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WATCH: Washington candidates clash over Trump endorsement for House
59+ min ago (756+ words) McKinney: President Trump Wants Me by His Side (The Center Square) - As Central Washington voters begin filling out primary ballots as soon as this weekend, some may be a bit confused about who President Donald Trump actually endorsed in the…...
Arizona panel ends subsidies favoring wealthier ratepayers
6+ hour, 9+ min ago (583+ words) (The Center Square) - The Arizona Corporation Commission unanimously voted to repeal mandates that allowed affluent ratepayers to be subsidized by low-income ratepayers. The ACC implemented Electric Energy Efficiency Standards Rules in 2010, requiring retail electric utilities to achieve 22% annual savings in…...
Texas agencies directed to reduce budgets by 3%
3+ hour, 35+ min ago (525+ words) (The Center Square) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Speaker Dustin Burrows have issued a joint policy guidance directing state agencies and institutions of higher education to reduce their base spending requests by 3% to make the state…...
Feds deploy 'strike team' to probe New York fraud
2+ hour, 51+ min ago (404+ words) (The Center Square) — New York is facing a fraud crackdown after the Trump administration deployed a “strike force” of investigators this week to the state to recover hundreds of millions in unemployment bogus payments. The U.S. Department of Labor…...
Congressional candidates debate housing, immigration
1+ hour, 59+ min ago (1347+ words) (The Center Square) - Voters in Arizona will head to the polls Tuesday to make decisions in consequential congressional primaries that could determine the balance of power in Congress in November. Candidates in Arizona’s 1st, 2nd and 3rd congressional districts have focused their campaigns…...
Louisiana weighs first tax valuation rules for data centers
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (803+ words) (The Center Square) – Louisiana has recruited some of the world’s largest technology companies without establishing statewide rules for how their data centers should be valued for property taxes. A proposal before the Louisiana Tax Commission seeks to fill that gap…...
California sues five cities for violating housing element law
3+ hour, 4+ min ago (564+ words) (The Center Square) – California is suing five cities that the state says failed to comply with the Housing Element Law. The cities are Calexico, Costa Mesa, Half Moon Bay, Ridgecrest and Turlock. Enacted in 1969, California’s Housing Element Law requires every…...
$95B price tag of Republican budget resolution questioned
3+ hour, 4+ min ago (520+ words) (The Center Square) – U.S. House Republicans forged ahead Thursday with the blueprint for their third budget reconciliation bill, sending a $95 billion budget resolution to the floor for a vote. The framework mostly functions as a war supplemental for the Iran…...
Next phase of Abbott's affordability plan is to reduce home, auto insurance costs
2+ hour, 20+ min ago (745+ words) (The Center Square) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is touring the state to discuss the latest aspect of his affordability plan: reducing home and auto insurance costs. Under the Biden and Trump administrations, the cost of goods, services and energy have…...
Republicans, faith leaders want examination of execution protocols
5+ hour, 30+ min ago (459+ words) (The Center Square) – Faith leaders and some Republicans are calling on Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee to review execution protocols after attempts to put a man to death in May failed. It's been two months since the failed execution of convicted…...