Month: February 2023

South Carolina Considers $500 ‘Yankee Tax’ for Newcomers Who Want to Drive

An influx of people moving down South has prompted South Carolina lawmakers to debate whether newcomers should pay a $500 “Yankee tax” before they can take advantage of the state’s infrastructure. Under a bill proposed by Republican state Sen. Stephen Goldfinch, incoming South Carolina residents must pay two one-time fees: $250 to obtain a driver’s…


Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

On Tuesday, Feb. 28, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments regarding challenges on the legality of the Biden administration’s contested program to forgive billions of dollars in federally-backed student loan debt. Confirmation that the High Court would hear the case came on Dec. 1, 2022. The Biden administration announced the three-pronged Student Debt Relief program in…


Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Tuesday

On Tuesday, Feb. 28, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments regarding challenges on the legality of the Biden administration’s contested program to forgive billions of dollars in federally-backed student loan debt. Confirmation that the High Court would hear the case came on Dec. 1, 2022. The Biden administration announced the three-pronged Student Debt Relief program in…


New Bills to Afflict Californians

Commentary The California Legislature seems determined to drive out even more residents by erecting “a multitude of New Offices” and sending “hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance,” to quote one of the Declaration of Independence’s charges against King George III, tyrant. Before the Feb. 17 deadline to submit…


Remains Found in Texas National Park ID’d as Those of San Diego Woman

SAN DIEGO—The remains of a woman found in a Texas open-space preserve three weeks ago are those of a San Diego woman who went missing last year and is believed to have been murdered, authorities confirmed Feb. 27. A Texas Department of Transportation worker found the remains of Felicia Johnson, 24, in Sam Houston National…


Renters Make up Half of Western Sydney’s Marginal Seats

The vast majority of renters in New South Wales (NSW) want minimum energy-efficiency standards and easier access to solar power. A YouGov poll published on Tuesday comes as tenants’ advocates point out 45 percent of voters in the election battleground of western Sydney are renters. When asked if they trusted the coalition or Labor to…


Liberal MP Denies Allegations in Report That He Was a ‘Witting Affiliate’ in China’s Election Interference Network

Liberal MP Han Dong is denying allegations in a Global News report that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office was warned by intelligence officials that Dong was part of a Chinese foreign interference network. The Feb. 24 report by Global News cited unnamed national security sources saying that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) believes Dong to be…


Messi Wins FIFA’s Best Men’s Player Award Again

PARIS—World Cup champion Lionel Messi edged Kylian Mbappé again, this time to take FIFA’s best men’s player award on Monday. The best women’s player was Spain’s Alexia Putellas for a second straight year. After steering Argentina to World Cup glory in an epic final against Mbappé’s France last year in Qatar, Messi won the best…


PREMIERING 2/28 at 7:30PM ET: Ian Rowe: We’re Handicapping Children With Victimhood Narratives Instead of Teaching Them How to Succeed

“If you say that there’s structural racism, institutional racism, systemic racism, then I have to insist on one other kind of racism. And that is surmountable racism,” says Ian Rowe, co-founder of Vertex Partnership Academies, a new network of character-focused, International Baccalaureate high schools in the Bronx. Prior to this, he was CEO of the…


‘No Consensus’ In US Government Over COVID Origin: White House

The Biden administration has continued to deny the conclusion of a Department of Energy report that the COVID-19 pandemic likely originated in a lab. The Wall Street Journal reported Feb. 26 on a classified document the Energy Department sent to the White House and crucial members of Congress that concluded that it is likely COVID-19 leaked…