July 16, 2024

MILWAUKEE — Republicans speaking at a concealed carry event on Tuesday, just days after a gunman attempted to kill their presidential nominee, insisted the party won’t change its stance on Second Amendment rights. Attendees at the one-hour session, hosted by the U.S. Concealed Carry Association near the Republican National Convention, weren’t actually able to conceal…

Early voting has kicked off in Memphis, and five of the nine seats on Memphis-Shelby County Schools board are on the ballot in the Aug. 1 election. Twenty candidates are vying for board seats in Districts 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7.Marie Feagins, the new Memphi…

Fitzpatrick, who was first elected to Congress in 2016, once again fended off a primary challenge in April by besting Mark Houck, an anti-abortion activist, by 23 points. Ehasz, a U.S. Army veteran, was unopposed for the Democratic Party nomination. This is her second bid to try to unseat Fitzpatrick; he defeated her in 2022 by…

The previous executive director was fired after a state comptroller report revealed financial mismanagement.

The companies that are fighting the state’s efforts to restrict THC levels in carbonated beverages claim the state knowingly approved the sale of 12-ounce cans with up to 10 “servings” per can. Ten different Iowa companies are suing the state to block enforcement of a new hemp law that restricts the levels of THC in…

WASHINGTON — Worried about the outcome of the 2024 election, a slew of congressional Democrats called on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday to take steps to ensure Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program recipients can actually access health insurance provided under the Affordable Care Act when they become eligible this year. The Biden…

Two Democratic Pennsylvania state representatives announced their resignations this week setting the stage for Sept. 17 special elections in their Philadelphia districts. Rep. Donna Bullock (D-Philadelphia) was appointed in June to become CEO of the nonprofit homeless support group Project HOME but left uncertain whether she would resign from her state House seat to take…

Soaring temperatures made it difficult for farm workers to protect themselves from chickens recently infected by avian influenza in Colorado and likely contributed to five people contracting the virus, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. State health officials discovered the infections last week — the largest cluster of human infections in…

Both candidates had their strongest fundraising quarter of the 2024 campaign between April 4 and June 30. The post Susan Wild raises three times as much as challenger Mackenzie in Q2 appeared first on Pennsylvania Capital-Star.