Author: Center Square, Washington Examiner

(The Center Square) – Lawyers from the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and several environmental groups will present their case starting on Monday in Ashland to block Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources permits for a 41-mile reroute of the Line 5 pipeline in northern Wisconsin. The tribe and environment groups are challenging the…

In February 2004, a pair of workers attempted to roll an 800-pound reel of wire down some steps in the New York Stock Exchange using a crude rope sling. The reel tumbled forward, one of the workers got his fingers caught in the rope and a lucrative new business for plaintiff lawyers was born. In…

(The Center Square) – Illinois political leaders are mourning the passing of former Gov. Jim Edgar. Edgar died Sunday at the age of 79. He served as Illinois governor from 1991 to 1999, and before that as Illinois Secretary of State from 1981 to 1991. The Edgar Fellows Program at the University of Illinois Institute…

(The Center Square) – Increased food stamp requirements from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are set to affect over 130,000 Nevadans. With one in six Nevadans on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, tightened eligibility starting Jan. 31, 2026 could pose some difficult questions for the state’s most vulnerable. “We are absolutely anticipating an  increase in need,”…

(The Center Square) – Throughout the Hill Country, crosses, words of Jesus, prayers and messages of hope are written on memorials honoring nearly 150 killed from the catastrophic July 4 flash flood. In Hunt, along the Guadalupe Riverbank, a wooden cross memorial was presented to the people of Kerr County by TheMessageOfTheCross.net. It cites Revelation 21:4,…

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers wants a court order to enforce his interpretation of a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling on rulemaking that Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, recently described as “outside of the law.” Evers directed Wisconsin agencies to create rules and then send them to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication…

(The Center Square) – Data centers may not be visible to most Americans, but they are shaping everything from electricity use to how communities grow. These facilities house the servers that process nearly all digital activity, from online shopping and streaming to banking and health care. As the backbone of artificial intelligence and cloud computing,…

(The Center Square) – Only two states are better than Mississippi in teacher freedom, a report from the Heritage Foundation says The Education Freedom Report Card put Mississippi 17th overall, and No. 3 behind Florida and Arizona in teacher freedom. “A solid 47% of teachers in the state found their way to the classroom through…

(The Center Square) − A former top government official said the federal government has a rare chance to rethink how it hires and trains top talent amid an ongoing hiring freeze. “From a workforce standpoint, we have seen the substantial shrinking of the federal workforce, and you’ve got a hiring freeze in place at the…

(The Center Square) – Washington state’s most recent carbon auction brought in an estimated $446 million, according to results released by the state Department of Ecology. As of Friday, Washington state has the highest gas prices in the nation, according to AAA. The Sept. 3 auction sold its nearly 6.4 million allowances at a settlement price of…