1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (773+ words) West Richland City Councilmember John Smart says he'll vote against Data Centers if concerns aren't addressed. (The Center Square) - Data centers have become an increasingly prominent topic in West Richland this month, with discussions continuing through City Council and Planning…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (192+ words) (The Center Square) – The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has issued medical cannabis dispensary licenses to 37 existing dispensaries, marking the biggest expansion of the state’s medical cannabis market since 2016. The dispensaries may now sell cannabis to registered patients…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (359+ words) (The Center Square) – Under a new proposal in the Illinois legislature, $25 million in state taxpayer-funded grants would be used for barbers, nail technicians and other professionals to promote voter registration and civic engagement. State Rep. La Shawn Ford, D-Chicago, filed…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (413+ words) (The Center Square) – Maryland was one of six states to receive an F for its public-sector labor laws in a new national report as lawmakers expanded collective bargaining rights to more government workers this year. The Commonwealth Foundation’s fifth annual…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (715+ words) (The Center Square) – The full 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned an earlier ruling by a three-judge panel and rejected constitutional claims from Jackson residents who say city officials exposed them to contaminated drinking water and misled them about…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (564+ words) (The Center Square) – Two Pennsylvania lawmakers running in races that could determine control of Congress in 2027 are set to speak at the Republican Party’s midterm convention in Dallas this week. U.S. Reps. Rob Bresnahan and Ryan Mackenzie, who represent…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (413+ words) (The Center Square) – University of Illinois Chicago researchers say heightened federal immigration enforcement corresponded with about $1.26 billion in foregone retail and restaurant activity in Cook County, but the U.S. Department of Homeland Security dismissed the correlation between a good economy…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (625+ words) (The Center Square) – Nearly 50,000 absentee ballots requested of North Carolina’s 100 county boards of elections went into the mail Friday, a day ahead of the weekly seven-day update of registrations, with eight in 10 voters choosing to register as independent with no…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (462+ words) (The Center Square) – Michigan scored poorly in a new report examining government unions and worker freedom across all 50 states. The Commonwealth Foundation’s fifth annual report found the largest government unions are “organizing new and unusual workplaces” in an attempt to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (536+ words) Sheriff Keith Swank Pushes Back Against Effort to Make Sheriff an Appointed Position (The Center Square) - A legal challenge aimed at keeping a Pierce County charter amendment off the Nov 3 ballot was rejected Friday by a Thurston County Superior Court…...