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Tom Joyce

Tom Joyce is a freelance reporter covering politics, sports and culture.

Government
Texas schools to teach students about adoption as part of high school health

Texas has enacted a law requiring public high schools to teach children about adoption in high school health classes. Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 1207… Read More

July 9, 2025
Public Education
Minnesota’s draft of new academic health standards involves ‘gender identity’ for third graders

Minnesota’s Department of Education has released a controversial second draft of its proposed K-12 health standards – prompting concerns over its emphasis on gender identity, expression and drug use. The… Read More

July 7, 2025
Government
Alabama launches school choice program 

Starting this month, about 23,000 students in Alabama will begin receiving scholarship funds to pay for private school or homeschooling expenses. The CHOOSE Act, signed… Read More

July 7, 2025
Politics
No men in women’s sports, says Iowa Democratic gubernatorial candidate

Iowa’s state auditor, who is a Democrat candidate for governor, has come out against male transgender athletes playing in women’s sports. When a local radio host asked Rob Sand whether… Read More

July 7, 2025
Gender Identity
Nebraska education board restricts bathroom menstrual products to female-designated spaces, health offices

(Heartlander News) — The Nebraska State Board of Education narrowly approved a menstrual product pilot program for public schools last week, voting to restrict the products to girls’ restrooms, girls’… Read More

July 2, 2025