Courts
Parents sue New York school district after students report self-censoring conservative viewsParents are suing their New York school district for stifling conservative viewpoints, alleging First and Fourteenth Amendment violations. Three families, represented by Parents Defending Education (PDE), have filed… Read More
Government
Bans on foreign funding for ballot measures gain momentum in Congress, states(The Daily Signal) – Opponents of foreign funding of U.S. ballot measures expect momentum at both the federal level and in states. In May, the House Administration Committee… Read More
Culture
Missouri drops 4 spots to 32 in 50-state ranking on child well-being(The Center Square) – Missouri declined in all four areas measured by the annual KIDS COUNT Data Book, published by The Annie E. Casey Foundation, as it dropped from… Read More
Government
Louisiana’s universal education savings account program set to launch in 2025(The Center Square) – Louisiana’s new education savings account program will debut in August 2025, but plenty of work remains before it becomes a universal program for Pelican State… Read More
Public Education
New Hampshire teacher fired for lying to sneak student to abortion clinic behind parents’ backsA New Hampshire teacher has been fired after it was revealed she secretly took a special education student to an abortion clinic. The teacher, who has not been… Read More
Culture
Biden admin weighed using ‘school children’ to help register Dem-leaning voters, emails show(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Biden administration sought taxpayer funding for a program that would use school children to provide voter registration materials to Native Americans, according to emails… Read More
Courts
In separate rulings, 2 federal judges block part of Biden’s latest try at student loan forgiveness(The Center Square) – South Carolina’s attorney general was among those celebrating a federal judge’s decision to block part of President Joe Biden’s latest push to delay or cancel… Read More
Public Education
San Francisco schools let students change name, pronouns without parents’ knowledge or consent(The Daily Signal) – The San Francisco public schools allow students to change their preferred name and pronouns at school without the knowledge or consent of their… Read More
Public Education
School bus mechanic warns of ‘economic disaster’ in deploying electric buses nationwideIn the rush to replace diesel school buses with electric ones, the U.S. educational system is financially endangering future generations, says a school bus mechanic in Colorado. “Electric… Read More
Public Education
National school choice group celebrates 1M students in choice programsOver a million students are now participating in school choice programs nationwide. EdChoice, an education freedom advocacy group, celebrated the milestone in an announcement… Read More
Public Education
Portland teachers’ union backs off anti-Israel advocacy amid backlashThe Portland Association of Teachers (PAT) has removed several controversial documents promoting anti-Israel views from its website in response to community pushback. One document… Read More
Gender
Take Back Title IX tour bus, cleaned from vandalism, rolls into Washington(The Center Square) – From another encouraging tour stop on Thursday to the disheartening discovery of a vandalized bus on Friday in North Carolina, advocates to save women’s sports… Read More
Crime
New York retail theft ‘panic button’ law faces pushback(The Center Square) – Major retailers and law enforcement officials are urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to veto a plan that would require large New York stores to install “panic”… Read More
President Donald Trump, Uncategorized
Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity looms large(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court has more than a dozen cases to decide before its self-imposed deadline of the end of June, including a decision on… Read More
Gender Transition
Supreme Court will hear Tennessee gender-affirming care ban case(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court said it plans to take up a case related to Tennessee’s Senate Bill 1, which prohibits gender-affirming surgeries for minors. Read More
Illegal Immigration
Immigration takes center stage in contested Montana U.S. Senate race(The Center Square) – Montana has one of the longest shares of the U.S. border with Canada of any state. However, it’s the other border – nearly 1,000 miles… Read More
2024 election
Trump, Biden prepare for faceoff in first debate(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are scheduled for their first presidential debate of this election cycle this week. Both men are… Read More
President Donald Trump
Trump pledges school choice for all, dishes on Title IX, illegal immigrant crime and more in exclusive Lion interview(The Heartlander) — School choice is coming nationwide if he’s elected, former President Donald Trump told Lion Week in Review podcast host Chris Stigall in an exclusive one-on-one interview in… Read More
Courts
Supreme Court to rule on state bans of gender treatment on minorsThe U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments this fall on the constitutionality of a Tennessee law prohibiting medical practitioners from using sex change therapies and surgeries on minors. Read More
Culture
Trump vows to combat agencies weaponized against Christians(The Daily Signal) – Citing the federal arrests of pro-life activists, former President Donald Trump vowed to establish a task force to investigate anti-Christian bias if he is elected to another… Read More