(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...
Following briefings with the intelligence community, Republican Speaker Mike Johnson now supports the program which allows the gov’t to spy on ‘foreign targets’ without a warrant.
House Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations Subcommittee chair Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, accused the Biden administration of using taxpayer funds for "campaign activities" in support of President Biden's re-election campaign on "Fox News Live." The accusations stem from an announcement in March of a memorandum of understanding between the Small Business Administration and the Michigan Department of State to "promote civic engagement and voter registration in Michigan" through 2036. The...
Facing yet another contentious presidential election year, a federal bipartisan commission tasked with strengthening election security around the country quietly confirmed in January that its third executive director had departed the agency in as many years. Now, a recently released government watchdog’s investigation summary shows why. Steven M. Frid, the former executive director of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, was fired late last year after he gave himself a big pay raise and...
Bend’s mayor and city councilors may soon get sizable pay raises for the time they devote to city business, although as state law directs, they would not take effect until after another round of elections to each position.
ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- During Tuesday's City Council meeting, Odessa approved to award raises to firefighters working with Odessa Fire Rescue. City leaders said the boost in pay came after an internal salary study which suggested that raises might be needed to stay competitive with the pay scale of similar areas. “We’ve got very good people []
Charlotte is moving forward with a plan to build more affordable homes. The homes will be built all around the city including 100 apartment units in northeast Charlotte on Mallard Creek Road.
Attorney General Kaul plans to release opinion on constitutional amendment's impact.
(WHTM) - Republican candidates running statewide this fall held a series of kickoff events on Thursday, including one at a suburban Harrisburg business. The event featured Senate candidate Dave McCormick, Attorney General candidate Dave Sunday, Treasurer Stacy Garrity, and Auditor General Tim DeFoor. "We got one senator who won't wear a suit and we got []
(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...
SOUTH RIVER, N.J. (PIX11) — Two people died after a house exploded Thursday evening in New Jersey, according to South River Mayor Peter Guindi. “We were watching TV, and we heard a massive ex
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