Category: State News

House Bill Would Bar Unions From Disguising Organizers as Real Employees in Targeted Firms

When Michelle Eisen told a congressional hearing last year about her experiences working as a barista at a Buffalo Starbucks, she did so without disclosing that she was also a paid activist helping organize the coffee chain’s first unionized shop. Eisen was reportedly paid nearly $50,000 by the Workers United affiliate of the Service Employees…


Trump, Other GOP Presidential Candidates Respond to Historic Affirmative Action Ruling

Former president Donald Trump and other Republican presidential candidates–including two who are ethnic minorities–lauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic decision declaring that colleges cannot use race when considering which students to admit. Because of the ruling nixing this type of affirmative action policy, Trump called June 29 “a great day for America.” “People with extraordinary…


Trump: ‘Great Day for America’ As SCOTUS Rejects Affirmative Action in Colleges

Former president Donald Trump and other Republican presidential candidates–including two who are ethnic minorities–lauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic decision declaring that colleges cannot use race when considering which students to admit. Because of the ruling nixing this type of affirmative action policy, Trump called June 29 “a great day for America.” “People with extraordinary…


Indiana Man Confessed to Murders of Teenage Girls in Phone Call With His Wife, Documents Say

INDIANAPOLIS—An Indiana man charged with killing two teenage girls confessed multiple times to the murders in a phone call to his wife while in prison, according to court documents released Wednesday. Richard Matthew Allen allegedly told his wife, Kathy Allen, in an April 3 phone call that he killed Abigail Williams, 13, and Liberty German,…


Man Convicted of Driving Into Fundraiser Crowd, Then Killing Mother Gets 2 Life Terms

BLOOMSBURG, Pa.—A man convicted of driving into a fundraiser crowd in Pennsylvania last summer, killing one and injuring 19 others, then going home and bludgeoning his mother to death has been sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole. President Judge Gary Norton told Adrian Oswaldo Sura Reyes, 25, in Columbia County Court on…


Washington Metro Needs Sustainable Funding Solution to Fill $750 Million Shortfall

Washington Metro Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) Metro train and bus system is facing a mammoth financial deficit of $750 million. The last few years of reduced ridership and inflation have exacerbated the Metro’s preexisting structural financial problems, and unlike the previous years, the coming fiscal years could see major cuts in service and wreak havoc…


Man’s Death Awaiting Trial on Charges He Killed His Mother at Sea Was Not Suspicious, Autopsy Says

CONCORD, N.H.—An autopsy has determined that the death of a man awaiting trial on charges of killing his mother off the coast of New England in a scheme to inherit millions of dollars was not suspicious, the New Hampshire attorney general’s office said Wednesday. Nathan Carman, 29, of Vernon, Vermont, was found dead in his…


IN-DEPTH: US Ramps Up Transgender Procedures for Minors While European Countries Back Away

Much of America has turned a blind eye to how medical institutions in European nations have shifted away from transgender procedures, say doctors who are critical of the U.S. model. Dr. Julia Mason, a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), told The Epoch Times the push in the United States for transgender medical…


US Ramps Up Transgender Procedures for Minors While European Countries Back Away

Much of America has turned a blind eye to how medical institutions in European nations have shifted away from transgender procedures, say doctors who are critical of the U.S. model. Dr. Julia Mason, a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), told The Epoch Times the push in the United States for transgender medical…


Los Angeles Fourth of July Firework Displays Canceled Amid New Environmental Regulations

Several firework displays that were set to take place on July Fourth in Los Angeles County have been canceled by the fireworks vendor, citing new environmental regulations. The cancellations come after the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board adopted a countywide order in May (pdf) requiring vendors of firework displays in Los Angeles County to first…