Illegal Immigration
Eagle Pass braces for another surge of illegal border crossers(The Center Square) – The small border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, is bracing for another surge of an expected group of thousands of people illegally entering from Mexico. The… Read More
Free Speech
Arizona GOP lawmakers hint at university budget cuts over free speech concerns(The Center Square) – Arizona Republican lawmakers are reconsidering appropriations toward public universities in the state, specifically citing free speech concerns at Arizona State University.The Joint Legislative Ad Hoc Committee on… Read More
Abortion
States with restrictive abortion bans see 2.3% hike in births after Roe overturned(The Center Square) – In the first half of 2023, roughly 32,000 babies were born in states that implemented abortion restrictions after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade… Read More
Fentanyl, Missouri
Fentanyl-related deaths in children under 5 increased 500% in Missouri last year(The Center Square) – The number of fentanyl-related child deaths in Missouri nearly doubled in 2022, and deaths of children under age 5 increased by more than 500%, according to… Read More
Culture, Education
Denver schools adopt ‘language justice’ policy with goal to support native languages(The Center Square) – The Denver school district is among the first in the country to adopt a “language justice” policy as a “long term goal.” The district would encourage… Read More
Illegal Immigration
State coalition: Expanded migrant parole policy leads to increased crime in Chicago(The Center Square) – Increased crime in Chicago being committed by Venezuelans primarily in the U.S. illegally is the result of an expanded parole policy implemented by the Biden administration,… Read More
President Donald Trump
Shifting legal deadlines put Trump on tight primary schedule(The Center Square) – Deadlines are shifting across former President Donald Trump's crowded legal calendar, raising questions about whether pending trial dates will hold amid the upcoming Republican primary.Trump, 77,… Read More
Gender Identity
Poll: Voters think schools should inform parents about gender changes(The Center Square) – Voters support school policies that require educators to tell parents about changes to their students’ pronouns, a nationwide poll found. The findings come as parental… Read More
St. Louis
Failure to collect recreational marijuana tax will cost St. Louis $500K(The Center Square) – The city of St. Louis will lose approximately $500,000 in tax revenue after it failed to submit documents with the Missouri Department of Revenue to collect… Read More
2024 election
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott endorses Trump for president(The Center Square) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott endorsed former President Donald Trump Sunday in the Rio Grande Valley, ciing border security and national security as his primary reasons… Read More
Economy, Inflation
Cost of Thanksgiving dinner down only slightly from last year’s record high(The Center Square) – Thanksgiving dinner shoppers will get a bit of a break in the pocketbook this year. Illinois shoppers participating in the annual American Farm Bureau Federation’s (AFBF) Thanksgiving… Read More
Consumer Protection
Smart toys highlight this year’s report on dangerous toys for children(The Center Square) – A consumer advocacy group’s newest dangerous toys report highlights smart devices that spy on children.Illinois Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund’s 38th annual “Trouble in Toyland” … Read More
Marijuana
Missouri already revokes marijuana manufacturing license(The Center Square) – Missouri’s cannabis regulators announced on Thursday it revoked a suspended marijuana manufacturing license from a Franklin County business. A media release from the Missouri Department of… Read More
Opinion
Don’t recoil from an increasingly dark world; it needs each of us to flood it with the light of a single candleHistory has tides all its own that seem, like the ocean’s, to lap at our feet utterly uncontrolled by humankind. War. Revolution. Tyranny. Acrimony. Out-of-control animus. Hatred and conflict, unleashed… Read More
Education
Legal settlement allows parents to opt students out of SEL instruction(The Sentinel) — In a victory for parents, America First Legal recently announced a settlement agreement in a lawsuit it filed earlier this year against the West Shore… Read More
Federal government
45 Republicans vote against stripping agency head’s salary despite missing children, abuse allegations(The Center Square) – Forty-five U.S. House Republicans voted with Democrats against an amendment to remove an agency head at the center of ongoing allegations of child abuse and neglect. Read More
Auto industry
UAW ratifies contract with Ford Motor Co.(The Center Square) – United Auto Workers members have voted to ratify a tentative agreement with Ford Motor Company, marking the possible end of the first simultaneous UAW strike against… Read More
Energy
New Mexico governor touts flawed study by biased group to claim regulatory win(The Center Square) – New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham claims her administration's oil and gas regulations have positively impacted the state's greenhouse gas emissions when compared to less regulated… Read More
Crime, Kansas City
‘Drowning in crime’: Beleaguered Kansas City CEO speaks out about downtown crime, homelessnessExploding crime and homelessness has at least one Kansas City CEO eyeing a move to the suburbs – and issuing a cry for help – even as the Royals are… Read More
Terrorism
Senate Dems block effort to deport Hamas sympathizers(The Center Square) – Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., blasted Democrats Thursday for blocking his motion to deport terrorist sympathizers in the U.S. on visas. Rubio has led this effort to “revoke… Read More