A Madison official admitted the decision to spend a 'Zuckbucks' grant was based on the chance that voters would vote against such funds.
Nightly rates to house homeless families in hotels and motels can run hundreds of dollars, with agencies often baking in the cost of food and supportive services into the bill they hand to the state, according to contracts reviewed by the Herald.
“Civil War” arrived in theaters over the weekend. The much-hyped film portrays a fragmented America, with a bizarre alliance of California and Texas and a group of “Western Forces” battling what’s left of the federal government, led by Ron Swanson from “Parks and Recreation.” If there ever were a Western state that would resist the federal leviathan, it’s Wyoming. The Cowboy State tends to give Republicans the largest margin of victory of any state in our cracked union.The problem is, Wyoming...
Science Secretary Michelle Donelan has faced calls to pay back the £34,000 her department paid as a result of a libel action against her.
Editorial: Happy Tax Day, when millions of us Mississippians will send our hard-earned money to 40 other states that are providing health care coverage to millions of poor, working people.
(The Center Square) - Hearings on a $207,000 contract between the Arkansas Board of Corrections and a private attorney continued Thursday with more questions about whether the board followed proper procedure. The Board of Corrections hired Little Rock attorney Abtin Mehdizadegan in December to represent it in two legal cases involving state officials. The board is suing the state over a law that gives the governor's office the authority to appoint the department's...
The science and technology secretary settled a libel case after she falsely accused two academics of “sharing extremist views” and one of supporting Hamas.
New figures reveal full cost of minister's legal fight with academic she falsely accused of extremism.
Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials concluded that two deputies acted within department policy when they confronted and one of them shot Isaias Cervantes, a mentally disabled man in his home in 2021. A corrective action plan (at least, the portion that is public) identified nothing in sheriff's policies or procedures that needs to be changed to prevent a similar shooting. So it seems incongruous that county lawyers are suggesting that the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday sign off on an...
(The Center Square) – State agencies and other recipients of programs that are funded by the Climate Commitment Act are being directed to use a recently approved new logo and messaging. The directive comes as the CCA is facing a potential repeal by voters in November with Initiative 2113. Some are questioning the use of taxpayer dollars for the new campaign, saying its politically inspired, but Gov. Jay Inslee's office tells The Center Square there is nothing...
NPR suspended editor Uri Berliner after he scathed the outlet's liberal bias. He wrote an open essay slamming NPR for 'losing America's trust'. CEO Katherine Maher's old tweets surfaced showing her anti-Trump bias
Rather than delay the next federal election in October 2025 to “avoid a Hindu religious period” — and thereby also allow a slew of politicians to become eligible for a substantial public pension after a short time in office — why not instead move the previously scheduled election date up a few days? Then we […]