Maine Lawmakers Propose Bill to Expand Child Tax Credit and Reduce Child Poverty

Child Tax Credit

The bill, titled “An Act to Improve Economic Security for Maine Children by Establishing the Maine Dependent Tax Credit,” aims to replace the existing dependent exemption tax credit from 2023. Lawmakers in Maine are proposing a new bill that would expand child tax credits from $300 to $350 for each dependent and make the credit … Read more

Former UC Davis Student Arrested In Connection With Recent Stabbings Near Campus

Former UC Davis Student

Carlos Dominguez, a 21-year-old former UC Davis student, was taken into custody on Wednesday and was officially charged with two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder on Thursday. A suspect has been arrested in connection with the recent string of stabbings that occurred near UC Davis in California This comes after 15 … Read more

Man Kills Three Women, Including His Mother and Grandmother, in Shooting at Georgia McDonald’s

Georgia McDonald's

Kentavious White, a 26-year-old man who worked at a local McDonald’s restaurant, shot and killed his mother and grandmother at their respective homes before driving to the restaurant where he worked. A tragic shooting occurred in Moultrie, Georgia on Thursday morning that left four people dead, including the suspected shooter Once he arrived at the … Read more

Escaped Virginia Inmate Charged in Killing of North Carolina Deputy Captured in Mexico

Escaped Virginia Inmate

An escaped Virginia inmate, Alder Marin-Sotelo, who was charged with the murder of a North Carolina sheriff’s deputy, has been captured in Mexico. Marin-Sotelo was one of two Virginia inmates who escaped from Piedmont Regional Jail in Farmville last Sunday The other escapee, Bruce Callahan, who was being held on drug charges, left the prison … Read more

Former UC Davis Student Charged With Two Counts Of Murder And Attempted Murder In Connection With Three Stabbings

Carlos Dominguez

Carlos Dominguez, 21, has been charged with two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder in connection with three stabbings near the University of California, Davis, that took place over five days. The stabbing attacks resulted in two deaths and one person being critically injured The latest stabbing happened near the university campus, … Read more

Atlanta Mass Shooting Suspect Arrested After Eight-hour Manhunt

Atlanta Mass Shooting

Deion Duwane Patterson, a 24-year-old Coast Guard veteran, is believed to have fatally shot Amy St. Pierre, a worker at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and injured four others in a medical waiting room. An eight-hour manhunt for the suspected gunman involved in a mass shooting in the bustling heart of Atlanta ended … Read more

Three Police Officers in Fanta Bility Shooting Sentenced to Probation, House Arrest

Three Police Officers

Three former police officers who were fired after pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges in connection with the death of an eight-year-old girl near Philadelphia have been sentenced to five years of probation, with the first 11 months on house arrest. Former police officers sentenced to probation with 11 months of house arrest in the case … Read more

Death of Michael Jackson Impersonator in New York City Subway Raises Controversy and Sparks Calls for Justice

Death of Michael Jackson Impersonator

The death of Jordan Neely, a well-known Michael Jackson impersonator in Times Square A controversy in New York City Subway as a video of him being held in a chokehold by a Marine veteran, Daniel Penny, and later dying circulated on social media Neely had reportedly been “acting erratically” on the subway and had been … Read more

Texas House Passes Education Bills Allocating $4.5 Billion for Teacher Pay Raises

Texas House

The Texas House has passed two education-related bills that include $4.5 billion for teacher pay raises and an increase in the annual per-student base funding Teacher Pay Boosted in Texas The bill would create minimum salaries ranging from $35,000 to $63,000 for teachers, depending on experience and level of education. The bill also increases funding … Read more

Discovering if You Qualify for the Max Social Security Benefit in 2023

Social Security

The highest monthly Social Security retirement benefit that an individual can receive in 2023 is $4,555. Discovering the requirements to qualify for max Social Security benefit in 2023 Only a select few eligible individuals will receive this amount, and the majority of people will receive less. The Social Security benefit is calculated by taking a … Read more