New York has the country’s highest number of government union workers, according to a new report. On Monday, the Commonwealth Foundation released a report titled “State of the Unions: Examining Union Membership in State Government,” which found that while union membership is declining across the country, public sector unions are thriving.  Those very unions, meanwhile, have thrown considerable amounts of cash behind Democratic causes in recent years. “The report...

The Pentagon said U.S. and coalition forces defeated a “large-scale attack” by Iranian-backed Houthis in the Red Sea this weekend, shooting down at least 28 drones.  The escalated attack is one of the largest in the past few months.  Earlier in the week, an anti-ship ballistic missile struck the MV True Confidence, killing three and marking the first lives claimed since attacks began.  On Saturday, U.S. Central Command...

Teachers and state employees would get raises under a spending plan being debated by the South Carolina House this week, but many other state agency requests are being rejected as the influx of money from pandemic relief and good economic times slows. South Carolina is in a good place economically, with revenues up despite tax cuts, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bruce Bannister told his colleagues last...