2024 election
Voters lack confidence Kamala Harris can become president(The Center Square) – Vice President Kamala Harris has a fight on her hands if she wants to inherit the Democratic presidential mantle after President Joe Biden’s time is… Read More
Transportation
Airline industry continues to grapple with safety concerns(The Center Square) – Various aviation and airline executives and experts spoke Wednesday on safety in the industry at an event hosted by POLITICO. Speakers included Bob Jordan,… Read More
Agriculture
17 state AGs sue Biden admin. for allowing foreign farmworkers to unionize(The Center Square) – A group of 17 state attorneys general, led by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration this week over a… Read More
Public Education
More Minnesota school districts issue transgender guidelines allowing boys in girls’ spaces(The Daily Signal) – Some Minnesota parents are expressing outrage as two more school districts there are set to issue guidelines allowing boys who say they identify… Read More
Public Education
Rapper Jay-Z supports school choice in Philadelphia, draws backlash from DemsFamed rapper Jay-Z is under fire from the left for supporting school choice for low-income families. Jay-Z’s entertainment company, Roc Nation, recently announced its intention to distribute $300… Read More
Public Education
High school used $10K grant to hand out ‘chest binders’ at local pride parade, stock library with LGBTQ books(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A New Mexico high school used $10,000 in grant funds to purchase “chest binders” and pro-LGBTQ books for its library, emails show. Centennial High… Read More
Homeschools
Tennessee family switches to homeschooling after public school fails special-needs sonA Tennessee school district was failing a special-needs student, so his family decided to homeschool him instead. Seven-year-old William Rose has autism, ADHD, anxiety and depression, but the… Read More
Culture
Dozens of Black pastors ask Shapiro to embrace school choice(The Center Square) – More than 50 religious leaders sent an open letter on Tuesday to Gov. Josh Shapiro asking him to support school choice and educational freedom. Read More
Courts
Texas wins first round in battle over Title IX lawsuit(The Center Square) – A federal court on Tuesday handed Texas its first win in a lawsuit filed against the Biden administration over a mandate issued by two federal… Read More
Abortion, Missouri
‘We never tell parents’: Video allegedly showing Missouri’s Planned Parenthood trafficking minors for out-of-state abortions leads to day in courtMissouri’s Planned Parenthood has a First Amendment right to help arrange out-of-state abortions for minors without the knowledge of parents, its attorneys reportedly argued in court this week.“FACT… Read More
Public Education
Taxpayers spending $18M on DEI staff at Michigan State University(The Center Square) – Michigan State University spends more than $18 million per year on its DEI employees. According to a recent study from The College Fix,… Read More
Courts
Missouri school board member pleads guilty to harassment over profane tirade caught on videoA school board member in St Joseph, Missouri pleaded guilty on Tuesday to harassment stemming from an incident following a school board meeting in February. Whitney Lanning, an… Read More
Education, Kansas
Stay in your lane: Kansas school district attempts to stifle, marginalize board members(The Sentinel) – Chanute (Kansas) Board of Education President Heather Guernsey and Superintendent of Schools Matt Koester refuse to answer questions about a “board governance document”… Read More
School Choice
Pennsylvania charter schools hit hard in proposed funding formula(The Center Square) – A bill altering Pennsylvania’s public school funding formula passed the lower chamber Monday, spawning both fanfare and consternation among lawmakers. While supporters call the… Read More
Biden administration
Lawmakers question Biden funding for group with ties to Oct. 7 attack(The Center Square) – House Oversight lawmakers are demanding answers about the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, a group that receives taxpayer dollars but had workers linked to… Read More
Gender Transition
Texas, Montana sue Biden over rule requiring states to pay for ‘gender transition’(The Center Square) – Texas and Montana have sued the Biden administration over another federal rule change it implemented, this time over one that requires states to pay for… Read More
Courts
Jury finds Hunter Biden guilty in Delaware gun case; here’s what he faces(The Center Square) – A Delaware jury convicted President Joe Biden's son of gun charges on Tuesday, marking the first-ever criminal conviction of a president's son.Special counsel David… Read More
Missouri
‘Borrower beware’? That appears to be the policy for age-inappropriate books for children at this Kansas City-area libraryThe Missouri secretary of state last year enacted a rule requiring libraries to “adopt written policies determining what material is age-appropriate.” But at least one Kansas City-area library… Read More
Culture
Illinois seeks to expand ‘gender-affirming care’ national group says is harmful to kids(The Center Square) – An Illinois state agency is launching a statewide initiative it says “supports and expands gender-affirming care,” but a national pediatric group says that’s the wrong… Read More
Government
The left’s dark money network boosted abortion into Ohio’s Constitution. Now it’s taking a big hit.(The Daily Signal) – Last year, a radical abortion ballot initiative passed in the solid red state of Ohio, shocking pro-lifers across the country. The results weren’t even close:… Read More