Border businessmen: False rhetoric won’t fix real immigration problems
“Coyotes” – smugglers of migrants – “are the worst problem that I have,” said Robert Ardovino, who owns a bar and in New Mexico across the river from El Paso.…
SC finances continue slow return to normal, yet still give lawmakers billions more to work with
Lawmakers will have about $600 million more than expected to spend when they return to finish the budget. (Photo illustration by Getty images) COLUMBIA — Lawmakers will have $610 million…
U.S. Sen. Katie Britt introduces bill to end a state’s Medicaid funding if it blocks IVF
U.S. Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama addresses a crowd at a breakfast hosted by the Chamber of Commerce in Montgomery on Nov. 3, 2023. (Alander Rocha/Alabama Reflector) WASHINGTON — Two…
EPA grants headed to north-central Montana for site cleanups and renovation
One of the Environmental Protection Agency headquarter’s entrances in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Darrell Ehrlick of the Daily Montanan) Two Montana economic development organizations will receive $500,000 each in grant…
Immigration policy doesn’t have to be this way
An aerial view of the American flags flying over an international bridge as immigrants line up next to the U.S.-Mexico border fence to seek asylum on Dec. 22, 2022 in…
Power plant debate helps push lobby spending to new high for Kentucky legislature
About 900 companies, trade associations and other groups registered to lobby during the 2024 session of the Kentucky legislature held at the Capitol in Frankfort. Their combined spending was roughly…
Dr. Lauren Fox of the Public School Forum on NC’s progress on Top Education issues
Lauren Fox, Ph.D. Senior Director, Policy & Research, Public School Forum Earlier this month, one of our state’s leading and most respected champions of public education, the Public School Forum…
Biden addresses ‘humanitarian crisis in Gaza’ at Morehouse amid growing tensions on campuses
President Joe Biden speaks at the Morehouse College Commencement as a faculty member stands and faces away from the stage in protest of the Israel-Hamas war on May 19, 2024…
Northwest tribes, feds dive into work on salmon revival in upper Columbia River
Construction of the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington began in 1933 and was completed in 1942. It is the largest hydropower producer in the U.S. and also part of the…
Measure ending basic skills tests for teachers goes to governor’s desk
The bill would end the Praxis core test requirement just months after a new law created a pathway letting teachers eschew the basic skills test. (Courtesy of the New Jersey…