1+ hour, 6+ min ago  (698+ words) (The Center Square) " A long-awaited bill spending $580 billion on American highways and transportation infrastructure is on track to hit the U. S. House floor for a vote as soon as June. The bipartisan BUILD America 250 Act, a five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill,…...

1+ hour, 17+ min ago  (368+ words) (The Center Square) " Louisiana lawmakers moved $800 million out of the state's Revenue Stabilization Trust Fund and carved out $81 million for a new fund that is being used to pay for hundreds of local and statewide projects. The new fund, called…...

3+ hour, 7+ min ago  (178+ words) (The Center Square)" Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill on Friday that allows the state to take over Memphis-Shelby County Schools and appointed five members to the oversight board. Lawmakers passed House Bill 662/Senate Bill 714 on the final day of…...

4+ hour, 46+ min ago  (288+ words) (The Center Square) " Newly released campaign finance reports show committees tied to Virginia's congressional redistricting referendum raised nearly $7. 7 million during the final weeks surrounding the April 21 vote and subsequent legal fight over the constitutional amendment. Campaign finance reports filed Thursday…...

2+ hour, 7+ min ago  (424+ words) (The Center Square) " New York Democrats are moving forward with plans to restrict cooperation with the Trump administration's immigration crackdown despite the threat of federal intervention and legal challenges. A provision tacked onto the state budget package, approved Thursday, will…...

7+ hour, 18+ min ago  (298+ words) (The Center Square)" U. S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, filed six articles of impeachment against U. S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts, saying Roberts's leadership is marked by "arbitrary, unexplained, and inconsistent decisions." The 10-term congressman's district, which includes Memphis, was carved into three…...

2+ hour, 59+ min ago  (301+ words) (The Center Square) " Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced her resignation Friday afternoon, citing personal reasons. The former Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii will remain at her post until June 30. She told President Donald Trump of her decision to step…...

3+ hour, 27+ min ago  (365+ words) (The Center Square) "Kevin Warsh, an economist and former member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, is now chair of the central bank, replacing longtime chair, Jerome Powell. Warsh was sworn in at the White House Friday with a…...

3+ hour, 50+ min ago  (489+ words) (The Center Square)" The Trump administration has again extended its emergency order keeping a west Michigan coal plant operating. U. S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright issued a fifth emergency order earlier this week requiring the J. H. Campbell coal plant in West Olive to…...

5+ hour, 17+ min ago  (867+ words) (The Center Square) - The Spokane Transit Authority joined a growing list of government agencies on Thursday to avoid maintaining a public records index by concluding it would be "unduly burdensome." Since the 1970s, state law has required agencies to provide an…...