Here is an explanation of the issues on the Missouri ballotThe following is an explanatory list of the issues on the Missouri ballot for Nov. 5 from the Missouri Secretary of State’s office, with further editor’s notes from The… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Texas DPS officers arrest more special interest aliens, including men from Iran(The Center Square) – Texas Department of Public Safety troopers working through Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star, continue to arrest “special interest aliens,” primarily men from… Read More
Israel
Education Department gave millions of dollars to anti-Israel professors(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Education awarded millions of taxpayer dollars to professors and programs that are explicitly anti-Israel, according to a new report.The nonprofit federal spending… Read More
Education
What do voters say will fix the country’s schools? ‘Focus on core subject areas’(The Center Square) – A renewed focus on math, science, reading and social studies is the best way to improve education in the U.S., a plurality of voters say, according… Read More
School Choice
Poll: Americans broadly support federal school choice program(The Center Square) – A new national poll shows a majority of Americans support school choice measures that would allow families to use taxpayer funds to attend a private school.The… Read More
2024 election
Walz’ Minnesota ranked last for fiscal policy out of all 50 states(The Center Square) – A newly released analysis of fiscal policy ranked all 50 states with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ state coming in first and Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee and… Read More
Taxes
TIF Districts not working as intended, audit finds(The Sentinel) — In a recently released report, the Kansas Department of Legislative Post Audit found an economic development tool popular with cities across the state… Read More
2024 election
Harris plans to go after ‘price gouging’ as Americans divided on price controls(The Center Square) – Some 46% of likely voters want the government to institute price controls, but Americans are divided over whether such controls would raise or lower consumer prices.That's… Read More
2024 election
In endorsing Trump, Border Patrol union pushes back against Biden, Harris claims(The Center Square) – The National Border Patrol Council, the union representing roughly 16,000 Border Patrol agents nationwide, endorsed former President Donald Trump for president while criticizing President Joe Biden… Read More
2024 election
Harris loses ground with Black voters 3 weeks from Election Day(The Center Square) – Vice President Kamala Harris is struggling to lock in the same overwhelming support from Black Americans that recent Democrats have enjoyed. Harris received 79% support among… Read More
Politics
California blocks new Musk rocket launches, citing Trump support(The Center Square) – The California government denied an Air Force request to allow Elon Musk’s SpaceX to increase its California rocket launches, citing Musk’s politics. The Department of Defense… Read More
2024 election
More than 6,000 noncitizens could be put back onto Virginia voter rolls(The Center Square) – Over 6,000 noncitizens could be added back to Virginia’s voter rolls if the U.S. Department of Justice and a coalition of groups advocating on behalf of… Read More
Gender Transition
Poll: Majority of voters favor a federal ban on transgender procedures for minors(The Center Square) – Most registered voters, 59%, support a federal ban on transgender procedures such as puberty blockers and gender reassignment surgeries for minors, a new national poll found. Read More
Gender Transition
At least 418 Illinois youth have had gender transition since 2019(The Center Square) – A newly released database of gender transition procedures on children reveals at least 418 patients in Illinois received such treatment since 2019. Billing to insurance companies… Read More
Religious liberty
‘Average Joe,’ about Coach Joe Kennedy’s landmark win for religious freedom, is a way-above-average movieIt’s about one of the most momentous religious freedom cases in U.S. history. But don’t see the movie Average Joe just because of its historic importance. It’s a heck… Read More
President Donald Trump
Prosecutors seek more time in attempted Trump assassination case after hurricanes(The Center Square) – As residents continued clean up from two hurricanes, federal prosecutors in Florida asked a judge for a brief delay to some court deadlines in the case… Read More
Florida
Florida picks up pieces from second hurricane in as many weeks(The Center Square) – At least 12 are dead following Wednesday’s overnight strike of Hurricane Milton in Florida, the second time in two weeks the state has took a blow… Read More