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(The Center Square) – Nearly $16 million taxpayer dollars are set aside for zero-emission buses and charging stations across the country in one of Congress’ proposed annual government funding bills. The House’s proposed Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026 is just one of the 12 annual appropriations bills providing…

(The Center Square) – A little known federal tax credit that existed since Ronald Reagan was president has a long way toward creating more affordable housing in North Carolina, the state director told The Center Square. The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit will help developers build $1.47 billion in affordable apartments in North Carolina this year…

(The Center Square) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta is investigating OpenAI after parents blamed the company for their teenage son’s suicide in a lawsuit. Bonta’s office said the attorney general is looking into the San Francisco artificial intelligence company’s financial and governance restructuring. In addition, Bonta and Delaware Attorney General Kathleen Jennings met with OpenAI’s…

(The Center Square) – After an Illinois congressman reportedly broke the law with late disclosures of stock trades, another member of the state’s delegation is urging colleagues to prohibit stock trading by members of Congress. OpenSecrets revealed on August 26 that Illinois U.S. Rep. Jonathan Jackson, D-Chicago, was weeks late in disclosing 31 stock trades…

(The Center Square) – A former state lawmaker says Illinois is now tops in the nation on per-student spending in higher education, despite enrollment plummeting as Illinois’ high school graduates select colleges in other states. The Illinois Policy Institute found that state government spending on higher education in Illinois increased over $2 billion as enrollment dropped by…

(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Abe Hamadeh wants to protect ICE agents. The Arizona congressman is among a handful of House representatives, all of them Republicans, to introduce the Protect and Respect ICE Act. The measure would double criminal penalties for assaulting, resisting or impeding an officer or other employee of U.S. Immigration and…

(The Center Square) – State Sen. Bobby Hanig will enter the Republican primary for North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, hoping to defeat Rocky Mount Mayor Sandy Roberson and eventually second-term incumbent Democratic Rep. Don Davis. Filing with the State Board of Elections is in December. Hanig has filed paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission. Roberson…

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Justice won’t defend a group of Biden-era Department of Agriculture aid programs that were challenged by a Wisconsin farmer. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed a June lawsuit on behalf of Chilton’s Adam Faust claiming the USDA had continued programs that discriminated against farmers based…

(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania lawmakers want to make community solar part of the state’s broader energy strategy to meet rising electricity demands from data centers and other high-powered industries, but federal policy uncertainties and the commonwealth’s budget impasse delay its progress. Rep. Peter Schweyer, D-Allentown, has again authored legislation he says would allow the…