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PCE inflation rises for the first time since September

Personal consumption expenditures price index inflation, one of the Federal Reserve‘s preferred gauges of price instability, has risen for the first time since September of last year, another damning contradiction of the White House’s assertion that President Joe Biden has tamed the worst inflationary crisis in 40 years. Headline PCE inflation rose by 2.5% in […]

FOID card numbers are up as IL gun owners prepare to march on Springfield

(The Center Square) – The number of Firearm Owners ID card holders in Illinois is growing. Many of them are planning to march on Springfield.  Gun owners from across Illinois are making plans to visit Illinois’ capitol city April 18 to lobby lawmakers against more gun control.  Illinois Gun Owner Lobby Day has been going […]

Florida’s proposed vaping ban could pave way for similar legislation in Congress

A proposed vaping ban in Florida could find its way to the national stage as lawmakers look to crack down on illicit products being brought into the United States from foreign countries.  The Florida legislature passed a bill earlier this month to implement stricter restrictions on flavored vape products and allow the state attorney general […]

Doctor in Supreme Court case says rights are violated in treating abortion complications

A doctor at the center of the Supreme Court case on Food and Drug Administration approval abortion pill said the rights of anti-abortion physicians are violated when they are forced to treat patients with complications from mifepristone, an argument that bears on the key consideration before the justices. OB/GYN hospitalist and plaintiff in the case […]

Harvard sees small drop in applications as it weathers controversy

After months of controversy over plagiarism and antisemitism, Harvard saw a small drop in undergraduate applications for the class of 2028, according to data published Thursday night. The school received nearly 3,000 fewer applications this year than last, although the drop represented a modest 5.14% decrease in applicants overall. Harvard noted that this year marked […]

Justice Breyer puts judges above the law

Don’t fall for former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s newly published call for “pragmatism” rather than “originalism” or “textualism” as the best interpretive method. What Breyer’s suggestion amounts to is the anti-democratic idea that judges should be free to twist what the law says to suit their own prejudices — that is, they should be above the law […]

Tom Henry dead: Longtime Fort Wayne mayor dies at 72

Tom Henry, the longtime mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana, died from late-stage stomach cancer on Thursday at the age of 72 after he suffered a medical emergency from the cancer on Wednesday night. Henry’s family said he died at his home in Indiana and had been placed in hospice after the medical emergency. Henry was […]