Louisville. U.S. Rep. Morgan McGarvey said Wednesday evening that he opposes the construction of hyperscale data centers in Kentucky, specifically citing a proposed 1.6-million-square-foot facility planned for west Louisville; he made the remarks at a public forum organized by Democratic state lawmakers at the South Central Regional Library. The Planning Commission...
Ankara, Turkey – President Donald Trump unexpectedly changed aircraft when departing Ankara on Thursday, July 9, 2026, after the conclusion of the NATO summit, acting on a direct recommendation from the U.S. Secret Service. Instead of boarding the newly retrofitted Boeing 747 donated by the government of Qatar, which had...
Springfield, Illinois. On July 7 the City Council unanimously renewed a contract to operate 83 of the city's 138 Automatic License Plate Recognition cameras under Flock Safety and approved an ordinance allowing the Lincoln Library to accept a $1 million grant to renovate its first floor; both measures passed after...
KAUKAUNA, Wis. officials announced this week that the city did not renew its three‑year contract with Flock Safety, ending use of the company's automated license plate reader cameras when the agreement expired at the end of June. Mayor Tony Penterman said he and the police chief made the decision without...
JEFFERSON — Jefferson County Administrator Michael Luckey on Wednesday issued a statement expressing condolences after Waukesha County Executive Paul Farrow died Tuesday following a battle with cancer. Farrow had served in the Wisconsin State Senate and as Waukesha County Executive; the administrator's statement praised Farrow's leadership and called the loss...
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois State Board of Elections said Wednesday it is reviewing a July 7 letter from the U.S. Department of Justice that warned state election officials they could face criminal prosecution if they allowed noncitizens to vote. The letter, addressed to ISBE Executive Director Bernadette Matthews, requested information...
Columbia, South Carolina. The South Carolina Republican Party filed a 19-page federal lawsuit in early July seeking to restrict participation in its primary elections exclusively to registered Republican voters, a move Chairman Drew McKissick announced in a July 8 video. The complaint follows a yearslong party push to require party...
Washington, United States – The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a landmark 6-3 ruling in Trump v. Slaughter that reshapes the balance of power between the presidency and independent regulatory agencies. The Court held that statutory “for-cause” removal protections for Federal Trade Commission commissioners violate the Constitution’s separation of powers,...
Mission, Texas. Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday directed the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to immediately investigate Mission Regional Medical Center after media and social media posts showed billboards in Mexico advertising 'birth packages' for foreign nationals seeking to give birth in Texas, and after reports that the hospital...
WASHINGTON — Maine’s 2026 U.S. Senate race was thrown into turmoil on July 8, 2026, when Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders withdrew his endorsement of Democratic nominee Graham Platner following the publication of a sexual assault allegation. Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats and had been one of Platner’s most...
