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US Sanctuary States Handing Out Millions in Unemployment Benefits to Illegal Aliens

By Naveen Athrappully An investigation conducted by the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) has found that sanctuary states in the United States are dishing out millions of dollars’ worth of taxpayer money to illegal immigrants. Illegal aliens are ineligible for federal unemployment benefits, with the Federal Unemployment Tax Act requiring states to take precautions to prohibit […]

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Republican-Led States Lead Way in Declining Unemployment Rates: Report

By Katabella Roberts Republican-led states are leading the way in decreasing unemployment rates compared to those led by Democratic governors, according to data released on Oct. 21 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to the state unemployment data for the month of September, 10 of the top 12 states with the lowest unemployment rates last month included Alabama, Florida, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North […]

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Judge Permanently Blocks Biden Oil and Gas Leasing Pause in 13 States

By Allen Zhong A federal judge Thursday issued a permanent injunction against the Biden administration’s pause of new oil and gas leasing in federal lands. The injunction applies to the 13 states that sued the Biden administration over the moratorium in March 2021, including Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, […]

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States Warn BlackRock to Stop Pushing Political Agenda

By Alex Newman A growing coalition of state governments is pushing back against the world’s largest asset manager, saying it is putting its political agenda over the interests of clients and even U.S. national security. Last week, a group of 19 state attorneys general from Republican-leaning states sent a strongly worded letter to BlackRock CEO Larry Fink demanding an […]

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Red States Top CNBC Ranking for ‘Business-Friendliness’

By Nicholas Dolinger A recent ranking of states according to “business friendliness” has deemed Republican-leaning “red states” as the highest in terms of favorability to free enterprise. On July 13, CNBC released its 2022 ranking of “America’s Top States to Do Business,” with an overall ranking based on 88 metrics in 10 broad categories. Among these […]

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Americans Fled Blue States in Droves in 2021. Here’s One Big Reason Why

By Brad Polumbo For many people, the start of a new year is an opportunity for genuine self-reflection. If Democratic lawmakers take an honest look at 2021, the inescapable conclusion is that voters chose with their feet — and rejected high taxes. A new analysis from the right-leaning Tax Foundation reaches this conclusion. Analyst Jared Walczak broke […]

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Judge Blocks Biden’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contractors in 10 States

By Mimi Nguyen Ly A federal judge in Missouri has issued a temporary hold on the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors in 10 U.S. states while litigation plays out. “We just beat the Biden Administration in court again,” Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced on Twitter late Monday. “This afternoon, we obtained a preliminary injunction against the vaccine mandate on federal contractors, […]

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At Least 70 Dead in Kentucky as Major Storms Rip Through Multiple States

By Lorenz Duchamps A major storm system ripped through multiple U.S. states on Friday, hitting a candle factory in Kentucky with more than 100 employees still inside the building at the time the tornado struck, bringing down the roof and causing mass casualties. The series of U.S. storms started early on Friday and are already blamed for multiple deaths […]