Day: April 6, 2023

North Carolina Senate GOP seeks even lower income tax rates

6:19 pm April 6, 2023

Top leaders in the North Carolina Senate want to reduce the state’s already falling individual income tax rate even further than what’s already set to happen. Senate leader Phil Berger and the chamber’s Senate Finance Committee chairmen are among those filing a bill on Wednesday that would lower the rate beyond what’s currently set to […]

Michigan Dem’s job listing ‘strongly’ encourages everybody but straight White men to apply

6:16 pm April 6, 2023

A Michigan Democrat member of Congress sent out a job listing “strongly” encouraging everyone but straight White men to apply. The office of Rep. Hillary Scholten, D-Mich., put out a job listing recently for the senior communications director role in her office that would play an integral role in her office’s operations. “The Senior Communications […]

Italian former Premier Silvio Berlusconi has leukemia, doctors say

6:15 pm April 6, 2023

Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi is being treated for a lung infection that is a result of chronic leukemia, his doctors said Thursday, revealing the latest of string of health setbacks for the 86-year-old media mogul. Berlusconi’s personal physician, Alberto Zangrillo, signed off on a medical bulletin that said Berlusconi has had leukemia “for some […]

Alleged abduction victim dies after shootout with police and her kidnaper

6:07 pm April 6, 2023

A woman who police say was abducted from her New York home has died following a shootout between her alleged kidnaper and police on the side of a northern Virginia highway. The man who allegedly abducted her was also shot and suffered life-threatening injuries, police said. Virginia State Police said Thursday that a trooper spotted […]

Republican Jay Ashcroft enters race for Missouri governor

6:06 pm April 6, 2023

Missouri’s top election official Jay Ashcroft on Thursday announced he’s running for governor as a Republican. The secretary of state is campaigning to replace GOP Gov. Mike Parson, who is prohibited by term limits from running again in 2024. Ashcroft’s candidacy has been widely expected. A political action committee supporting him has already raised $1.3 […]