Georgia lawmakers consider measures to curb soaring property taxes as home values rise
With a runup in home values sparking higher property taxes for many Georgia homeowners, there is a groundswell among state lawmakers in this election year to provide relief. Georgia’s Senate Finance Committee plans a hearing on Monday on a bill limiting increases in a home’s value, as assessed for property tax purposes, to 3% per Read More
Biden campaign attack ad blames Trump for Dobbs abortion decision
President Biden’s presidential campaign released a new attack ad on Sunday attempting to blame former President Donald Trump for the overturning of Roe v. Wade, as the Biden-Harris ticket seeks to make the abortion issue front and center. The ad features Dr. Austin Dennard, an OB/GYN and mother of three in Dallas who says she Read More
DeSantis takes parting shot, says Haley represents ‘warmed-over corporatism’
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis lashed out at former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley one last time as he dropped out of the presidential race this week. DeSantis blasted Haley as a representative of “corporatism” and emphasized his endorsement for former President Trump. Haley is now the sole remaining challenger to Trump in the GOP primary. Read More
Washington state to consider ban on hog-tying after Manuel Ellis’ death
Washington state lawmakers are expected to consider a proposal Monday to prohibit police from hog-tying suspects, nearly four years after Manuel Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man, died facedown with his hands and feet cuffed together behind him in a case that became a touchstone for racial justice demonstrators in the Pacific Northwest. The restraint technique Read More
Migrant caravan from Honduras dissolves before reaching US border, Guatemala says
A caravan of over 500 migrants seeking to cross into the U.S. dissolved before reaching the border, Guatemalan officials said Monday. The caravan originated in Honduras but dissolved shortly after crossing the border into Guatemala on Sunday, the Guatemalan Migration Institute says. Guatemalan authorities stopped the caravan a few miles after it entered the country Read More
‘Ram is faith of India’: Key highlights of PM Modi’s speech in Ayodhya after ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony
PM Modi said Lord Ram will no longer live in a tent but will now reside in a magnificent temple.
Another hot, dry summer may push water supplies in parts of Texas to the brink
Some areas are starting the year with low water reserves. Forecasters don’t expect substantial relief from the weather.
In Eagle Pass, a tense border standoff between Texas and the federal government is reaching a crescendo
A park on the Rio Grande is the new focus of a long battle over border enforcement that’s reached the U.S. Supreme Court.
Washington state Democrats propose replacing term ‘sex offender’ to advance a ‘person-first’ approach
Democrats in the Washington state legislature have introduced a bill that would replace the term “sex offender” in an apparent attempt to avoid defining a sex offender by their crime. House Bill 2177, if passed, would change the name of the Sex Offender Policy Board, or SOPB, to the Sex Offense Policy Board. The bill Read More
Russia hands down criminal charges following rare large protest
Activists in Bashkortostan face 15 years in prison on charges of organising ‘mass riots’, assaulting public officials. Russian authorities have laid serious criminal charges against four people following a large protest in the central region of Bashkortosan. Security forces in the city of Ufa, in the Urals mountains, arrested the fourth suspect on Sunday evening, Read More