From ‘jump on a bus’ to tax crackdowns: Blue states chase wealthy residents fleeing to red havens

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New York Gov. Kathy Hochul became the latest blue-state leader to lament the flight of wealthy tax-paying residents to Republican-led tax havens like Florida, Alaska, Wyoming and Tennessee, calling millionaires who stayed in the Empire State to fund its massive social services net “patriotic.” With Florida Gov. … Read more

Residents fight to legalize gatherings involving alcohol at senior living facility

A senior living facility in Minnesota was recently told they’d need a liquor license for any gathering involving alcoholic beverages. That didn’t sit well with many of the residents, who are now fighting to legalize the right to happy hour. Tony Dokoupil has the story. Source link

Portland residents near ICE building win court order limiting agents’ tear gas use

PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge in Oregon on Friday limited federal officers’ use of tear gas during protests at a Portland federal immigration building, as part of a lawsuit filed by an adjacent affordable housing complex following months of repeated exposure. U.S. District Judge Amy Baggio issued the preliminary injunction after a hearing last … Read more

Noem’s firing is little comfort to Minneapolis residents struggling to recover from crackdown

MINNEAPOLIS — Daniel Hernandez’s grocery store in south Minneapolis has served Latino families for over 5 years, but he says it’s on the verge of closing due to lasting economic damage from the nation’s largest immigration enforcement crackdown. Many of Hernandez’s customers have continued to stay home or drastically reduce their spending, and 10 of … Read more

Denver mayor orders ICE agents detained if they ‘assault or shoot’ residents

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Denver Democratic Mayor Mike Johnston announced an executive order Thursday directing city authorities to detain ICE agents who are considered to have used excessive force against or “assaults or shoots or kills” civilians in the Mile High City. The announcement comes weeks after Philadelphia’s top prosecutor made … Read more

Residents want local governments to end contracts that let ICE train on their gun ranges

ESCONDIDO, Calif. — Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers training at a local gun range largely went unnoticed by residents of one Southern California city for more than a decade, until President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and the recent fatal shootings of U.S. citizens by federal agents. The arrangement in Escondido, a city of about 150,000 … Read more

Pennsylvania residents question police response to student ICE protesters after juveniles detained

PHILADELPHIA — Some residents in the Philadelphia suburb of Quakertown are calling for the police chief to resign after a scuffle between police and high school students protesting immigration enforcement policies left several juveniles in custody for four days. Video circulating online shows an older man in street clothes approach a group of young protesters … Read more

NJ Democrats push ‘F—ICE Act’ to let residents sue over immigration enforcement

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democratic lawmakers in one major blue state are facing backlash over their latest attempt to blunt federal immigration enforcement through a new bill crafted around a vulgar acronym. The F—ICE Act, with the acronym spelled out in practice, is officially the “Fight Unlawful Conduct and Keep Individuals … Read more