Tag: Policies & Impacts

Homeless Housing Failing in Los Angeles, Advocates Calling for ‘Recovery-Focused’ Solutions

After the financial collapse of a leading homeless housing provider in Los Angeles amid reports of unsafe living conditions, drug overdoses, and violence in its buildings, homeless advocates are questioning whether California’s “housing first” and “harm-reduction” approaches are alleviating or aggravating the intertwining crises of homelessness and drug addiction. The Skid Row Housing Trust, a…


Texas House Passes Bill to Import Prescription Drugs From Canada

The Texas House passed a bipartisan proposal that could save Texans as much as 70 percent on the cost of some commonly used prescription medications. House Bill 25, authored by state Rep. James Talarico (D), would create a program to import certain drugs from Canada. “Texans pay TWICE as much as Canadians for their prescription…


ANALYSIS: US Power Generation Declines as Electric Demand Increases

When you charge a phone, turn on a television, or plug-in an electric vehicle, think of coal, gas, and nuclear; the three major fuels generating the power at your fingertips. Consumers are told electricity is cleaner, and government regulations are forcing a transition into electric stoves, electric heating, and electric cars. Just 5.8 percent of…


IN-DEPTH: Biden’s EV Plan Could Be Key to China’s Global Economic Dominance

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “strongest-ever” vehicle emissions standards designed to drive mass adoption of electric cars within a decade will increase the United States’ dependence on China, experts warn. “It benefits the Chinese Communist Party because they control the critical minerals supply chain that is going to be necessary to build out the batteries…


LIVE 4/18, at 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,…


DeSantis Says Legislature Will Roll Back Disney’s Last-Minute Deal

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis doubled down on his war with the Disney company, saying the legislature will soon invalidate the company’s last-minute moves to circumvent the new state-appointed board governing its special district. In a speech in Lake Buena Vista on April 17, DeSantis said he was confident the special district’s new board—at its meeting…


De Blasio Argues ‘MAGA Extremism’ Will Be Florida’s Achilles Heel

During a debate that pitted Florida against New York, former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio claimed that “MAGA extremism” will ultimately undermine the Sunshine State, even as it attracts tens of thousands of former New Yorkers. The Democrat predicted many skilled Floridians would leave the state due to policies such as a newly…


Pennsylvania Taxpayers Fund Transgender Therapy Training for Hundreds of Mental Health Providers

The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services gave more than $176,000 over three years to the Gender and Sexuality Development Program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to create a series of transgender therapy training workshops. The webinars and in-person training have been taken by more than 1,800 mental health providers and educators between 2018–2022….


‘Soros-Funded’ DAs to Blame for ‘Violent Crime Spree’ Sweeping the Nation: House GOP

NEW YORK—Rising crime around the United States can be attributed to the “soft-on-crime” policies of Democrat district attorneys funded by George Soros, according to Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee. While in New York City on April 17 for a field hearing on “Victims of Violent Crime in Manhattan,” committee members shared their perspectives on…


Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case About Alleged Car-Seizure Abuse

The Supreme Court has agreed to look at class-action lawsuits filed by two women whose automobiles were seized by local governments even though they committed no crimes. The women said they were deprived of due process by two municipalities in Alabama that failed to properly justify their actions. The women filed suit in federal court….