Tag: Policies & Impacts

Supreme Court Sides With New Jersey in Dispute With New York Over Organized Crime Watchdog

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on April 18 that New Jersey may unilaterally withdraw from the interstate compact that created the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor in the 1950s to combat corruption. New Jersey decided in 2018 to leave the interstate compact that created the commission in 1953 that bestowed regulatory and law-enforcement functions…


UMU: A New Global Digital Currency Launched at IMF Event

A new central bank digital currency (CBDC) was launched at a recent event held by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), with some raising concerns about a “globalist agenda” behind the currency. The universal monetary unit (UMU), created by the Digital Currency Monetary Authority (DCMA), was officially launched on April 10 at the International Monetary Fund’s…


LIVE 10:30 AM ET: CCP Police Department in NYC Gets Shut Down; New York Rolls Out Robo Cops

The Chinese regime has established police departments outside its borders, including in New York City where officials announced criminal charges against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) agents. Among the individuals being charged are members of the CCP’s Ministry of Public Security, and the crackdown could help shut down similar overseas police stations operating elsewhere. Meanwhile,…


LIVE NOW: CCP Police Department in NYC Gets Shut Down; New York Rolls Out Robo Cops

The Chinese regime has established police departments outside its borders, including in New York City where officials announced criminal charges against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) agents. Among the individuals being charged are members of the CCP’s Ministry of Public Security, and the crackdown could help shut down similar overseas police stations operating elsewhere. Meanwhile,…


CCP Police Department in NYC Gets Shut Down; New York Rolls Out Robo Cops

The Chinese regime has established police departments outside its borders, including in New York City where officials announced criminal charges against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) agents. Among the individuals being charged are members of the CCP’s Ministry of Public Security, and the crackdown could help shut down similar overseas police stations operating elsewhere. Meanwhile,…


Bringing Dead US Uranium Enrichment Industry Back to Life Will Be ‘A Heavy Lift’ But Needed: Industry Leader

Uranium mining in the United States hasn’t been profitable since the Russians flooded the global market with predatorily priced ore and processed fuel a decade ago. Long before, the nation’s atrophied uranium enrichment industry, episodically idled by market paralyses and perpetually frozen in costly multi-jurisdictional regulatory entanglements, had ossified into obsolesce. In 1980, the United…


New Mexico Approves Another Round of $500 Rebates for Taxpayers

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham approved sending New Mexicans rebate checks by the start of this summer when signing a tax bill last week. The governor confirmed the cash assistance payments in a Twitter post on Friday. “Our state today is in a fantastic financial position, and it’s important to me that New Mexico’s families are sharing…


Oregon Governor Signs CHIPS Bill to Help Boost Industrial Developments

Gov. Tina Kotek signed the Oregon CHIPS Act into law on April 13 after the bill was approved by state legislators, which would allow the governor to authorize funds in rural regions of Oregon for industrial developments. “This bill is an absolutely essential tool for leading a coordinated effort with the private sector to ensure we can…


Federal Government Placed 383 Unaccompanied Minors in Orange County in 2022

According to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 383 children who crossed the border illegally by themselves were sent by the federal government to live with sponsors in Orange County, New York, in the past year.  The number of unaccompanied minors placed in the county grew from under 50 in 2020…


House Republicans Tout Record During First 100 Days

House Republican leaders showcased their message discipline on April 17, and made their decision to reopen the U.S. Capitol a touchstone of their record during the first 100 days of the 118th Congress. “In our first 100 days, House Republicans not only reopened the House, as our speaker talked about—the People’s House, by the way,…