Pennsylvania Senate approves GOP’s $3B tax-cutting plan, over objections of top Democrats
Republican lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation for a $3 billion tax cut, their just-unveiled counterproposal to Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget plan as each side offers a competing vision for how to use a massive cash surplus sitting in the state treasury. The tax legislation cutting taxes on income and electric service passed the Republican-controlled Read More
A possible problem (for Speaker Johnson’s leadership)
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., remains House Speaker Mike Johnson. For now. Despite lots of threats, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., has not yet pulled the trigger on her resolution to unseat Johnson. Greene and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., huddled with Johnson for a second consecutive day Tuesday. Just last week, Greene proclaimed she would Read More
Semi-automatic gun ban nixed in Colorado’s Democratic-controlled statehouse after historic progress
A bill to ban the sale and transfer of semi-automatic firearms was nixed in Colorado’s Democratic-controlled Legislature on Tuesday as lawmakers pressed forward with a slew of other gun control bills on the 25th anniversary year of the Columbine High School massacre. The western state has a deep history with firearms that is pockmarked by Read More
Court clears way for high-voltage power line set to cross Mississippi River refuge
A federal appeals court has cleared the way for utilities to finish building a high-voltage power line across a Mississippi River refuge. American Transmission Company, ITC Midwest and Dairyland Power Cooperative are in the final stages of constructing a 102-mile transmission line linking Iowa’s Dubuque County and Wisconsin’s Dane County. About a mile of the Read More
Republican candidate selected as GOP seeks to flip Indiana House seat from blue to red
Randy Niemeyer will serve as the Republican nominee in one of Indiana’s most closely watched House races. Niemeyer, who won the Republican Party’s nomination for Indiana’s First Congressional District on Tuesday, will now face off against incumbent Democratic Rep. Frank Mrvan in the state’s general election later this year. Along with Niemeyer, two other candidates, Read More
See the scope of flooding in East Texas
These graphics show how widespread flooding was in East Texas in late April and early May.
Indiana Rep. Spartz fends off GOP primary challengers in bid to retain House seat
Indiana Republican Rep. Victoria Spartz, a Ukrainian-born lawmaker, has won the GOP primary election to represent Indiana’s 5th Congressional District in the House. Spartz’s victory in the election comes after she announced in February that she would seek re-election, walking back a previous announcement she made last year. “Looking where we are today, and urged Read More
Judges say they’ll redraw Louisiana congressional map themselves if lawmakers can’t
Federal judges who recently threw out a congressional election map giving Louisiana a second mostly Black district said Tuesday the state Legislature must pass a new map by June 3 or face having the panel impose one on the state. The order from a panel of two federal district judges and an appellate judge noted Read More
Mike Braun wins GOP nomination in race for governor of Indiana
The GOP primary race to serve as Indiana’s next governor concluded Tuesday evening after it was announced Sen. Mike Braun received the most votes and will serve as the party’s nominee for the role in November. A total of six candidates ran in the GOP gubernatorial primary election to replace term-limited Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb, Read More
White House says commitment to Israel ‘ironclad,’ despite report of slow-walking military aid
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday reiterated the U.S.’ “ironclad” support of Israel despite a recent report that the Biden administration had put an ammunition shipment to Israel on hold. The Sunday report from Axios cited two Israeli officials that said a U.S.-manufactured ammunition shipment to Israel was stopped last week, leaving officials Read More