Houston, Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday unveiled a proposal to overhaul Texas property taxes, proposing caps on local spending, tighter appraisal limits, supermajority approval for tax increases, and a pathway to eliminate school property taxes. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will place a constitutional ballot question allowing voters to decide...
Washington — The United States ordered the USS Gerald R. Ford to sail from the Caribbean to join the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East, U.S. officials told media. The deployment will place two carrier strike groups in the region amid heightened tensions with Iran as President Donald Trump...
Cullowhee, N.C. — Western Carolina defeated Citadel 87-49 Wednesday earlier this week as Julien Soumaoro scored 15 points and the Catamounts outrebounded and outscored the Bulldogs. DeKalb, Ill. — Bowling Green beat Northern Illinois 68-52 Wednesday with Mayar Wol contributing 15 points off the bench. Kalamazoo, Mich. — Toledo topped...
Los Angeles — Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri testified Wednesday in a landmark trial that plaintiffs say will determine whether social media firms engineered products that harm children. Mosseri told jurors he differentiates clinical addiction from problematic use and denied platforms were intentionally designed to be addictive. Plaintiffs, including a woman...
Washington, President Donald Trump met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Wednesday to discuss Iran and the second phase of a Gaza ceasefire, holding a closed-door Oval Office session after Netanyahu met Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Trump and Netanyahu did not announce definitive outcomes, while...
Washington — Polling this week shows a rising majority of Americans widely disapprove of President Donald Trump's use of federal immigration agents in U.S. cities, and public opposition intensified after federal agents shot and killed two people last month. AP-NORC and NBC Decision Desk/SurveyMonkey polls find roughly six in ten...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week directing the Pentagon to enter long-term agreements with coal-fired plants and instructing federal agencies to support coal operations, including Tennessee Valley Authority plant reprieves and Energy Department funding for Kentucky, North Carolina and West Virginia. He also said recent...
Phoenix, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed a tax conformity bill this week, leaving state income tax filings uncertain and raising the prospect that some early filers may need to refile; lawmakers continue to propose alternative packages. Atlanta lawmakers advanced bills lowering Georgia's income tax rate toward 4.99 percent. Dallas-area analysis...
Chicago — Earlier this week a federal judge temporarily barred the Trump administration from rescinding more than $600 million in CDC public-health grants awarded to Illinois, California, Colorado and Minnesota. The four states filed litigation after HHS notified Congress that it would not disburse awarded funds. Plaintiffs allege the cuts...
Washington — The Senate failed Thursday to advance a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security, leaving a partial government shutdown likely when funding lapses at midnight Saturday; the vote was 52–47 with Sen. John Fetterman the sole Democrat joining Republicans. Lawmakers remain deadlocked over Democratic demands for limits on...
