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(The Center Square) – Tennessee received a preliminary injunction on Friday against the NCAA enforcing its name, image and likeness rules. The ruling blocks the NCAA from enforcing its interim NIL rules or any NIL restrictions until the full case is heard and a ruling rendered. U.S. District Judge Clifton L. Corker also restricted the…

(The Center Square) – A coalition of about two dozen state attorneys general sent a letter to President Joe Biden Tuesday blasting the president’s recent decision to freeze the approval of new export sites for liquefied natural gas. Biden announced the freeze last month, citing climate change concerns. The attorneys general called on Biden to…

(The Center Square) – Several concerned residents believe teachers and students in the School District of Philadelphia express antisemitism without impunity, including in an off-campus educator event they say excluded Jewish teachers. In letters submitted to the school board for its Jan. 25 meeting, a handful of residents said that Jewish students are afraid to…

(The Center Square) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed off on a temporary plan to make it easier for asylum seekers to find jobs in the state government. The New York Civil Service Commission approved the measure at its Jan. 18 meeting. Hochul said the state is working with agencies to implement the…

(The Center Square) – The percentage of hourly and salaried workers in a union decreased in 2023, continuing a trend of ongoing decline in the past few decades. The decline in 2023 was small, from 10.1% of the workforce to 10% even, but the trend is significant. In 1983, about 20% of hourly and salaried…

(The Center Square) – A group of 22 Democratic attorneys general is urging a federal appeals court to allow the federal government to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour for some federal contractors. President Joe Biden’s executive order in April 2021 increased the minimum wage, which was set at $10.10 per hour in…

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a federal ban on bump stocks later in February, the latest opportunity for the high court to rule on gun violence and 2nd Amendment rights. The case in question, Garland v. Cargill, came after the Trump administration banned bump stocks, attachments added to semiautomatic weapons…

MOIRA GLEASON (The Center Square Contributor) (The Center Square) – A non-profit organization that advocates for American energy workers supports governors who are urging President Joe Biden to remove his federal electric vehicle mandate “These governors are telling the truth Joe Biden doesn’t want to hear, EVs are expensive, unwanted, and shouldn’t be forced upon…

(The Center Square) — Maine lawmakers are weighing a controversial proposal to legalize psychedelic mushrooms for therapeutic use, but the move faces pushback from law enforcement groups.  A proposal being pending before the Legislature’s Committee On Veterans and Legal Affairs would make “magic mushrooms” legal for adults 21 and older and set up a system of sales and…

(The Center Square) – Republicans criticized fellow Missouri GOP members throughout Jefferson City on Tuesday. The day started with Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, a candidate for his party’s nomination for governor, saying Republican Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick’s report on his office contains “inaccurate, false allegations.” Hours later, Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden, R-Columbia,…