Politics
Poll: Most Americans concerned about social media censorship this election cycle(The Center Square) – The majority of Americans are concerned that social media companies are censoring information ahead of the 2024 election, according to a new poll. The… Read More
Culture
Kansas City nonprofit seeking funding for ballot measure cancels Halloween drag show for youthA Missouri nonprofit organized to combat violence abruptly canceled the drag show Halloween party it was sponsoring for youth ages 12-20, according to the Facebook… Read More
Politics
Kamala Harris appears to propose new race-based payments as her support from black men lags(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled a new proposal Monday all but promising to distribute forgivable small business loans on the basis of race as… Read More
Government
Legal experts: Kentucky ban on counseling that doesn’t affirm kids’ gender identity is unconstitutional, could put foster kids at riskA month after Kentucky’s governor signed an executive order to ban “conversion therapy,” neither he nor the state’s family services agency has answered how the order may affect fostering… Read More
Public Education
Taxpayers face 137 school referendum questions across Wisconsin on Nov. 5(The Center Square) – On Nov. 5, there will be 137 school referendum questions combined for local school districts across the state of Wisconsin. Those include 57 for… Read More
Courts
‘Stand your ground with love’: French teacher fired for rejecting personal pronouns wins lawsuit almost 6 years later(The Daily Signal) – French teacher Peter Vlaming was fired in 2018 for shunning the use of pronouns to refer to a transgender-identifying student. On… Read More
Politics
‘Plagiarism hunter’ finds more than a dozen lifted passages in book Harris co-authored(Daily Caller News Foundation) – An Austrian professor known for exposing plagiarism says he identified multiple instances of lifted material by Vice President Kamala Harris in a book she… Read More
Public Education
Chicago Teachers’ Union wants $1B in city development funds to pay for teacher raisesThe Chicago Teachers’ Union (CTU) is pressuring city leadership to take $1 billion from a municipal development fund and give it to public schools. CTU released a proposal… Read More
Public Education
Unsustainable spending, declining student enrollment may force closure of 1 in 10 San Francisco schoolsNearly a tenth of San Francisco’s 121 public schools would close under a recent proposal, which concedes the California district cannot maintain its current fiscal trajectory. “While not… Read More
Public Education
4 suspended after adult sleep aids allegedly given to Texas preschoolersFour staff members at a Texas elementary school have been placed on leave after parents complained their preschool-aged children were given “sleepy stickers” dosed with drugs meant for adults. Read More
Politics
California blocks new Musk rocket launches, citing Trump support(The Center Square) – The California government denied an Air Force request to allow Elon Musk’s SpaceX to increase its California rocket launches, citing Musk’s politics. The Department… Read More
2024 election
More than 6,000 noncitizens could be put back onto Virginia voter rolls(The Center Square) – Over 6,000 noncitizens could be added back to Virginia’s voter rolls if the U.S. Department of Justice and a coalition of groups advocating on behalf… Read More
Gender Transition
Poll: Majority of voters favor a federal ban on transgender procedures for minors(The Center Square) – Most registered voters, 59%, support a federal ban on transgender procedures such as puberty blockers and gender reassignment surgeries for minors, a new national poll… Read More
Gender Transition
At least 418 Illinois youth have had gender transition since 2019(The Center Square) – A newly released database of gender transition procedures on children reveals at least 418 patients in Illinois received such treatment since 2019. Billing to insurance… Read More
Religious liberty
‘Average Joe,’ about Coach Joe Kennedy’s landmark win for religious freedom, is a way-above-average movieIt’s about one of the most momentous religious freedom cases in U.S. history. But don’t see the movie Average Joe just because of its historic importance. It’s… Read More
Courts
DOJ proposes breakup of Google divisions to address antitrust findingsThe U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has submitted remedies Google must take to a federal district judge in response to findings that the company uses anti-competitive practices in its… Read More
Culture
Colorado governor silent on whether he’ll use far-left smear factory to cancel conservatives after flag squabble(The Daily Signal) – Colorado’s Democratic governor, Jared Polis, did not respond to concerns that his administration would rely on the Southern Poverty Law Center to exclude conservatives… Read More
Government
NC National Guard has no information about armed militias ‘hunting FEMA’ despite media reportsThe public affairs office at the North Carolina National Guard (NCNG) tells The Heartlander it has no information about an alleged interaction between its soldiers and supposed militia “hunting… Read More
Public Education
School choice helps close performance gap for low-income students, study finds(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Cities with robust charter school programs have drastically lowered the performance gap between low-income students and their peers, a study published in October found. Read More
Politics
Black voters make unexpected shift away from Democrats, poll shows(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Black voters in the U.S. have shifted support away from Democrats from 2016 to 2024, the most recent New York Times/Siena Poll shows. Read More