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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Some of the highest-paid state executives across the country in 2025 were unelected education officials, according to a new report.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Despite pointed questions from some of the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative justices challenging the oil companies in Suncor v. Boulder, Republican attorneys general following Monday’s arguments said they came away optimistic about the case’s direction.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(Legal Newsline) - A Utah law requiring porn site operators to block adult content from underage users within the state imposes unconstitutional burdens on interstate commerce because the statute would require them to cut off access everywhere avoid liability, a federal judge ruled.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Twelve state financial officers sent a letter to the Department of Labor praising it for providing employers with necessary information to help manage and save on healthcare costs, while also committing to help the department enforce Trump’s proposed Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) rule.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(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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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Thousands of friends, fans and family members gathered Thursday evening at Utah Valley University to remember the life and legacy of Turning Point USA founder and president Charlie Kirk.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – One year after Charlie Kirk, the Turning Point USA founder and president, was assassinated at a Utah Valley University event, the conservative organization reports continued growth in its campus chapters.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Thursday marks one year since the assassination of Christian and conservative leader Charlie Kirk, who will be honored during a Turning Point USA service in the evening.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - The Colorado River’s Upper Basin states are not required to make mandatory water cuts that the federal government imposed on the Lower Basin.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – A coalition of 17 states, lawmakers and advocacy organizations has filed 12 friend-of-the-court briefs urging the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold that parents and teachers have constitutional rights to know about their children despite public school gender policies.
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