If there’s one thing Americans can agree on, it’s that we want to keep as much of our money as we can. The economy has been rough for the last few years, and Americans are feeling the squeeze. If President Joe Biden wins in 2024, how will he continue to handle the economy? On Friday, […]
The Arizona legislature approved a repeal of a long-dormant ban on nearly all abortions on Wednesday, advancing the Bill to Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs, who is expected to sign it. Two Republicans joined Democrats in the Senate on the 16-14 vote in favour of repealing a Civil War-era ban on abortions that the state’s highest […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian court on Friday ordered the detention of the country’s farm minister in the latest high-profile corruption investigation, while Kyiv security officials assessed how they can recover lost battlefield momentum in the war against Russia. Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court ruled that Agriculture Minister Oleksandr Solskyi should be held in custody […]
“Because I was mentally and emotionally drained I did not want to interact with my ex so I chose to receive benefits under the 50% joint and survivor annuity.” – Getty Images Dear Quentin, I was married to my ex-husband for 13 years. He left me for another woman. I was forced to sell our […]
A day after a preliminary injunction from a federal judge put the fate of New Jersey’s county line into question, 17 of the 19 county clerks named as defendants in the federal lawsuit challenging the ballot design have filed an appeal. The clerks also filed an emergency motion to stop enforcement of the order from […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday signed off on the repeal of police traffic stop reforms made in Memphis after the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by officers in January 2023, despite pleas from Nichols’ parents to GOP lawmakers and the governor to give them a chance to find compromise. The […]
Rodney and RowVaughn Wells, the parents of Tyre Nichols, attend a session of the Tennessee legislature on March 4 in Nashville. Nichols was beaten by five Memphis police officers during a traffic stop and died of his injuries in January 2023. George Walker IV via Associated Press The Tennessee Senate on Thursday passed a bill […]
Four years on from the start of the start of the coronavirus lockdowns, the world looks in many ways unaltered. We even have a do-over of the 2020 presidential election. Many of the predictions of lasting change from the pandemic now look laughable. But other effects, once deemed “transitory,” are with us even still: inflation, […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Tennessee House lawmakers on Thursday advanced a bill to undo the reforms to police traffic stops made by the city of Memphis in response to the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by officers last January. Republicans held the vote as Democrats accused Memphis Republican Rep. John Gillespie of being misleading […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A bill that will undo efforts in Kentucky’s two largest cities to ban landlords from discriminating against renters who use federal housing vouchers was restored Wednesday when Republican lawmakers quickly overrode the Democratic governor’s veto. The lopsided override votes in the House and Senate, completing work on the bill, came a […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to undo sanctions against several lawyers allied with former President Trump for filing a meritless lawsuit challenging Michigan’s 2020 presidential election results. Lawyers Sidney Powell, Lin Wood and others brought the lawsuit against Michigan state officials and Detroit in November 2020, one of dozens of suits filed in an […]
The Wisconsin state senate voted on Tuesday to adopt legislative maps drawn by Democratic governor Tony Evers – inching the state closer to undoing the extreme gerrymander that has ensured Republican control of the state for more than a decade. The vote from the Republican-dominated legislature is a sign that the years-long battle over Wisconsin’s […]