4+ hour, 15+ min ago  (602+ words) The Washington State Capitol dome, Dec. 4, 2025. (The Center Square)" Washington state employers could soon face costly fines and lawsuits for failure to notify workers of an upcoming federal I-9 inspection under a bill passed by the Senate on Thursday. U.S. Immigration and…...

4+ hour, 41+ min ago  (359+ words) (The Center Square)" Qualifying for Georgia's May 19 primaries ended Friday, setting up contests for some of the state's top offices. Elections will be held for governor, lieutenant governor, U.S. Senate and four U.S. House seats vacated by resignations. Qualifying did not yield…...

4+ hour, 45+ min ago  (254+ words) (The Center Square) " Former President Barack Obama said his path to the White House was laid by late civil rights leader Jesse Jackson. The public home going service for Jackson was at House of Hope in Chicago on Friday. Obama…...

4+ hour, 45+ min ago  (360+ words) (The Center Square) " An initiative requiring a sentence of life in prison for child trafficking has qualified for Colorado's November ballot, the secretary of state's office said. Initiative #108, titled "Penalties for human trafficking of a minor," would make the human…...

5+ hour, 23+ min ago  (195+ words) (The Center Square) " Amid Homeland Security's shakeup in leadership, its embattled Federal Emergency Management Agency has 14 days to show better compliance with a previous order to reinstate $200 million in canceled funds for North Carolina. The money is within the Building…...

5+ hour, 25+ min ago  (474+ words) California Assemblymember Steve Bennett, D-Ventura, presides over the California Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy and Transportation at the Capitol, March 4, 2026. Madeline Shannon / The Center Square. (The Center Square) " State officials told California lawmakers this week that "trade-offs…...

5+ hour, 26+ min ago  (367+ words) (The Center Square) " As U.S. military operations in Iran continue with no end in sight, lawmakers are debating whether to authorize billions in taxpayer money for the Pentagon. Though the Trump administration has not yet formally requested supplemental funding, it is…...

5+ hour, 48+ min ago  (460+ words) (The Center Square) " New York Governor Kathy Hochul met with White House Border Czar Tom Homan in Albany Friday amid escalating rhetoric by the Trump administration over immigration enforcement in the state. In a statement, Hochul said she made a…...

7+ hour, 16+ min ago  (328+ words) (The Center Square)" Minnesota's budget outlook for the coming fiscal year has significantly improved, despite ongoing economic and fiscal uncertainty. According to the February budget forecast recently released by Minnesota Management and Budget, the state now projects a $3.7 billion balance…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (402+ words) (The Center Square)" A majority nationwide believe America's best days are in the past and 73% said the Founding Fathers would not be proud of the country today, according to the results of the latest poll from the Vanderbilt Project on…...