Culture
Florida sheriff: Faith-based communities provide positive societal change(The Center Square) – Positive societal change comes from the faith-based community, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said at a recent event with pastors organized by Citizens Defending Freedom… Read More
Culture
Even democrats aren’t sold on pushing gender ideology in schools, polls show(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Democrats are split over whether students should be forced to learn about gender ideology at school, according to polling from the University of Southern… Read More
Courts
Iowa school district settles lawsuit with pro-parent group over transgender policyAn Iowa school board has agreed to pay $20,000 to resolve a lawsuit over a district policy enabling students to transition genders at school without parental notification or permission. Read More
Opinion
Spotlights illuminating nothing: How American journalism has disappeared altogether, just when we needed it mostToward the end of The Sound of Music, the von Trapp family singers are called on stage to accept first prize in the Salzburg Music Festival.Ta-da!, the orchestra plays… Read More
Kansas City
Kansas City Council’s new ‘Language Access’ office for immigrants straddles line of illegality under Missouri law, councilman worriesThe Kansas City Council Thursday voted to spend $900,000 to vastly expand language translation services for immigrants, some of whom may be here illegally. The ordinance creates the… Read More
Courts
Christian parents petition Supreme Court after son was taken away over their refusal to acknowledge new gender identityThe Indiana Department of Child Services took a teenage son from his parents when they wouldn’t refer to him by a female name and pronouns. Now they’re taking their case… Read More
Illegal Immigration
53 Texas counties have now declared an invasion at southern border(The Center Square) – A total of 53 Texas counties have declared an invasion at the southern U.S. border and expressed support for Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security mission,… Read More
Elections
Ranked-choice voting proves to be lightning rod issue in several states(The Center Square) – Bills to ban ranked-choice voting are causing passionate debate over a method to cast ballots that some say is fairer and some say is confusing… Read More
Border
‘Civil war’ narrative is false, Texas officials, Border Patrol union say(The Center Square) – A narrative that a “civil war” or “cold war” between federal law enforcement officers and their state and local counterparts at the southern border in… Read More
Public Education
Illinois shields schools’ sex ed, gender trainings from public view(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Illinois Attorney General’s Office allowed the state’s largest school district to withhold records related to gender and sexuality lessons offered in classrooms, according… Read More
Public Education
After decades of corruption Florida teachers seek new union with integrityIn Miami-Dade, the nation’s 4th-largest school district, teachers have grown so tired of their corrupt and entrenched union that most aren’t even members anymore. Under Florida law, the… Read More
Josh Hawley
Happy Hawley days: Missouri senator and family wow the crowd at state GOP ‘Lincoln Days’ celebrationMissouri U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley has found himself on the national stage on myriad issues in his first term – most recently dragging a historic apology out of… Read More
Opinion
How many more female athletes will be injured by trans players before Biden gives up trying to rewrite Title IX?(The Daily Signal) – An injury on a high school girls basketball team is another reminder of why Title IX exists and why the definition of “sex” is not up… Read More
Government
Indiana lawmakers want cellphones limited in classrooms(The Center Square) – Indiana lawmakers want students to be better readers, and one way they want to make sure it happens is by limiting cellphone use in classrooms. Read More
Culture
Mental health disorders are main predictor of suicide in teens with gender dysphoria, study saysGender dysphoria in young people is not predictive of suicide when other mental health issues are accounted for, researchers say in a new study published at BMJ Mental Health. … Read More
Government
Florida House committee approves bill to create Communism Education Task Force(The Center Square) – Florida students could be required to learn about communism and other socio-political and economic systems after a bill advanced in a House committee on Wednesday. Read More
Government
Alabama House conducts public hearing for education savings account bill(The Center Square) – A bill that would create an education savings account program in Alabama was rewritten in committee after a public hearing on Wednesday. The Ways… Read More
Courts
‘Illegal and unlawful’: Teachers’ unions in two states sued by parents over harmful strikesTeachers’ union strikes exact a heavy toll on students and families – a toll leading parents in Chicago and Newton, Massachusetts to file separate lawsuits against their respective unions. Read More
Public Education
Kentucky middle school teacher arrested on rape, child porn chargesA former Kentucky middle school teacher has been arrested on several charges, including third-degree rape and possession of child pornography. Brian W. Bailey, 54, was working as a… Read More
Border, Missouri
Gov. Parson requests $2.3M in sending 200 Missouri Guard members to Texas border(The Center Square) – Republican Gov. Mike Parson issued an executive order Tuesday declaring a state of emergency in Missouri to send members of the Missouri National Guard and… Read More