Immigration
Abbott: Biden sending National Guard to border is hypocritical(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Defense is calling up an initial 2,500 National Guard troops from multiple states to be sent to the southern border. Read More
Agriculture
‘Nearly doubled’ foreign investment in U.S. farmland comes under scrutiny(The Center Square) — A coalition of 130 lawmakers sent a letter to a top federal watchdog raising the alarm about a spike in foreign ownership of U.S. farmland. The … Read More
Immigration
States deploy about 2,500 National Guard troops to U.S.-Mexico border(The Center Square) – Nearly two dozen states are sending National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to help federal immigration officials grapple with an unprecedented surge of undocumented migrants.The deployments,… Read More
Economy
Poll: 74% are becoming more concerned about inflation(The Center Square) – Nearly three out of four Americans are becoming more concerned about rising prices, according to a new poll.BMO Financial Group released survey data on the economy… Read More
2022 election
Sen. Rick Scott: Republicans will take back U.S. Senate in November(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., says he believes the Republican Party will take back the Senate in November. Scott told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on… Read More
2022 election
Missouri voters have the chance Nov. 8 to prevent another defunding of police in Kansas City – and they seem likely to, poll saysThe mayor and city council voted to defund Kansas City police by some $42 million last year before a judge stopped them. This Nov. 8, Missouri voters are being asked… Read More
National
Activists protesting oil industry use products only made possible by petroleum, energy insiders note(The Center Square) – At a recent charity event held by J.P. Morgan Chase in San Francisco, activists attempted to “take over” by protesting the financing of the oil and… Read More
Crime
DEA, Florida AG: Cartels targeting young Americans with rainbow fentanyl pills that can kill them(The Center Square) – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Anne Milgram and Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody are warning Americans about the dangers of fentanyl, especially as Halloween approaches and… Read More
2022 election, Economy
Poll: Americans say grocery prices will affect their vote in November(The Center Square) – High grocery prices are top-of-mind for voters with a little over a month until the midterm elections, according to a new poll. Convention of States Action, along… Read More
State Government
‘Parents Bill of Rights’ introduced in Ohio House(The Center Square) – Ohio school districts would not be able to discourage or prohibit parental involvement in decisions about their child’s mental health if the General Assembly passes a… Read More
2022 election
Clay County could become first county in Missouri to lower commercial property surtaxCLAY COUNTY, Mo. – Clay County voters will soon have the chance to make their county the first in Missouri to lower its commercial property surcharge rate. The surcharge is… Read More
State Government
Hundreds of Virginians have had firearms confiscated through red-flag laws(The Center Square) – Hundreds of Virginians have had their guns confiscated from them through red-flag laws since those rules went into effect more than two years ago, according to… Read More
Immigration
Migrant children are being raped and left in the desert, bodies are piling up and drugs are killing Missouri students – all due to an open borderA 5-year-old and a 3-year-old girl were found wandering the Texas desert on the U.S. border with Mexico. They’d both been raped. Meanwhile, Brooks County, Texas’ Benny Martinez is nicknamed… Read More
Immigration
3 more counties want Texas to declare invasion at southern border; total at 32(The Center Square) – Three more counties are the latest to express support for Texas declaring an invasion at the southern border, bringing the total to 32.The judge and county… Read More
National
‘No Chance of Winning’: Four female athletes challenge high school transgender policy(The Center Square) – Four female athletes are locked in a legal battle over transgender athletes that could set major precedent for the same fight playing out in schools around… Read More
State Government
Newsom signs bill allowing state to revoke out-of-state parent’s rights over trans kids(The Center Square) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Thursday allowing California to take “temporary emergency jurisdiction” over a child that traveled to the state for transgender drugs… Read More
Education
Parents say their son’s school tricked him into taking a U.S. history class based on radical CRT theoryParents allege their son was tricked by his school into taking a U.S. History class that is based on radical left-wing Critical Race Theory, according to a report by talk show… Read More
Economy
Inflation rose more than expected in August, federal data shows(The Center Square) – Inflation rose more than expected in August, leaving Americans facing even higher prices on a range of everyday purchases, according to newly released federal inflation … Read More
National
Major government unions lose over 200K members(The Center Square) – The top four public labor unions in the U.S. lost hundreds of thousands of members since a 2018 Supreme Court case that ruled government employees could… Read More
2022 election
Kansas City hoping to accommodate mask-averse Republican even as mask mandate still in effect for poll workersDemocrat-laden Kansas City, Missouri has enough trouble attracting Republicans to be poll workers alongside Democrats. It needs to grab them whenever it can. “It’s always a struggle,” Shawn Kieffer, the… Read More