Wisconsin State

Madison, WI

Columbus, OH

The Center Square

(The Center Square) – One of Wisconsin’s former governors is supporting the push to give state lawmakers a say in how Wisconsin spends billions of dollars in certain federal money.
                Gov. Tommy Thompson said he supports the constitutional amendments that would give the legislature some authority to spend any future federal dollars.
                “The Wisconsin’s Constitution establishes the power to appropriate money to the legislature. Clearly, this was intentional. The United...

Former Gov. Thompson backs spending change constitutional amendments

Minnesota State

Business Insider

Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota served in the army, taught high school, and has decades of governing experience.

12 things to know about Tim Walz, the Midwestern dad who coined the biggest insult of 2024

Georgia State

Van Zandt County, TX

(The Center Square) – A rural east Texas district attorney has described how the border crisis is impacting her community after two Chinese nationals were arrested on money laundering charges. Their arrest was not the first where “we have encountered Chinese nationals on the highway engaged in illegal activities....

Chinese nationals illegally in US arrested in east Texas for money laundering

Illinois State

Chicago, IL

(The Center Square) – Business owners and taxpayers are paying a big price for retail theft. According to CWBChicago, shoplifting reports have soared 45% this year, making 2024 the worst year for retail theft in the city since at least 2003. Illinois Retail Merchants Association President and CEO Rob...

Illinois retailers, communities suffer from shoplifting and robbery spikes

Florida State

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Uncovering Florida

Most people are guilty of doing it at least once in their lives, many people do it by accident, some do it because they find it fun, and others do it for reasons like honoring loved ones. Regardless of the situation, just about everyone has released a balloon. The difference is that intentionally releasing balloons is now illegal by House Bill 321’s standards.

Law Signed By DeSantis Makes It Illegal To Release Balloons In Florida

With hurricane season posing a consistent threat six months out of the year, who would not like a little help getting their home ready for the harsh weather to come? Senate Bill 7028: My Safe Florida Home Program, approved by Governor DeSantis on April 24, 2024, and effective as of July 1, appropriates a one-time total of $200 million from 2024 to 2025 for the purpose of funding hurricane mitigation grants and inspections, as well as outreach and administration costs, to support homeowners in Florida.

DeSantis Signs New Bill Giving $200 Million To Homeowners

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

The Independent

 Donald Trump is leading the Republican party’s meltdown over Kamala Harris’s vice presidential pick, dramatically claiming that Tim Walz will “unleash HELL ON EARTH.” Harris announced on Tuesday that she had chosen Walz – the man who coined the now-infamous “weird” moniker for their Republican rivals – to join her on the Democratic ticket to take on Trump and JD Vance in the November election.The announcement soon provoked an unhinged reaction from the former president whose campaign fired off a fundraising email warning that “Tim Walz would be the worst VP in history!”“He’ll unleash HELL ON EARTH and open...

‘He’ll unleash HELL ON EARTH’: Trump leads Republican meltdown as Tim Walz unveiled as Harris’ VP pick

Arizona State

Santa Cruz County, AZ

(The Center Square) – Former Santa Cruz County treasurer Elizabeth Gutfahr is the subject of a civil lawsuit from the county for allegedly embezzling a minimum $39 million over the course of ten years. “Last week, Santa Cruz County filed a civil lawsuit in the Pima County Superior Court...

Former Arizona county treasurer allegedly embezzled over $39 million

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Two of the three candidates competing for Warren Jones’ Duval School Board District 5 seat showed up to a candidate forum Tuesday evening hosted by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Jacksonville Public Education Fund.

District 5 School Board candidates – minus Blount – face off

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

The Kentucky Secretary of State on Friday announced 14,502 Kentuckians registered to vote in July. “Kentuckians are signing up to vote in big numbers, because they trust the integrity of our elections,” said Secretary of State Michael Adams.

Kentucky voter registrations increased by more than 14,500 in July, the most since 2022

Savannah, GA

Daily Coffee Press

Newly returned indictments in the Southern District of Georgia include felony charges for illegal firearms possession and drug distribution, while additional defendants have been sentenced to federal prison or await further proceedings after pleading guilty to federal gun charges.

Federal Charges in Southern GA: Indictments and Sentences for Firearms and Drug Offenses

Denver, CO

No, pallet shelters for people experiencing homelessness don’t fold into caskets. It’s a question a reader posed one of the first times I wrote about pallet shelters. I find the pallet shelters to be more palatable than ice fishing tents. The Colorado Village Collaborative operates both micro-communities and the so-called Safe Outdoor Spaces with the tents. We all learned the tents are not safe when a fire roared through a CVC Safe Outdoor Space, destroying the compound quickly. Officials never disclosed a cause of the fire.

Opinion: No, pallet shelters for homeless in Denver, Aurora don’t fold into caskets

North Carolina State

Even those who were passed over for vice president are celebrating the Walz pick and delighting in his Midwestern roots.

What the other veep candidates are saying about Tim Walz

Washington State

(The Center Square) – Washington is the eighth most regulated state in the nation, according to a new study by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University in Arlington, Va. The study found that as of 2023, the Washington Administrative Code, or WAC, contains 201,634 restrictions and more than...

Study: Washington state ranks No. 8 in the nation for red tape

Tennessee State

Ohio State

(The Center Square) – An Ohio congressman wants to bring federal law in line with Ohio law to stop trains from blocking roads throughout the state. This week, Republican U.S. Rep. Warren Davidson introduced the Railroad Responsibility Action of 2024, legislation that would end railroad crossing blockages by allowing states to enforce penalties.

Federal legislation would stop trains from blocking crossings

New Jersey State

Jersey City, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (DCR) have issued Findings of Probable Cause against six property management companies and owners in various counties for failing to comply with requests for emotional support animals. These actions stem from alleged violations of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD).

Housing Discrimination Against Emotional Support Animals Targeted

(The Center Square) – Keeping men from playing women’s sports in the NCAA is being requested of the association’s president by both North Carolina senators among 23 Republicans. U.S. Sens. Thom Tillis and Ted Budd each affixed their signatures on a Tuesday letter to NCAA President Charlie...

NCAA asked to keep men out of women’s sports

Middleton, WI

Waunakee, WI

Verona, WI

Windsor, WI

Oregon, WI

Cottage Grove, WI

Cross Plains, WI

Sun Prairie, WI

Deforest, WI

Dane, WI

Stoughton, WI

Morrisonville, WI

Belleville, WI

Brooklyn, WI

Deerfield, WI

Black Earth, WI

Arlington, WI

Marshall, WI

Lodi, WI

NewsBreak

Wisconsin voters approve of Evers, not legislature

(The Center Square) – Voters in Wisconsin haven’t changed their minds in a while about their elected leaders in Madison. The latest Marquette Law School Poll...

Wisconsin voters approve of Evers, not legislature

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