Culture
Kansas county commission allows anti-Christian rant despite policy(The Sentinel) – Johnson County (Kansas) Commission Chair Mike Kelly has taken steps to stifle citizens who are concerned with or critical of county actions, but he apparently welcomes… Read More
Congress
Proposal: Retirement investment plans should stick to financial risk, return(The Center Square) – Environmental, social and governance policies in investments should be tied to financial risk and return, a federal proposal says. The Safeguarding Investment Options for… Read More
School Choice
Arkansas expands eligibility for Education Freedom Accounts(The Center Square) – More Arkansas students will be eligible for Education Freedom Accounts this upcoming school year, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday. The program will expand… Read More
2024 election
Majority of voters say U.S. heading in the wrong direction(The Center Square) – Sixty-two percent of voters say the U.S. is moving in the wrong direction in advance of the 2024 election, according to a new poll, but… Read More
Culture
Maine ‘abortion rights’ amendment proposal fails to get on ballotEfforts to enshrine a pro-abortion amendment into Maine’s state constitution failed Monday after Senate Republicans unanimously voted against the proposal, ensuring it didn’t get the supermajority required to pass. Read More
Illegal Immigration
Chinese nationals illegally entering U.S .in record numbers since 2021(The Center Square) – The number of Chinese nationals illegally entering the U.S. – primarily single, military age men – has skyrocketed under the Biden administration. Of the… Read More
Education, Kansas
Kansas school district refuses to answer questions about alleged ‘murder list’(The Sentinel) — More than a year after an alleged “incident” involving an alleged “murder list” at Wolf Springs Elementary School, questions remain about the Blue… Read More
Public Education
‘How far we’ve fallen’: Board member of SC charter school talks about current state of public education(The Center Square) – When Tom Drummond looks at the 1895 eighth-grade final exam from Selina, Kansas, he wonders how many people today could pass it. “I don’t… Read More
Missouri
Missouri revokes licenses for 9 cannabis microbusinesses(The Center Square) – The state of Missouri has revoked licenses for nine cannabis facilities over “ineligibility.” The facilities are classified as microbusinesses, defined by the state as… Read More
Culture
‘Senseless charade’: Satanic Temple to deliver opening prayer at Michigan county meetingA member of The Satanic Temple-West Michigan is scheduled to deliver the opening prayer at the April 23 meeting of the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners. The decision… Read More
Public Education
North Carolina’s school choice program fullTens of thousands of North Carolina families have jumped at the chance to receive school choice scholarships, despite open hostility from the governor about the program. In fact,… Read More
Courts
Florida Supreme Court upholds 6-week abortion ban(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Florida Supreme Court ruled Monday that abortion is not a protected right in the state’s constitution and allowed a six-week abortion ban to… Read More
Opinion
Kobach: Here’s what universities should do to students and staff who try to silence free speech(Daily Caller News Foundation) – There was a time when college campuses were bastions of free speech and open discourse. Unfortunately, on many campuses that golden age is long… Read More
Public Education
Report: Parents seek fake mental health labels to boost children’s scores on standardized tests for Ivy League schoolsTeens attending elite prep schools are being allowed to have extra time to complete SAT and ACT admission tests, with the help of fake mental health diagnoses. Read More
Public Education
Oklahoma establishes new ‘Office of School Choice’The Oklahoma Department of Education is establishing a new “Office of School Choice,” State Superintendent Ryan Walters announced at a Board of Education meeting. Read More
Free Speech
Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk’s appearance at KU Wednesday to test campus security, students’ beliefsTraditional American values of free speech, free markets and limited government are a surprisingly tough sell today – as evidenced by the need for, and the experience of, Turning… Read More
Culture
Immigrants can now select ‘third gender’ on citizenship form, Biden admin says(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Immigrants seeking U.S. citizenship can now identify as gender “X” on a key form, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Monday. Immigrants… Read More
Homeschools
South Carolina officials place ‘excessive demands’ on homeschool graduate, obstructing her career in Christian childcareHannah Pollock, 21, had her heart set on working in a South Carolina Christian school’s after-school kindergarten program and daytime preschool as a substitute teacher. “I’d always been… Read More
Culture
J.K. Rowling invites arrest, mocking Scotland’s new ‘hate crime’ law she says devalues ‘actual women and girls’In a series of X posts, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling ridiculed notorious trans women (biological males) in an attempt to draw attention to a… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Tennessee immigration bills would help AG efforts to sue federal government(The Center Square) – A pair of bills are intended to allow Tennessee to fight illegal immigration in the state. Senate Bill 2158 will require agencies and law… Read More