Economy, Inflation
Cost of Thanksgiving dinner down only slightly from last year’s record high(The Center Square) – Thanksgiving dinner shoppers will get a bit of a break in the pocketbook this year. Illinois shoppers participating in the annual American Farm Bureau Federation’s (AFBF) Thanksgiving… Read More
Consumer Protection
Smart toys highlight this year’s report on dangerous toys for children(The Center Square) – A consumer advocacy group’s newest dangerous toys report highlights smart devices that spy on children.Illinois Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund’s 38th annual “Trouble in Toyland” … Read More
Marijuana
Missouri already revokes marijuana manufacturing license(The Center Square) – Missouri’s cannabis regulators announced on Thursday it revoked a suspended marijuana manufacturing license from a Franklin County business. A media release from the Missouri Department of… Read More
Opinion
Don’t recoil from an increasingly dark world; it needs each of us to flood it with the light of a single candleHistory has tides all its own that seem, like the ocean’s, to lap at our feet utterly uncontrolled by humankind. War. Revolution. Tyranny. Acrimony. Out-of-control animus. Hatred and conflict, unleashed… Read More
Education
Legal settlement allows parents to opt students out of SEL instruction(The Sentinel) — In a victory for parents, America First Legal recently announced a settlement agreement in a lawsuit it filed earlier this year against the West Shore… Read More
Federal government
45 Republicans vote against stripping agency head’s salary despite missing children, abuse allegations(The Center Square) – Forty-five U.S. House Republicans voted with Democrats against an amendment to remove an agency head at the center of ongoing allegations of child abuse and neglect. Read More
Auto industry
UAW ratifies contract with Ford Motor Co.(The Center Square) – United Auto Workers members have voted to ratify a tentative agreement with Ford Motor Company, marking the possible end of the first simultaneous UAW strike against… Read More
Energy
New Mexico governor touts flawed study by biased group to claim regulatory win(The Center Square) – New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham claims her administration's oil and gas regulations have positively impacted the state's greenhouse gas emissions when compared to less regulated… Read More
Crime, Kansas City
‘Drowning in crime’: Beleaguered Kansas City CEO speaks out about downtown crime, homelessnessExploding crime and homelessness has at least one Kansas City CEO eyeing a move to the suburbs – and issuing a cry for help – even as the Royals are… Read More
Terrorism
Senate Dems block effort to deport Hamas sympathizers(The Center Square) – Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., blasted Democrats Thursday for blocking his motion to deport terrorist sympathizers in the U.S. on visas. Rubio has led this effort to “revoke… Read More
China
Taxpayer transparency legislation would expose funds going to China(The Center Square) – Homeland Security Chair Mark Green, R-Tenn., is introducing legislation that would require the federal government to show how much federal money is going to China. The… Read More
President Biden
Oversight Committee issues more subpoenas in Biden impeachment inquiry(The Center Square) – U.S. House Oversight Chair Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., said Wednesday that he has issued subpoenas for Hunter Biden’s business associates, Mervyn Yan and Eric Schwerin, as… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Over 240,000 illegal border crossers in October, highest on record for the month(The Center Square) – More than 240,000 people were apprehended illegally crossing the border in October, the highest on record for the month of October in recorded history. The number… Read More
Education
Kansas School Board Resource Center airs ways to improve student achievement(The Sentinel) — With the theme of Improving Student Achievement by Changing Adult Behaviors, t he Kansas School Board Resource Center(KSBRC) brought education experts from Kansas and nationwide to Wichita… Read More
Illegal Immigration
More unaccompanied migrant children being ‘resettled’ in Texas than elsewhere(The Center Square) – The greatest number of unaccompanied children (UACs) arriving at the U.S. border are being “resettled” in Texas. UACs have been sent to all 50 states and… Read More
COVID-19
Most convicted pandemic fraudsters spend less than 5 years in prison(The Center Square) – As U.S. authorities continue to track down people who fraudulently stole federal pandemic aid, a new report found that most of those convicted will spend less… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Number of migrants intercepted by Coast Guard has doubled since 2021(The Center Square) — The number of migrants caught by the Coast Guard trying to illegally enter the U.S has doubled in recent years. That’s according to a witness who… Read More
Border
Border crisis, ‘rebuilding’ terror groups pose threat to U.S.(The Center Square) – House lawmakers held a hearing Wednesday about the growing threats to U.S. national security, including the crisis at the southern border, the growing threat of terrorism… Read More
Missouri
Missouri attorney general chronicles legal actions against St. Louis prosecutor(The Center Square) – Six months after Democrat Kim Gardner resigned as circuit attorney for the city of St. Louis, Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has published a 62-page… Read More
President Donald Trump
Stefanik files complaint against judge in Trump’s fraud trial(The Center Square) — A Republican congresswoman has filed a judicial ethics complaint against the New York judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s business fraud trial. The ethics complaint filed… Read More