By Jack Phillips California lawmakers will miss a May 1 deadline to scrap the state’s yearly increase in its gas tax, said Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office this week. Currently, California has the highest gas tax in the country, adding 51 cents to a gallon of regular gasoline. According to automotive group AAA, the average price for a gallon in […]
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The State and Local Leaders Who Aren’t Ready to Give Up Pandemic Power
By Real Clear Investigations While many government leaders sound the all clear message on COVID-19, dropping vaccine restrictions and mask mandates, some states and municipalities are clinging to the emergency powers that allowed them to govern people’s behavior in unprecedented ways. Citing the need to direct emergency funding and oversee hospitals, they have held on to their emergency […]
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Growing Number of States Changing How They Report COVID-19 Hospitalizations
By Jack Phillips An increasing number of states and municipalities are changing how they report COVID-19 hospitalizations, cases, and other data, signaling a shift in how policymakers healthcare workers view the CCP virus. For example, in New Hampshire, the state reported seven COVID-19 hospitalizations, down from about two dozen reported during the previous week. Officials said the drop […]
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GOP Expects Midterm Sweep as Gas Prices Spike
By Joseph Lord Democrats are blaming rising gasoline prices—which have reached unprecedented levels in various parts of the country—on monopolies and price gouging. Republicans have called this “political cover” for the midterms, which they are increasingly optimistic will see a GOP sweep. According to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, when President Donald Trump left office, […]
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US Gas Prices Hit $4 per Gallon for First Time Since 2008
By Jack Phillips Gas prices surged to the highest level since 2008 on Sunday, hitting over $4 per gallon on average across the United States, according to automotive service organization AAA. California led the country with gas prices averaging more than $5.28 per gallon of regular unleaded, according to data from AAA. Nevada, Hawaii, Washington state, and […]
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Biden gets no reprieve from bad poll numbers
By W. James Antle III, Politics Editor President Joe Biden’s team had hoped the signing of the infrastructure law last year would be a turning point for the administration. No such luck. Instead, Biden’s position has looked weaker despite some other positives he could point to — falling unemployment, a respectable January jobs report and the upward revision […]
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Fact-checker busts Biden and Harris as they demand death of filibuster
By Bob Unruh Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are campaigning right now for the Senate to kill its longstanding filibuster rule that essentially requires at least a small level of participation from the minority party for legislation to move forward. And they have been caught using “hyperbole.” Or as the Washington Examiner characterized them, “false or misleading […]
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Over 28,000 Pounds of Ground Beef Recalled for Possible E. Coli Contamination
By Lorenz Dechamps Nearly 13 tons of packaged ground beef shipped to retailers in at least seven U.S. states are being recalled over possible E. coli contamination, the U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced on Thursday. The recall applies to approximately 28,356 pounds of the raw meat products produced on Dec. 20 and sold to retail locations […]
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Americans Fled Blue States in Droves in 2021. Here’s One Big Reason Why
By Brad Polumbo For many people, the start of a new year is an opportunity for genuine self-reflection. If Democratic lawmakers take an honest look at 2021, the inescapable conclusion is that voters chose with their feet — and rejected high taxes. A new analysis from the right-leaning Tax Foundation reaches this conclusion. Analyst Jared Walczak broke […]
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Statistics Show America’s Education System is Failing: CRT and Lower Expectation Equals Fewer Literate Graduates, Expert Says
By Patricia Tolson According to government statistics, America’s education system is failing. According to one expert, lower expectations and the shift in focus from academic excellence in mathematics, science, reading, and history toward the implementation of social constructs like critical race theory equals fewer literate graduates. “Public records and other evidence show that state-level and some local […]
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CNN Says Producer Resigned Same Day Allegations of Potential Child Abuse Surfaced
By Zachary Stieber CNN producer Rick Saleeby resigned on Dec. 15, the same day CNN was made aware of allegations that he fantasized about abusing a minor girl, the network said Wednesday. “Rick Saleeby does not work for CNN. He resigned from his position two weeks ago,” a CNN spokesman told The Epoch Times in an […]
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‘So Difficult’: Northwest Cold Forces Some Into Shelters
By The Associated Press SEATTLE—With temperatures in normally mild Seattle dropping well below freezing, Kaety West walked a short distance in the snow from the tent where she usually stays to find refuge at a small warming center at an American Legion hall. “I’m not even willing to stay in it right now. It’s just so difficult,” she said […]
