Tag: Midwest U.S.
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Opinion | Iowa Gives Trump II a Boost
[ad_1] Jan. 15, 2024 11:41 pm ET Donald Trump romped to victory in the Iowa caucuses on Monday night, launching the former President on his quest for a third GOP nomination. The vote nonetheless revealed weaknesses that could pose problems in a general election, so Republicans in New Hampshire should think hard if they want…
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Opinion | In Iowa, It’s a Trump Ball
[ad_1] As the campaign begins, the big story is the 45th president’s commanding lead. [ad_2] Source link
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Opinion | Double Dipping in Opioid Lawsuits
[ad_1] The plaintiffs bar never met a business it wouldn’t sue, and now the lawyers are using government authority to pursue private interests. In their latest business model, trial lawyers are hired by state attorneys general to help prosecute public lawsuits then use it to the advantage of their private lawsuits. Kudos to one company…
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Opinion | The Wisconsin Supreme Court Stages a Gerrymander Coup
[ad_1] Progressive state judges are on a partisan political roll. Fresh off the 4-3 Colorado Supreme Court’s banishment of Donald Trump from the ballot, a 4-3 majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday overturned precedent and tossed the state’s legislative maps. The four progressive justices ordered the maps redrawn because they violate the state…
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Opinion | The Great Blue to Red State Migration Continues
[ad_1] The migrant border mess is benefiting progressive states like New York, California and Illinois in one respect: It’s offsetting some of their population loss from droves of taxpayers fleeing to lower-cost and low-tax states. That’s one lesson from new Census Bureau state population data released this week. The U.S. population increased by 1.6 million…
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Opinion | Illinois Concedes on Pregnancy Centers
[ad_1] Illinois has been trying to use its fraud laws to target pro-life pregnancy help centers, and Gov. J.B. Pritzker declared this summer that he was “confident” the law was constitutional. If he still believes that, then Mr. Pritzker ought to explain why the state is backing down in federal court, unless he’s too embarrassed…
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Opinion | The Senate’s Supreme Court Subpoena Games
[ad_1] Illinois Democrat Dick Durbin has reached the age and tenure at which he might fancy himself a Lion of the Senate, but what a joke after his grubby power play Thursday in the Judiciary Committee. In a rush of rule-breaking at the end of a meeting, Mr. Durbin moved to bluster through subpoenas for…