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Maggie Little

Maggie Little is a Heartlander News writer based in Washington, D.C. Her reporting has also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Sun, the Federalist, RealClearPolitics and The Daily…

Federal government
Education Department pushes back as Democrat-led states sue over workforce cuts

(The Heartlander) — After a coalition of Democratic-led states sued over the Trump administration’s slashing of the Department of Education, the federal agency is doubling down on its mission… Read More

March 14, 2025
Courts
Supreme Court to take up Christian counselor’s challenge of state law censoring so-called ‘conversion therapy’

(The Heartlander) — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up a case on whether a Colorado law banning so-called “conversion therapy” targets a Christian counselor’s First Amendment… Read More

March 12, 2025
Government
Illinois lawmakers push bills that ‘threaten to eliminate’ charter schools in the state

Illinois lawmakers have introduced legislation that policy observers say could pave the way for the elimination of charter schools in the state. Charter schools receive public funds like… Read More

March 11, 2025
Courts
Opening brief sets stage for upcoming Supreme Court arguments over nation’s first religious charter school

The nation’s first potential tax-funded religious charter shouldn’t be discriminated against because it is religiously affiliated, a new brief before the Supreme Court argued. St. Isidore of Seville… Read More

March 10, 2025
Government
Rep. Chip Roy calls on Republicans to repeal FACE Act, promises he’s ‘not going to sit back and wait’

Republicans should repeal the FACE Act – a law that the Biden administration weaponized against pro-lifers – and they must do it while they have the chance. That… Read More

March 7, 2025