Entries by Tim Sullivan

WASHINGTON POST: Maryland lawmakers seek to raise $1 billion through new business tax

Democratic lawmakers in the Maryland General Assembly are pursuing a 2.5 percent tax on business-to-business services in two identical bills introduced Monday night, a measure aimed at raising more than $1 billion that counters Democratic Gov. Wes Moore’s plans for closing a historic budget deficit. Three lawmakers familiar with the proposal, which is the legislature’s […]

CBS NEWS: Maryland Chamber of Commerce claims Gov. Moore’s budget proposal could hurt businesses

Maryland small business owners say Gov. Wes Moore’s proposed budget plan could end up running them out of business. The Maryland Chamber of Commerce and representatives of small businesses are opposing the governor’s proposal, saying his proposed tax legislation could devastate small businesses. Moore’s FY2026 proposed budget aims to cut into the state’s $2.7 billion […]

THE CENTER SQUARE: Iraq veteran in General Assembly criticizes governor’s ‘cheap stunt’

A turret gunner in Iraq before he was 21, North Carolina lawmaker Allen Chesser called Gov. Josh Stein’s embrace and signature to a statement involving Ukraine and second-term Republican President Donald Trump “disgraceful” and a “cheap stunt.” “This isn’t about left or right; it’s about right and wrong,” Chesser says. “This pandering is as unnecessary […]

THE INDEPENDENT: Wisconsin governor defends inclusive language proposal to change ‘mother’ to ‘inseminated person’

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has defended a proposal to change the term “mother” to “inseminated person” in state law. The 73-year-old Democrat rallied for revisions around certain gendered language in his budget proposal for the 2025 to 2027 fiscal period. The bill was first introduced by the state Senate’s Joint Committee on Finance last Tuesday. Under sections 3105 and 3106 […]

FOX NEWS: NY Gov Hochul now says she will lead ‘resistance’ against Trump, after saying the opposite weeks ago

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul now says she will be “leading the resistance” against President Donald Trump, just weeks after telling reporters the opposite. Hochul said she would “fight back hard” during an interview with NPR’s “Morning Edition” on Monday when asked about New York City’s congestion pricing toll that the Trump administration moved to […]

NEW YORK POST: Businesses sue Hochul over ‘illegal and misguided’ $75B climate law, claiming it will cause a spike in costs to consumers

A coalition of business and trade groups is suing the Hochul administration over a law that will force oil, natural gas and coal companies to pay $75 billion for spewing carbon emissions. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration claimed the law was necessary to combat the companies contributing to climate change for decades — but critics said […]

WASHINGTON EXAMINER: The case against Gavin Newsom

Desperate to carve out a path to the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has become a podcaster. His obsession with celebrity is exactly the reason he belongs nowhere near the power his current job holds, much less the presidency. Newsom has spent the past several years trying to do anything but his […]

WASHINGTON REPORTER: Coloradans are paying the price for sanctuary city policies backed by Mayor Mike Johnston and Governor Jared Polis

This week, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston is set to testify on Capitol Hill about the ongoing migrant crisis in Colorado’s capital city. But in the days leading up to his appearance, he’s been trying to distance himself from the very crisis he previously proudly supported. Johnston now insists that Denver and the state of Colorado […]

NEW YORK POST: California city strikes back at Gov. Newsom’s ‘lawless’ immigration policies with ‘non-sanctuary’ resolution

A Southern California city just threw down the gauntlet against Gov. Gavin Newsom’s immigration policy. Huntington Beach, a city of around 200,000 in Orange County, passed a “non-sanctuary city” resolution that instructs law enforcement to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies as they ramp up their fight against migrant crime. The declaration takes […]

KTLA 5: New recall effort targets Gov. Newsom, citing California’s rising costs, policies

(KTLA) – Another recall may be on the horizon for Gov. Gavin Newsom. Saving California, a newly formed coalition founded late last year, announced its intent to serve Newsom with official recall papers, citing the state’s rising taxes, cost of living, ineffective emergency responses and population decline. “Under the reign of Governor Newsom, living in […]

NEW YORK POST: Hochul, Dems claim to champion the working man — but the half-million ILLEGAL workers in NY prove that’s bull

Almost half a million illegal immigrants work in New York, many skirting taxes and state laws. Yet Gov. Hochul and our Democratic establishment is A-OK with it. Hochul revealed the brain-busting number — 470,100 — this week during her budget unveil: An economic analysis that accompanied it cited concerns about a coming federal immigration crackdown. “The potential deportation of […]