(The Center Square) – A group of 23 attorneys general led by Missouri and Kansas has put the Biden administration’s Department of Education on notice about its fourth attempt to force American taxpayers to pay for others' student loan debt.
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(The Center Square) – A coalition of 28 attorneys general has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a case in which Mexico is blaming U.S. gun manufacturers for Mexican cartel gun violence.
At issue is a 2022... Read more
18 states sue Biden administration over SEC crypto currency actions
Tue, 03 Dec 2024(The Center Square) – Eighteen states have sued the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and members of the Biden administration for actions they argue the agency has illegally taken against cryptocurrency companies and their employees.
The lawsuit was filed... Read more
GOP governors warn of ag challenges if new farm bill not passed
Mon, 02 Dec 2024(The Center Square) – A group of Republican governors has joined together in a letter to key congressional leaders and agricultural policymakers that warns that delayed reforms and inflationary pressures are pushing farmers to a breaking point.
The letter,... Read more
States say court must block Department of Education's Title IX rule
Fri, 22 Nov 2024(The Center Squar) – States and private organizations argued this month that the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals should overturn a district court decision allowing the Biden administration to implement its expanded Title IX rules ahead of oral arguments next month.
... Read moreProposal would keep men out of women’s spaces on federal property
Thu, 21 Nov 2024(The Center Square) – Doubling down against backlash and riding a wave of momentum in support, South Carolina Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace is seeking to protect women’s spaces on all federal property nationwide.
The Protecting Women’s Private Spaces... Read more
Scott requests end to rulemaking activity, withdrawal of candidates
Mon, 18 Nov 2024(The Center Square) – South Carolina Republican U.S. Sen. Tim Scott has called on the Biden administration to cease new rulemaking and withdraw several pending agency nominations.
Scott, ranking member of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs... Read more
(The Center Square) – Samaritan's Purse is among a number of nonprofits that helped cleanup efforts after Hurricane Helene. In the video below, watch Jodie Yoder, U.S. Disaster Relief program manager for Samaritan's Purse, describe the work outside a site in Asheville, North Carolina.
... Read moreOp-Ed: How Helene gave way to 'hurricane snafu' in the Carolinas
Sun, 17 Nov 2024It wasn’t as if the Tar Heel state didn’t see Hurricane Helene coming. On Sept. 25, one day before Helene stormed ashore, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency as the storm’s path showed it churning northward toward Appalachia after making landfall in Florida.
... Read more(The Center Square) – Multiple state attorneys general have requested the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to affirm a federal court dismissal of an indictment brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith against President-elect Donald Trump.
Florida led a multi-state... Read more
VIDEO: Samaritan’s Purse aids 90-year-old’s ‘astronomical’ expense
Sun, 10 Nov 2024(The Center Square) – Water was rising fast and 90-year-old Katherine Jowers, who's lived in the same North Carolina home 54 years, wasn't sure what to do.
The water “started creeping up pretty fast,” Jowers recounted in an interview... Read more
Feds sending millions in Helene funding for national forests, parks
Sat, 09 Nov 2024(The Center Square) – Federal lands in western North Carolina are set to receive more than $30 million in emergency funding for infrastructure repairs in the wake of Hurricane Helene.
The funding comes as part of $43 million total... Read more
Helene: Federal legislation seeks $15B in assistance
Fri, 08 Nov 2024(The Center Square) – Two bills have been filed in the U.S. House of Representatives directed at disaster relief following the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina and other states in the South.
Authored by U.S. Rep.... Read more
VIDEO: Month after Helene, help shifts to preparing for winter
Mon, 04 Nov 2024(The Center Square) – In the weeks after Hurricane Helene, the Davis Country Store and Cafe in Old Fort, North Carolina, served an estimated 23,000 meals to the community, acting as a hub for recovery efforts in the small town of 600 that was devastated.
... Read moreHelene: Key Tennessee, Carolinas interstate reopens
Sun, 03 Nov 2024(The Center Square) – Interstate 26, a key crossing for drivers near the border of North Carolina and Tennessee, has reopened to the relief of Unicoi County residents.
The Tennessee Department of Transportation reopened the interstate on Wednesday after... Read more
South Carolina sheriff under fire for refusing to cooperate with ICE
Sat, 02 Nov 2024(The Center Square) – A South Carolina sheriff is under fire for refusing to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
U.S. House representatives who chair the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability subcommittees are demanding answers from... Read more
Grant program brings region together
Tue, 29 Oct 2024(The Center Square) – When Gayle Manchin became the federal cochairwoman of the Appalachian Regional Commission, she noticed something that sparked a grant program benefiting all of the 13 states.
"What I saw was 13 states doing these phenomenal... Read more
Coalition joins Virginia in SCOTUS appeal over 'noncitizen' voters
Tue, 29 Oct 2024(The Center Square) – A coalition of 24 state attorneys general has joined Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the commonwealth’s removal of “self-identified noncitizens” from voter rolls.
Miyares announced late Sunday... Read more
State leaders call on large businesses to end DEI policies
Mon, 28 Oct 2024(The Center Square) – A coalition of state officials and business leaders are publicly calling on Fortune 1,000 companies to end their controversial workplace policies.
The letters come as Democrats and Republicans publicly battle over Diversity, Equity and Inclusion... Read more
Hurricanes: Six states request fiscal aid from Congress
Wed, 23 Oct 2024(The Center Square) – Citing fall harvest losses at the top of a list, respective state House of Representatives leaders from North Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama have petitioned Congress for fiscal assistance.
The Monday letter... Read more