Washington trucking industry warns of Jan. 1 limit on new gas …
2024年11月22日 · (The Center Square) - Washington state’s trucking industry is urging Gov. Jay Inslee to reconsider a first-of-the-year commitment to align with California’s Advanced Clean Trucks regulation, which requires a certain percentage of so-called "zero emissions" trucks to be sold in the state.. This goes back to 2020, when Washington lawmakers committed to follow …
Legislation introduced to combat financial threats from Chinese ...
2024年11月25日 · “Exchange rates are the most likely channel through which economic pain could be transmitted to U.S. investors. But a number of other channels, such as the inclusion of Chinese equities into major international indexes, are also raising the exposure of U.S. investors and savers to China’s risky banking system,” according to the report.
Abolishing tipped wage ‘doesn’t work,’ Illinois Republican says
2024年11月26日 · The issue came to a head earlier this year before the sponsor of the bill to abolish the tipped wage, state Rep. Lisa Hernandez, D-Cicero, said there wasn’t enough support. She may bring the issue back up when the new General Assembly returns next year.
Trump asks judge to delay releasing evidence in D.C. election ...
2024年10月17日 · "Thus, without any semblance of due process – including President Trump's right to cross-examine witnesses and call his own witnesses in a court proceeding – the public has been poisoned by a one-sided prosecutorial narrative that is being used for political purposes by the incumbent administration," Trump's attorneys wrote.
Lawmakers investigate Soros ‘shortcut’ to buying radio stations …
2024年9月29日 · (The Center Square) – The U.S. House Oversight Committee is investigating why the Federal Communications Commission fast-tracked a deal that allowed a billionaire Democratic donor to buy a wide swath of American radio stations just weeks before the presidential election.
FBI data shows violent crime up 10.4%, property crime up 6.4
2024年10月17日 · The FBI set a January 1, 2021 deadline back in 2016 for agencies to transition from the paper-based Summary Reporting System, which reports each incident of crime with the worst crime committed in the incident, with the computer-based National Incident-Based Reporting System, which can log up to 10 crimes per incident.
Greene to lead subcommittee taking on government spending
2024年11月26日 · “This trend must be reversed, and we must balance the budget,” DOGE posted. For her part, Greene has promised to “drain the swamp,” stating that “nothing is off the table” when it comes to holding government agencies like the Pentagon accountable. “Our government should steward every single cent of your hard-earned money,” Greene said.
Report: Leadership needed to address quantum threat mitigation
2024年11月22日 · (The Center Square) – The U.S. Government Accountability Office says leadership is needed to fully define quantum threat mitigation strategy.
Doctors are prescribing less but opioid epidemic rages on via …
2024年11月21日 · (The Center Square) – The opioid epidemic continues to rage in the U.S., a newly released report from the American Medical Association shows.. The report says that while doctors have reined in some of the harmful and much-criticized overprescribing that helped create the epidemic, opioid overdoses have remained near record levels.
Spokane eyes new tax model to drive down rates while …
2024年11月22日 · Land Value Taxes are comparable to user fees; in this case, Spokane provides the land value through infrastructure like water, sewer, waste collection and other services. Residents and businesses pay the user fees, or tax, in return for cheaper rates that incentivize construction. “I’m going to use an old-fashioned American phrase: you should pay for the …