Federal records show a 15‑year, $35.5M lease for a Newburgh warehouse that procurement documents link to DHS/ICE. The award would significantly expand the agency’s local footprint and has drawn regional concern.

Lawmakers left Harrisburg without a spending plan, pushing the state past its June 30 deadline and raising the risk of delayed payments to schools and social-service providers.

CAIR condemned Rep. Derrick Van Orden for repeated anti‑Muslim posts and urged Wisconsin leaders to repudiate his remarks as he heads into a tight re‑election fight.

Alexandria Ocasio‑Cortez has endorsed Abdul El‑Sayed, giving the progressive candidate a high‑profile boost ahead of Michigan’s Aug. 4 primary and intensifying a split among Democrats.

Protesters filled the steps of Baltimore’s federal courthouse as a legal fight over a proposed Elkridge ICE site played out, with immigrant-rights groups pressing for its defeat.

Weekly initial jobless claims eased to 215,000 last week, signaling low layoffs even as hiring cooled. The four‑week average slipped to about 222,000.

Indiana DWD mailed more than 1,200 overpayment notices tied to a pandemic-era fraud cleanup; some recipients who never filed are alarmed.

Sen. Dawn Keefer and Rep. Wendy Fink pushed a plan to eliminate school property taxes in a July 1 telephone town hall, proposing to replace local levies with higher income and sales taxes. Supporters promise relief while critics warn the swap could hit low‑income households harder.

An Albany judge ruled that taxpayers won’t cover more than $700,000 in legal fees for Melissa DeRosa after she was dismissed from a federal lawsuit. Her lawyers say they will appeal.

Lulu Gribbin’s 2024 shark attack helped push a new federal law allowing geotargeted cellphone alerts after local shark bites.

A federal judge blocked Colorado's first-in-the-nation Enbrel price cap, pausing the PDAB's plan and setting up a major legal fight over state drug-pricing authority.

A 35‑page roadmap lays out 17 goals to protect residents, upskill workers and modernize state services as North Carolina positions itself for an AI era.

The 10th Circuit revived viewpoint‑discrimination claims after the Utah Legislature denied veteran reporter Bryan Schott a press credential, remanding the case to federal court.