(The Center Square) – Under the Biden administration, the greatest number of illegal border crossers at the U.S.-Canada border were reported in U.S. history, breaking records nearly every month for four years, The Center Square first reported.
While record... Read more
(The Center Square) – Americans can now wager on sports results through Fanatics Predicts in 24 states that have not allowed legal sports wagering including California, Texas, Georgia, Washington and more.
National sportsbooks including FanDuel, DraftKings and Fanatics announced... Read more
(The Center Square) – U.S. oil production rose by 44,000 barrels per day to a record 13.84 million barrels per day in September, driven by a sharp increase in New Mexico and Alaska.The 0.3% rise represented the fourth consecutive month of record output, Energy Information Administration data shows. Production also showed growth in Oklahoma... Read more
(The Center Square) - North Dakota is incentivizing legal immigration to recruit workers and address the workforce shortages affecting the state.
In August 2025, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce categorized North Dakota on its worker shortage index... Read more
(The Center Square) – Half of U.S. states don’t have enough money to cover their bills, according to a new report published by the nonprofit Chicago-based Truth in Accounting.
At the end of fiscal 2024, 25 states were unable... Read more
(The Center Square) – AtmosClear has signed a 15-year deal with ExxonMobil to handle, transport and store biogenic CO2 produced and captured at the company’s planned carbon capture facility at the Port of Baton Rouge.
Beginning in 2029, AtmosClear,... Read more
(The Center Square) – Louisiana and four other state public service commissions have filed a formal complaint against the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, accusing the grid operator of reliance on “patently unreasonable” assumptions to justify $22 billion worth of transmission projects in its long-range planning portfolio.
... Read more(The Center Square) – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson have taken up Texas’ fight to enforce its immigration law.
The two prosecutors, both from states where points of entry from other counties... Read more
(The Center Square) − Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill joined 24 other Republican attorneys general Monday in backing President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at halting federal funding for sex change procedures on minors, marking the state's latest push in a broader legal fight over transgender care.
... Read more(The Center Square) – Rescue and recovery personnel from 13 states are assisting Texas with recovery efforts in the aftermath of a deadly July 4 flash flood event that killed at least 119, with at least 173 reported missing.
... Read more(The Center Square) – Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem spoke in Detroit over the weekend, discussing how the Trump administration is working to secure America’s northern border with Canada.
Noem said that steps have already been taken... Read more
(The Center Square) – Of the 14 northern border states that share a land or water border with Canada, the greatest number of apprehensions of illegal border crossers were reported in New York, Washington and Vermont during the Biden administration, according to the latest data released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
... Read more(The Center Square) - U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, is part of a bipartisan effort to get information about military intelligence technology.
In a letter to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Kelly and other senators ask for details regarding... Read more
(The Center Square) − Louisiana joined 23 states challenging Vermont's new "Climate Superfund Act," claiming the law unconstitutionally penalizes consumers and energy companies alike.
The lawsuit is the latest in a quartet of challenges filed against states with "
To say 2024 was a terrible year for ranked-choice voting would be an understatement. Not only did six states ban it, but voters in six states also rejected it at the ballot box. Pro-RCV groups spent more than $100 million pushing those ballot initiatives, lavishly outspending opponents, yet they lost.... Read more
(The Center Square) – The Trump administration is continuing to reverse Biden administration energy policies, including its moratorium on new oil and natural gas lease sales on federal land and offshore waters.
In response to President Donald Trump’s executive... Read more
(The Center Square) - Amid major cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs, two U.S. senators drafted a bill that would boost health care for veterans in rural areas.
The Strengthening VA Patient Advocacy for Rural Veterans Act... Read more
(The Center Square) – Federal legislation allowing states to jam cellphones smuggled into prisons has won support from Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and other attorneys general.
Mayes joined a bipartisan coalition that wrote a letter to majority and... Read more
