by Sarah Cowgill | May 5, 2020 | Articles, Business News, Economic Affairs News, Healthcare, Politics, Social Issues
President Trump is officially in Arizona on May 5 to visit Honeywell, a multi-industry conglomerate now making N95 masks, and to hold a roundtable on Native American issues. Some Arizonans believe that the president is there for a “come to Jesus” meeting with...
by Andrew Moran | May 5, 2020 | Articles, Business News, Economic Affairs News, Politics, Social Issues
If Mr. Smith went to Washington today and opened the public purse, he would find moths and lint. As part of its unprecedented stimulus efforts to rescue the economy from the Coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. government has spent trillions of dollars faster than you could...
by Joe Schaeffer | May 5, 2020 | Articles, Healthcare, Politics, Social Issues
In a stunning display of executive overreach, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown decreed on May 1 that she is extending her powers to maintain the government-mandated lockdown of her state’s citizens for another two months. Luckless Oregonians will now be required to bunker...
by Kelli Ballard | May 5, 2020 | Articles, Business News, Education, Healthcare, Politics, Social Issues
States across the nation have been making announcements on when they plan to allow citizens to reopen businesses and get back to making a living. Some governors, such as Gretchen Whitmer in Michigan, have chosen to keep their communities closed for another 60 days,...
by Sarah Cowgill | May 5, 2020 | Articles, Healthcare, Politics, Social Issues
As the nation begins to reopen in months-long phases, all eyes are trained on President Donald Trump and the once-robust economy now in tatters. But perhaps some attention should focus on the political fortunes of the nation’s governors and state legislatures...