Vance lays out where government shutdown negotiations stand

With the federal government officially shut down, the Trump administration is prepared to “take extraordinary steps” to ...

Former teachers union president sued, accused of $40M campaign cash grab

Sean Spiller’s gubernatorial campaign flop took another shot Tuesday when two New Jersey teachers sued him and the state ...

Push continues to expand Wisconsin data center sales tax exemption

An expansion of data center sales tax exemptions in Wisconsin is meant to “treat all businesses the same,” according to Rep.

North Dakota turns to legal immigration to solve workforce shortage

() - North Dakota is incentivizing legal immigration to recruit workers and address the workforce shortages affecting the ...

State agencies undercut their own study on effects of single-use plastic bag ban

A recommendation from two Washington State University economists that the state end its ban on thinner, single-use plastic ...

Taxpayers on the hook for $400 million per day for partial shutdown

Each day the federal government remains closed will cost U.S. taxpayers about $400 million just in salary for about 750,000 furloughed federal workers.

Louisiana achieves top reading gains while spending far less per student

Louisiana spends less per student than most of the country, yet its fourth graders are outperforming peers in nearly every ...

GOP rep, Dem alderman: sanctuary policies drove immigration enforcement surge

A Republican state lawmaker and a Democratic Chicago alderman agree that sanctuary policies are the reason federal agencies ...

Eggs, milk prices decrease

Eggs by 15 cents and milk by 2 cents are each down on average from a month ago in the capital city of North Carolina.

Tiffany: Wisconsin should not close a single power plant

Tom Tiffany says Wisconsin barely has enough affordable electricity for its manufacturing economy. He’s worried about what ...