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Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a press conference at the Retro Fitness gym in West Palm Beach on May 20, 2022 to announce the largest budget surplus in the state’s history. The state has access to $20 billion USD for the 2022 fiscal year. He also announced that Florida is registering almost 45 percent of the market share of overseas traveling, the highest rate in the country and the highest ever recorded, beating out New York which previously had the highest numbers. DeSantis went on to announce the jobs report for April, with the unemployment rate in the state...

Something's happening in the state of New Jersey. Over the weekend, I traveled from my home in Brooklyn to the ancestral Romano estate on the Jersey shore to celebrate Father's Day with my family. I've been making the trip on NJ Transit's 137 bus for years, but this time I was in for a surprise: the ride now cost about $20, one way—a 50 percent increase from only a few months before. Ouch. When I got to my parents' house—and recovered from the customary offering of heart-clogging snacks that always accompanies my arrival—I noticed a stack of official-looking papers on...

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has been named "Among the Best Governors' in the nation by a conservative American "think tank." ConservativeAmerican.org bestowed the honor on Jindal today for his leadership and conservative principles. The naming of Jindal to the list comes in the wake of a liberal "watch-dog" group claiming Jindal is among the nation's worst governors. Citizens for Progressive Responsibility and Liberal Ethics in Washington said Jindal had, "Refused to accept federal stimulus funds to expand unemployment insurance and to fund other important programs." They say that is one reason they gave him the dishonor of being on their...