Category: Regional & State News

[PREMIERING 7:30PM ET] Aaron Siri on Missouri v. Biden, First Amendment Jurisprudence, Basic Freedoms, Separation of Powers | ATL:NOW

“I think this might be one of the most consequential decisions in First Amendment jurisprudence in 200 years. You have a federal judge, in a case brought by two states in America—so, two attorney generals: Missouri and Louisiana—saying that the federal government has violated the First Amendment of the United States Constitution by colluding widely…


Tesla Builds Its First Cybertruck Two Years Behind Schedule

Tesla produced its first Cybertruck off the assembly line in Austin, Texas, over the weekend after two years of delays. The first Cybertruck finally rolled off the factory line on July 15 to much celebration at Tesla’s Gigafactory. Tesla CEO Elon Musk first announced the first prototype of the electric pickup truck back in 2019 to great…


Orange County Sales Tax Growth Slows Down at Midyear Mark

After growing at higher-than-expected rates for two years, Orange County’s sales tax collections slowed down the momentum at the midpoint of the year. Sales taxes are the largest revenue source for the county, covering nearly half the annual expenses. By the end of June, the county collected $117 million in sales tax revenue, almost the…


Tuidang Center Gets Proclamations From Local Officials to Mark ‘Quitting the Chinese Communist Party Day’

The Global Service Center for Quitting the Chinese Communist Party, also known as the “Tuidang movement,” recently received several proclamations from local VIPs on the occasion of “Quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Day” on July 1. “Chinese people have lived through decades of mind control, brainwashing. and terror under the CCP,” the proclamation states….


State Attorneys General Challenge Biden Admin’s New Privacy Rule on Abortions

Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch and 18 other state attorneys general are challenging a proposed change to federal privacy laws that would prevent states from investigating violations of state abortion laws. In a June 16 letter (pdf), Ms. Fitch, a Republican, called on U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to withdraw…


$1.3 Billion UC Irvine Medical Campus Moves Toward 2025 Completion

IRVINE, Calif.—Hundreds of construction and architectural specialists paused for a catered barbeque lunch July 13 to celebrate progress on a “state of the art” all-electrical new University of California–Irvine (UCI) medical facility set to be completed by January of 2025. The $1.3 billion-dollar carbon neutral medical center, located at Jamboree Road and Birch Street, will…


California Education Board Dumbs Down Math Instruction

Commentary I’m just shaking my head about this one. America is in a tough, high-tech competition with Communist China. California, especially Silicon Valley, is leading that fight. And what does the state Board of Education do? Dumb down math education. According to EdSource, the new California Mathematics Framework, passed July 12, is 1,000 pages long….


Student Commuted to Berkeley by Plane

One Berkeley student was able to avoid the San Francisco Bay Area’s high rent prices in a novel way. He commuted from his residence in Los Angeles to the University of California, Berkeley by plane three times weekly. The student, Bill Zhou, publicized his findings in an AMA (Ask Me Anything) post on Reddit, going…


Massive Search Is Underway for Missing Children Swept Away in Suburban Philadelphia Flash Flood

WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa.—Crews in suburban Philadelphia on Monday intensified the search for a missing 9-month-old boy and his 2-year-old sister, swept away after weekend rains swelled the banks of a creek while they were driving to a barbecue with their family. Upper Makefield Township Fire Chief Tim Brewer said Monday the effort would be a…


Police Investigating the Gilgo Beach Killings Have Searched a Long Island Storage Facility

AMITYVILLE, N.Y.—Detectives investigating the long-unsolved murders known as the Gilgo Beach killings searched a storage facility in the Long Island community of Amityville over the weekend, police said. Suffolk County police confirmed Monday that detectives executed a search warrant at Omega Self Storage on Sunrise Highway related to the investigation that led to last week’s…