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Pennsylvania budget done December 15, 2023 07:53 AM (The Center Square) – State lawmakers finalized the budget with no legislative days to spare in 2023. Gov. Josh Shapiro signed both the Fiscal Code and the Education Code – two enabling bills that direct how the state should spend key pieces of the $45.5 billion budget

Florida Senate committee advances deregulation bills for school districts December 15, 2023 07:50 AM (The Center Square) — Florida lawmakers advanced three new pieces of legislation this week designed to lessen regulatory burdens for school districts. Senate Bill 7000 , which is titled the Deregulation of Public Schools/Instructional, Administrative, and Support Personnel, is a bill

Report finds Georgia falls short in consumer protection standards December 15, 2023 07:47 AM (The Center Square) — A new report found that Georgia fails to meet any of the five basic standards for consumer protection. The National Consumer Law Center report found Georgia has “extremely weak protections” in four of the five categories studied

Police arrested a Tennessee man for allegedly throwing his girlfriend’s two-year-old son against a wall, resulting in a “brutal death.” The alleged murder occured when Sensing, who lived together with the boy’s mother, was babysitting the toddler and three other children, WJAR reported. Putnam County Sheriff Office deputies had been searching for Ashton Sensing since

Let’s Go Washington turns in 400,000 signatures to reverse police pursuit law December 15, 2023 07:44 AM (The Center Square) – Voter advocacy group Let’s Go Washington announced it has collected enough signatures to put Initiative 2113 on the ballot, which would restore the state’s policy regarding police pursuits. The organization submitted the signatures to

Efforts to combat anti-semitism multiply in the commonwealth December 15, 2023 07:40 AM (The Center Square) — As the Israel-Hamas war rages on and instances of antisemitism rise, so do attempts by Virginia lawmakers and state officials to stop it. Thursday saw action from both Del. Dan Helmer, D-40, and Attorney General Jason Miyares on

The Biden administration could put U.S. troops on the ground in Guyana to defend the threatened democracy against a Venezuelan invasion, experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Although an invasion is unlikely, recent U.S. actions send a signal to Venezuela that America is prepared to intervene if Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro acts on his

A grand jury in Montana indicted two men for allegedly hunting and killing 3,600 birds, including numerous protected bald and golden eagles, Reuters reported Wednesday. Simon Paul and Travis John Branson have been indicted on charges of unlawful trafficking of bald eagles, conspiracy and violating the Lacey Act concerning trafficking of wildlife, Reuters reported. The

A former New York Police Department (NYPD) officer was charged with child sex offenses allegedly connected to using his position in law enforcement to groom underage boys, unsealed court documents stated Thursday. The U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of New York released a press statement identifying Christopher Terranova, 33, and the four-count indictments against the

Whenever he visited his local branch of Panera Bread in Fleming Island, Florida, it was Dennis Brown’s habit to order three drinks in a row. On September 28, and again on October 2, and the 4th, 5th, 7th, and 9th—the day Brown died—his drink of choice was Panera Bread’s Charged Lemonade. A 20-ounce serving of