By Brett Rowland (The Center Square) A U.S. House committee hearing made clear the total cost of fraud and waste in taxpayer-funded pandemic relief programs remains unknown. Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability argued about who was to blame for widespread fraud in a range of federal pandemic relief programs, but they […]
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By Timothy Schumann (The Center Square) Two members of Congress representing almost the entirety of Washington east of the Cascades in Congress want to stop a particular group of foreign nationals from owning, controlling, or profiting from American agricultural land. U.S. Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Spokane, and Dan Newhouse, R-Sunnyside, have introduced the “Prohibition of […]
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By Bethany Blankley (The Center Square) Hays County, Texas, resident Brandon Dunn lost his son to illicit fentanyl poisoning last year. His son and two other teenage boys from the same rural county died of fentanyl overdoses less than 60 days apart. Dunn testified Wednesday before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, which held its first […]
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By Bethany Blankley (The Center Square) Democratic El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego testified before the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday that the southern border with Mexico is closed in El Paso and those who support border security measures are racist. Before he gave his opening remarks, Samaniego said, “I must disabuse you of information, which I […]
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By Kim Jarrett (The Center Square) Grand Forks, North Dakota, will deny building permits to a Chinese-based food manufacturer that purchased land near an Air Force base, the mayor said Tuesday. Chinese food manufacturer Fufeng Group announced the purchase of 370 acres of land for a wet corn milling plant in 2021. The site is […]
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By Tom Gantert (The Center Square) Government officials across the country are looking at gun violence state of emergencies as a way to address crime within their cities. In Philadelphia, candidates for mayor held a debate Jan. 19 focused solely on gun violence. “On my very first day, I am enacting a state of emergency […]
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By Tom Gantert (The Center Square) Gas prices at the pump rose for the fifth consecutive week and there isn’t much hope of prices going down in the near future, according to a industry analysis. GasBuddy said that the national average of $3.49 per gallon reported Sunday is up 33.3 cents from a month ago […]
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By Bethany Blankley (The Center Square) Republican lawmakers in Wyoming are advancing legislation that would appropriate more than $5 million toward border security efforts in Texas, Arizona and Florida. SF0166, “Border wall and sanctuary city transport,” was filed by Republican state Sen. Larry Hicks, with Sens. Dave Kinskey, John Kolb and Cheri Steinmetz cosponsoring. Republican […]
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By Tom Gantert (The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service will invest $25 million into three states to encourage people on food assistance to buy more fruits and vegetables. The incentive pilot program would encourage people receiving what used to be called food stamps the ability to buy “healthy foods […]
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By Bethany Blankley (The Center Square) A new “border czar” has been named to oversee border security in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Monday, a newly retired U.S. Border Patrol agent supervisor, Mike Banks. President Joe Biden designated Vice President Kamala Harris as the “border czar” in 2021, claiming she’d be involved with border […]
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