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Cole Lauterbach
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Managing Editor, The Center Square
Arizona
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Biography
A graduate of Columbia College Chicago and Clifton, Illinois native, Cole spent several years managing and producing news/talk radio stations in Bloomington/Normal and Peoria before moving to Chicagoland to create award-winning programs for Comcast SportsNet Chicago. He now lives in Arizona with his wife and daughter.
General news politics
Politics or economics
Content
By Cole Lauterbach Verified| Straight Arrow News Verified A free IRS program allowing taxpayers to file their taxes directly without a tax preparation service could be short-lived. The pilot program initially offered to 12 states allowed users to file for the 2024 tax season. It grew to 25 states for the 2025 season, allowing what the IRS estimated to be 30 million taxpayers to file without paying an accountant or outside tax filing service. The 2022 Inflation Reduction Act funded the implementation.
By Zachery Schmidt, Cole Lauterbach Verified, Katelynn Richardson Verified, John Ransom Verified| The Lion - Herzog Foundation@ (The Center Square) – The Nevada Secretary of State’s Office announced Monday that it had removed 162,519 voters from its voter registrations. Furthermore, the state also deactivated 37,749 voters. In total, the state removed 200,268 people from being able to vote. “The Secretary of State’s Office takes the transparency, security and accessibility of our elections very seriously, and is focused on supporting the counties’ efforts to clean the voter rolls,” said Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar.
By Cole Lauterbach Verified| Straight Arrow News Verified Dan Caldwell, a top advisor to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, was placed on administrative leave. He also had his Pentagon access revoked amid an investigation into unauthorized disclosures of sensitive information, according to government sources. Before joining the Pentagon, Caldwell was affiliated with the Koch-funded nonprofit Defense Priorities. The nonprofit advocates for restrained military use — one of the few policy areas aligning Trump and Koch.
Company Info
The Center Square
Arizona, United States