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In the 2022 midterm election, Nevadans voted to implement nonpartisan primaries and ranked choice voting in their state and congressional elections. 15 states and Washington D.C. use closed, or partially closed, primaries for congressional and state elections. In closed primaries, you need to be a registered Republican or Democrat to vote for either party’s nominee. [...]

In March, illegal migrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border exceeded a 22-year high, according to the Department of Homeland Security. A few weeks later, 53 migrants were found dead inside an abandoned tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas.  DHS called it the deadliest smuggling case in U.S. history.   While the solution to address immigration is not simple, [...]

Caterpillar, one of the nation’s largest construction equipment manufacturers, is relocating its headquarters from Deerfield, Illinois, to Irving, Texas. The announcement came after the state received recognition for being home to 54 Fortune 500 companies, the most in the country. Within the last several years, Tesla, Oracle, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise have made similar moves.  [...]

Inc. Magazine hailed 2022 as “The Year of Salary Transparency,” and LinkedIn listed salary transparency as an idea that will change the world. At least seven states, including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, Nevada, Rhode Island, and Washington, and two cities (Cincinnati and Toledo) already have some form of pay transparency law on the books. On Nov. [...]

The national average for a gallon of gas continues to rise but has not hindered Americans from traveling. Experts are now sounding the alarm about a potential gas, diesel and jet fuel shortage this summer.  “Much lower refining capacity against strong demand is the fundamental problem, and it’s more related to that than it is [...]

More than 70 years after the peak of the union movement, another generation of workers is spearheading a new labor union movement. Amazon, Apple and Starbucks, among other public companies, have felt the pressure from employees who have started to unionize.  ALU beats Amazon On April 1, employees at Amazon’s JF8 warehouse in Staten Island, [...]

The U.S. Supreme Court looks poised to overturn the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade decision protecting access to abortions. On Monday, Politico published a leaked draft of the majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito, in which he writes, “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start.” Chief Justice John Roberts authenticated the draft opinion and [...]

As the debate over immigration continues, the fate of Title 42 could determine which Senate Democrats win their 2022 midterm races. Some incumbents have distanced themselves from President Joe Biden over plans to rescind the order on May 23.  Origins of Title 42 public health measure Title 42 was issued as a public health order [...]

For the first time, passengers in Arizona can clear the TSA security checkpoints using their digital driver’s license or state ID on their Apple smartphone. On March 23, Phoenix Sky Harbor became the first airport to offer this option instead of physical, plastic ID cards.  Is a digital license or state ID coming to a [...]

The mayor of the town of Bucha confirmed that Russian forces killed more than 400 civilians in an attack on April 1. In the wake of the tragedy, gruesome images of bodies strewn on city streets surfaced, and the president of Ukraine called it “genocide.“ “They are lying there,” said Valadyslav Minchenko, a Ukrainian volunteer [...]