Border
Texas launches compensation program for those affected by border-related crimes(The Center Square) – Texas is launching a landowner compensation program for those impacted by border-related crimes after Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law creating it. The Office… Read More
Illinois
Illinois governor directs state agencies to prepare for $800 million less than proposed budget(The Center Square) – Illinois state agencies are being directed to prepare to receive $800 million less than what Gov. J.B. Pritzker proposed for the fiscal year 2025 budget.The General… Read More
Israel
Senators: Protestors calling for violence against Jews should be on No-Fly List(The Center Square) – Republican U.S. Sens. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., introduced two measures that, if passed, would achieve a similar objective: to place on the No… Read More
School Choice
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signs education bills that include school choice expansion(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The governor of Missouri signed two education bills Tuesday that included measures to expand school choice in the state.Republican Gov. Mike Parson signed … Read More
Missouri
Missouri State Highway Patrol reminds boaters how to be safe in 2024The Missouri State Highway Patrol is sharing safe boating tips for the lake-crazy state, in advance of National Safe Boating Week May 18-24. Every vessel should have U.S. Coast Guard-approved… Read More
Kansas, Politics
Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids has financial ties to backers of groups staging anti-Israel protests, report allegesKansas’ U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids is taking money from a funder of some of the groups involved in the anti-Israel protests, according to a report by Fox News. Davids,… Read More
Crime
NYC Mayor Adams offers reward for WWI memorial vandals(The Center Square) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is offering a $5,000 bounty for information leading to the arrest of pro-Palestinian protesters who vandalized a World War I… Read More
Education
Lawmakers grill K-12 school leaders on antisemitic incidentsA Republican-led congressional committee asked school leaders whose districts have seen antisemitic incidents about what they’re doing to prevent further incidents in their schools since the Oct. 7 attack… Read More
President Donald Trump
Judge says setting trial date in classified documents case would be ‘imprudent’(The Center Square) – Judge Aileen Cannon said it would be "imprudent" to set another trial date in former President Donald Trump's classified documents case until a number of pre-trial… Read More
Media
NPR bias, press freedom take center stage in Congressional hearing(The Center Square) – U.S. House Republicans and Democrats sparred Wednesday over press freedom in a hearing held to investigate “ideological bias” and “viewpoint discrimination” of a taxpayer-funded media outlet,… Read More
Crime
Senate bill would ban student loan forgiveness for protestors convicted of a crime(The Center Square) – Republican U.S. senators introduced a bill that would ban student loan forgiveness for protestors convicted of a crime while protesting on U.S. college campuses. The No… Read More
Josh Hawley
Light is now being shed on dark money behind anti-Israel protests – funding that may break the law, Hawley arguesLiberal dark-money groups funding the anti-Israel protests may be violating the law, and are “defrauding the American people and putting Jewish students and faculty at risk,” argues Missouri Sen. Josh… Read More
Military
53 U.S. states, territories oppose transfer of National Guard units to Space Force(The Center Square) – The leaders of 48 U.S. states and five U.S. territories oppose a Pentagon plan to transfer National Guard units from states to Space Force, bypassing the… Read More
Illegal Immigration
House Republicans seek transparency on number of foreign nationals in U.S. illegally(The Center Square) – A group of 17 congressional Republicans led by U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, is calling on Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to provide information… Read More
Education
Teen, family sue school district after boy suspended for calling immigrants ‘aliens’(The Center Square) – North Carolina parents withdrew their teen from school and sued a school district it says unfairly issued a suspension and “injected race” into a question of… Read More
Courts
Federal judges to ‘boycott’ Columbia students over anti-Israel protests(The Center Square) — More than a dozen federal judges are pledging not to hire students from Columbia University over its handling of the pro-Palestinian protests on campus, saying the… Read More
Gasoline
Elevated gas prices poised to rise more this summer(The Center Square) – Gas prices have been elevated in recent months heading into summer, when prices are expected to rise even more. According to AAA, the average national price… Read More
Missouri
BOLO: Missouri auditor seeks public’s help in finding former St. Louis circuit attorney(The Center Square) – Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick is asking the public for information on the whereabouts of former St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner. The St. Louis Board… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Legislator: Migrants attracted to Illinois’ health care, ‘soft-on-crime’ policies(The Center Square) – The Illinois Secretary of State will not provide any facial recognition, search service or photographs from their database to any federal, state or local law… Read More
State Government
Drag racing set to become a felony in Tennessee(The Center Square) – The Tennessee Legislature passed a bill making drag racing or organized street racing a Class E felony instead of a misdemeanor. The bill will next head… Read More