Nutfieldnews Team 
(The Center Square) – Hugo and Helene are rare, as is the ever-dangerous tornado outbreaks that sometimes plague the South. Charlotte, regardless of frequency, remains in a dangerous gap every day. U.S. Rep. Tim Moore, R-N.C., has introduced the Radar Gap Elimination Act as a vehicle to close it. Bipartisan support includes Reps. Deborah Ross, …
(The Center Square) – Indiana University offers a wide range of LGBTQ programs and services, including “Queer Prom,” gender affirming surgery, gender affirming hormone therapy, and a gender affirming closet. The IU School of Medicine performs “gender affirming surgery” for those 18 and over. Some of the surgeries available are chest reconstruction, orchiectomy, vulvoplasty, vaginoplasty, …
(The Center Square) – Dozens of people turned out for a spirited public hearing Friday before the state Senate Ways & Means Committee on controversial legislation to cap yearly rent increases Engrossed House Bill 1217 caps rent increases to 7% annually for most residential tenants, prohibits rent hikes during the first year of tenancy, and …
(The Center Square) – California did not materially comply with the requirements for seven of the 22 federal programs the state auditor examined, including “pervasive” noncompliance in its unemployment benefits program, which could put essential federal funding at risk. “This report concludes that the State did not materially comply with certain requirements for seven of …
(The Center Square) – The chief executive officer of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority resigned days after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors defunded the super-agency to create its own homelessness department. LAHSA had failed two recent audits in recent months, and CEO Va Lecia Lecia Adams Kellum was found to have “inadvertently” …
(The Center Square) – The Trump administration’s plan to override a late Biden-era waiver approving California’s 2035 ban on gas-powered cars — embraced by 12 states and Washington, D.C. — hit a major roadblock as the Senate’s parliamentarian ruled the act is not subject to standard congressional review. “In passing the Clean Air Act on …
(The Center Square) – Billionaire Alex Meruelo is looking to use nearly $100 million in Reno city redevelopment funding for a new multi-use stadium at the University of Nevada, Reno. The public funds would come from a property tax cut, called Tax Increment Financing, which would take off a significant portion of Meruelo’s $1 billion …
(The Center Square) – A California man “angry with pharmacies” is accused of murdering a Walgreens employee Monday, days after the Luigi Mangione Act was filed with the state and drew scrutiny for invoking an alleged murderer’s name. Police say the suspect traveled to a Walgreens an hour from this home, did not know the …
(The Center Square) – Puget Sound-based commerce organizations are strongly urging state lawmakers not to raise taxes on businesses to address a projected budget shortfall and instead find ways to live within their means. Earlier this week, Gov. Bob Ferguson said the updated revenue forecast adds another billion to the projected operating budget shortfall over …
(The Center Square) – During a Thursday morning public hearing, the House Finance Committee heard testimony – both for and against – on three tax increases proposed by majority party Democrats in the Washington State Legislature. B&O Tax House Bill 2045 would add a 1% business and occupation tax surcharge on businesses with taxable income …