Homeowners in the Austin school district could see their taxes go up by an average of almost $300 under the district’s new proposed tax rate. The proposed tax rate of $1.0617 is 4 cents lower than last year’s rate and the district’s lowest in 20 years, but it will translate to an average tax increase of $276.12 for … Continued
A Maryland state judge died by apparent suicide on Sept. 10 shortly before he was set to be arrested at his home on federal charges of sexual exploitation of a child, officials said. Caroline County Circuit Judge Jonathan Newell, 50, was pronounced dead at 6:43 a.m. Friday morning, the Department of Justice said in a statement. FBI agents had visited Newell’s residence … Continued
CalPERS has $490 million tied up in companies funding Belt and Road California’s state pension invested hundreds of millions of dollars in Chinese state-owned enterprises linked to the People’s Liberation Army, according to records reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon. The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) had more than $3 billion invested in Chinese companies, including 14 … Continued
Laws passed by the Kentucky legislature shouldn’t have been blocked from going into effect earlier this year, the state’s highest court ruled on Aug. 21. A judge in March blocked three bills that were passed to curtail Gov. Andy Beshear’s executive powers, including a bill that let certain businesses remain open if ordered to close by the … Continued
A standoff in Texas over new voting restrictions that gridlocked the state Capitol for 38 consecutive days ended Thursday when some Democrats who fled to Washington, D.C., dropped their holdout, paving the way for Republicans to resume pushing an elections overhaul. It abruptly and messily drew to a close one of the few – and … Continued
Many black Americans moved from northern blue states to Georgia, Texas, Florida, North Carolina and Virginia. Data from the 2020 census confirms a population shift that reflects “the decade’s broad population shifts: slow growth in the Northeast and Midwest, and gains in the South and some Western states.” The last decade’s interstate migration shift also … Continued
House Speaker Dade Phelan on Tuesday signed arrest warrants for the 52 state House Democrats who absented themselves from legislative business in order to block Republican-led election reforms, according to The Dallas Morning News. Earlier in the day, the Texas House of Representatives voted 80-12 to bring back the wayward Democrats. Hours prior to the vote, the Texas Supreme Court ruled … Continued
New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul is lining up support among local politicians as she transitions to become New York’s first female governor after Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday he would resign. Ms. Hochul, a Democrat, plans to address the public Wednesday afternoon, her office said. She accelerated preparations to assume the governorship in recent days … Continued
Quorum-breaking legislators said they would seek strategic advice from the party leaders and urge the Clintons to lobby on their behalf. The Texas House Democrats who are breaking quorum to block their Republican colleagues from advancing voting restrictions will meet with Bill and Hillary Clinton and voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams on Thursday, state legislators said. Members of the … Continued
Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan on Monday signed a civil arrest warrant for a Democrat state lawmaker who left the state earlier this month and then returned to Texas last week before going back with his colleagues again to Washington D.C. The civil arrest warrant for Rep. Philip Cortez, the Democrat, won’t have an immediate impact because Texas … Continued
The Michigan House of Representatives on July 21 voted in favor of repealing the Emergency Powers Act of the Governor. The vote follows the approval of the repeal by the state Senate last week and means the law is officially off the books. The House voted 60-48 to repeal the law. The Michigan Senate voted 20-15 to … Continued
Texas Democratic lawmakers who skipped out on a special legislative session to break quorum and stall Republican efforts to pass new election integrity bills will be holding a slew of voting rights-related events in Washington, D.C., this week to put pressure on the federal government to pass federal voting rights legislation. The five-day conference begins Monday and … Continued
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