Mike Johnson (R-La.) starts this week looking less like speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and more like a European prime minister. Partisan politics, at least as they’ve been understood in the United States, are flipped on their head. Johnson’s plan to sacrifice American border security to pass $95 billion in foreign aid is on its way to the Senate, powered by a coalition of House Republican and Democrat appropriators, and over the objections of both his voters and the majority of...
NASHVILLE (KSNT) - A former Wildcat edge rusher is getting a chance at the next level. Khalid Duke will be a Tennessee Titan, according to ESPN. Duke is expected to sign an undrafted free agent deal with Tennessee. Duke spent five seasons in Manhattan, playing in 46 games while tallying 21 tackles for loss and []
(The Center Square) - Iowa's housing market is the 17th most competitive in the country, according to a new study released Thursday by the Common Sense Institute of Iowa. The Iowa Housing Competitiveness Index is based on four factors, the organization said: "The percentage of permits as a share of the housing deficit/surplus; the housing deficit/surplus as a percentage of the population; the hours required to pay a monthly mortgage; and the number of hours of work required to...
“The careful and ultimately productive negotiations around LD 2007 show that continued progress in this relationship is both possible and necessary.”
TOPEKA (KSNT) — Governor Laura Kelly signed off on the state's budget for fiscal years 2025-2028. On Wednesday, Kelly signed Senate Bill 28, which allocates funding for fiscal years 2023-2028. According to a release from the Governor's office, this budget will make spending to continue the Kelly administration's progress in bettering the state. Part of []
A threatened vote of no confidence clouds House Speaker Mike Johnson’s future.
After spending one season with NC State, former Wolfpack placekicker
Wild animals are often shy about being seen by humans, but just because you cannot see them does not mean they are not there.
The bill that will force a sale or ban of TikTok in the United States is now law. President Joe Biden signed a package of foreign aid bills that included the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act,” one day after the legislation was approved by the Senate. In a statement, TikTok said it would challenge the law in court, which could delay an eventual sale or ban. “This unconstitutional law is a TikTok ban, and we will challenge it in court,” the company said. “We...
(The Center Square) - State spending will only rise by 1.76% from $6.2 billion to $6.3 billion in fiscal year 2025, according to the Revenue Stabilization Act passed by the Arkansas House of Representatives Wednesday. The RSA is the second lowest in the past five years. It went up 2.95% last year, 2.99% in fiscal year 2023, 1.55% in 2022 and 2.87% in 2021, according to Rep. Lane Jean, R-Magnolia, who co-chairs the state budget committee. "A couple of things that...
The U.S. House voted Tuesday to end federal protection for gray wolves, approving a bill that would remove them from the endangered species list across the lower 48 states. A […]
The U.S. House voted to end federal protection for gray wolves in 48 states, though the bill's ultimate prospects are uncertain