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Polls open across U.S. as voters to decide control of Congress
(The Center Square) - Polls are open across the U.S. as control of Congress hangs in the balance.
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Midterm elections: One third of gubernatorial, AG seats up for reelection
(The Center Square) – This November, roughly one third of gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial seats are up for reelection. A quarter of U.S. states’ secretary of state seats are up for grabs. And 296 state executive offices in 43 states are on the ballot, according to data published by the nonprofit Ballotpedia.
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22 state AGs alert SEC of rating agencies’ ESG promotion
(The Center Square) – Attorneys general from 22 states sent a letter to the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission detailing how multiple ratings agencies such as Moody’s Corporation, Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings still push an ESG agenda, months after a group of state attorneys general called on them to explain ESG-driven downgrades.
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High diesel prices hit farmers as officials push export limits
(The Center Square) – U.S. farmers face record-high fuel expenses this year as the fall harvest kicks into gear while pressure grows on the Trump administration to impose a temporary ban on diesel exports that could bring down prices.
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22 state AGs question National Academies’ taxpayer funding amid 'sham' of a review
(The Center Square) – Twenty-two state attorneys general are questioning taxpayer funding of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine amid what the AGs call the group’s “sham”-like “independent review” of its much debated reference manual’s climate science chapter that was removed due to public concerns of political bias.
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16 state AGs call out Big Four accounting firms for prioritizing climate goals, ESG
(The Center Square) – Sixteen state attorneys general are calling on the “Big Four Accounting Firms” by letter for accountability over their actions that prioritize Environmental, Social, Governance investment strategies and climate goals, which will prove to be detrimental to consumers, the officials say.
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South Carolina tops nation in young home ownership
(The Center Square) - South Carolina leads the nation in home ownership for young people, according to a new report.
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Trump urges Senate GOP to pass $95B budget bill before August break
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump is urging Senate Republicans to approve the House’s $95 billion budget resolution before Congress leaves for the month of August.
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Over $10 billion U.S. taxpayer dollars spent on improper SNAP payments in 2025
(The Center Square) – U.S. states and territories made a collective $10 billion in improper payments to SNAP recipients nationwide in fiscal year 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports.
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Tennessee leads 23-state letter over climate chapter in federal judges’ manual
(The Center Square) – Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti is leading a 23-state letter demanding answers from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts over a climate science chapter in a federal judicial evidence manual.The letter, addressed to Administrative Office Director Robert J. Conrad Jr., expresses concerns about the Federal Judicial Center and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.The attorneys general say the groups helped create the Fourth Edition of the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, which included a climate science chapter they say favored one side in climate litigation.The letter says the chapter “functions as an ex parte brief for one side of ongoing litigation.”The attorneys general also said the chapter could affect the rights of parties in court.“Federal judges who rely on the Manual to assist them in their duties could inadvertently prejudice litigants due to the bias baked into the chapter on climate science,” the letter says.Skrmetti and the other attorneys general say 27 attorneys general wrote to Federal Judicial Center Director Judge Robin L. Rosenberg in January. That letter noted “methodological and bias conce
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