Government
New Hampshire lawmakers propose expanding education freedom programFour school choice expansion bills were considered by the New Hampshire House Education Committee this week. All four bills would reform the state’s Education… Read More
Public Education
North Carolina releases guideline for AI in schools, encourages educators to ‘rethink plagiarism and cheating’The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction released artificial intelligence guidelines on Tuesday to “direct responsible implementation” of AI in public schools. The guidebook’s implicit goal is to… Read More
Gender, Missouri
Missouri school district reverses transgender bathroom policy after community backlash(The Heartlander) — The Wentzville, Missouri school board reversed course on its transgender bathroom policy after two members blew the whistle, leading to public backlash and a lawsuit.The… Read More
Drugs
Florida AG warns about another dangerous drug on market: fake Xanax, ‘benzo dope’(The Center Square) – Attorney General Ashley Moody is warning Floridians and Americans about another illicit drug on the market: fake Xanax, known as “benzo dope.” In an… Read More
2024 election
Maine Secretary of State appeals judge’s delay in Trump ballot fight(The Center Square) – Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has appealed to the state’s Superior Court decision to pause on a ruling to remove former President Donald Trump… Read More
Crime
DOJ calls law enforcement response to Uvalde school shooting ‘a failure’(The Center Square) – A long-awaited report from U.S. Department of Justice released Thursday found widespread problems with law enforcement officers’ response to the mass school shooting in Uvalde,… Read More
2024 election
Trump to argue Colorado Supreme Court devised removal from primary ballot(The Center Square) – Lawyers for former President Donald Trump will argue the Colorado Supreme Court violated state regulations when it ruled he wasn’t eligible for the March Republican… Read More
Fentanyl
DEA seizes greatest amount of fentanyl in agency history in 2023(The Center Square) – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents in 2023 seized more than 77 million fentanyl pills and nearly 12,000 pounds of fentanyl powder – the most the… Read More
Kansas City
County leader vetoes ballot proposal for 40-year Kansas City stadium sales tax(The Center Square) – Jackson County Executive Frank White, a member of the Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame, vetoed an ordinance placing a 40-year sales tax on the… Read More
Public Education
Washington official certifies student parent rights initiative, sends to Legislature(The Center Square) – The Washington Secretary of State’s Office has formally certified Initiative 2081, which would give parents of public school students the right to review educational and… Read More
Culture
Biden admin allocates $700K for pregnancy prevention program for girls who identify as boysThe Biden administration’s Department of Health and Human Services has spent $700,000 on a sex education program tailored to preventing pregnancy in young women who… Read More
Media
Then came Trump: KC news anchor Mark Alford got up, ran for Congress after hot liquid media meltdown reached his morning show couchWith everyone else playing games outside at his family reunion, 6th-grader Mark Alford was inside. Watching the Watergate hearings live. It was an era when a bumper sticker… Read More
Culture
Network supported by national teachers’ union to launch school choice smear campaign(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A network supported by the nation’s largest teacher union, the National Education Association (NEA), will be launching an anti-school choice campaign Jan. 22 during… Read More
Opinion
Americans should be alert to Biden admin’s smearing school parents as ‘domestic terrorists’ again(The Daily Signal) – President Joe Biden’s White House notoriously helped craft the National School Boards Association’s letter comparing concerned parents to domestic terrorists back in October 2021. That… Read More
Culture
Biden offers one-word response to question about ‘March for Life’(Daily Caller News Foundation) – President Joe Biden offered a one-word response Thursday to a reporter’s question about the annual March for Life event. A reporter asked if… Read More
Courts
School board member and his brother arrested on felony child porn chargesThe vice president of a North Dakota school board has been arrested and charged with five felony counts for possessing prohibited content involving minors. Joel Opp, the vice… Read More
Government
Former lawmaker seeking parental rights question for Illinois’ November ballot(The Center Square) – A former state legislator has formed a group that is launching a statewide effort to put parents’ rights on Illinois’ November 2024 ballot. The… Read More
Public Education
‘New normal’: Parent survey shows demand for school choice has reached new record highParents’ demand for school choice continues to rise, reaching record numbers yet again. The National School Choice Awareness Foundation (NSCAF) surveyed 2,595 parents around… Read More
Border
Arizona mother: Mayorkas’ policies ‘partially responsible for my daughter’s death’(The Center Square) – An Arizona mother who lost her daughter to fentanyl poisoning testified Thursday before a U.S. House committee that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Pritzker responds to Republicans calling for end of migrant sanctuary status(The Center Square) – Illinois Statehouse Republicans wanting to end the state’s migrant sanctuary policies are getting rebuffed by Gov. J.B. Pritkzer. Earlier this week, Republicans held two… Read More