Congresswoman Gwen Moore and Rep. Lisa Subeck say protection would ensure personal autonomy.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday said the first rule to set minimum staffing levels at federally funded nursing homes and require that a certain portion of the taxpayer dollars they receive go toward wages for care workers is a long-overdue “milestone” that recognizes their value to society. Harris announced the rules []
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...
(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...
As spring moves into full swing, the season that traditionally generates the most home-buying interest can’t dissipate the clouds of limited inventory, rising prices and stubbornly high mortgage rates that conspire to perpetuate this state’s housing crisis. And all signs point to a continuation of this untenable situation, which makes home ownership an unattainable goal […]
There continue to be questions over the use of Project Labor Agreements (PLA) on certain construction projects in Mahoning County.
Elon Musk’s X announced an app for smart TVs this week, expanding the social media site into the streaming world.
Abbott has credited his Operation Lone Star for a recent drop in migrant encounters on the Texas-Mexico border.
During the 2023 fiscal year, Texas on average accounted for roughly 59% of migrant encounters along the
There is nothing in the text or history of the cruel and unusual punishments clause that remotely grants anyone a right to public housing.
The proposal from Wooten appears to mirror a plan outlined by Gov. Sarah Sanders in a letter she sent to state employees in March.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) announced that he has sued the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) over new Title IX guidelines that make discrimination against LGBTQ+ students in education […]