President Donald Trump
Trump’s legal team says prosecutors are harassing ex-president to help Biden(The Center Square) – Former President Donald Trump's legal team alleged Thursday that federal prosecutors have deliberately violated a stay order in his Washington D.C. case to thwart his… Read More
Missouri Legislature
OPINION: Let’s improve children’s mental health by protecting them onlineAs Gen Z began to mature, sociologists began to notice some startling trends they didn’t see among the Millennials, Gen X, or the Boomers before them. The teenage experience… Read More
Public Education
Report: 56% of Tennessee’s sales tax collection go to education(The Center Square) – The state of Tennessee spent 43% of the state sales tax on education last fiscal year and 56 cents of every dollar of state and… Read More
Public Education
Analysis: ESSER program made public education’s future more difficult as Biden financial cliff loomsA research center at Georgetown University (GU) is warning that thousands of public school districts face a “bloodletting” as one-time federal COVID-19 relief funds run out. “I know… Read More
Courts
‘Budgeting is an artform, not a science,’ claims NYC teachers’ union in suit against mayor, who wants a balanced budgetThe New York City teachers’ union is suing Mayor Eric Adams for budget cuts caused by the city’s immigration crisis. The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) filed the… Read More
Public Education
Chicago Board of Education may remove school resource officers from public schoolsAn upcoming vote will decide if school resources officers will remain in Chicago’s public schools next fall. The Chicago Board of Education is set to vote on whether… Read More
Public Education
Multiple victims and at least one killed during Iowa high school shootingA 6th grade student was killed and five others injured by 17-year-old student Dylan Butler Thursday at Perry High School in Iowa, law enforcement authorities have said. There… Read More
Public Education
Poll: Tennessee residents support statewide ESA proposal(The Center Square) – More than 68% of Tennessee voters support statewide Education Savings Accounts, according to a new poll of Tennessee voters from Beacon Center. Read More
Opinion
The AP story on Claudine Gay illustrates everything that’s wrong with liberal media(Daily Caller News Foundation) – When the news hit that Harvard President Claudine Gay would step down, the Liberal reaction came swift and severe. The corporate media would have… Read More
Courts
Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis, who refused gay marriage applicants on religious grounds, to appeal latest judgmentA federal judge has awarded a gay couple damages of over $260,000 in the case of former county clerk Kim Davis, who refused to issue… Read More
Culture
North Carolina year in review: School choice gains, racial discrimination judgment(The Center Square) – Universal school choice and a landmark decision in higher education at the U.S. Supreme Court topped North Carolina’s 2023 impactful education developments. The state… Read More
Opinion
Australian law forbids prayers, revealing the religious freedom threat of bans on ‘conversion therapy’(The Daily Signal) – Imagine the government told you what you can and cannot pray for, inside your own head. Such an idea seems better suited to… Read More
Public Education
‘Putting the cart before the horse’: Missouri school board approves misleading bond proposalA Missouri school board is moving forward with a multi-million dollar bond, despite not knowing how the taxpayer dollars will be spent. The St. Joseph Board of Education… Read More
Congress
Menendez charged with aiding Qatar in new corruption charges(The Center Square) — Embattled U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is facing new federal charges alleging that he worked as an agent for Qatar in exchange for monetary bribes. Menendez,… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Denver to spend $180 million on migrants in 2024; mayor calls it ‘unsustainable’(The Center Square) – Denver Mayor Mike Johnston told the City Council on Tuesday that the infusion of migrants to their city will cost $180 million this year and… Read More
Abortion
Court blocks Biden rule requiring E.R. doctors to perform abortions(The Center Square) – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled against a Biden administration effort to require emergency room doctors to perform abortions, the latest… Read More
Border
Border residents to Congress: ‘Stop holding press conferences, shut down the border’(The Center Square) – As another Republican congressional delegation arrived in Eagle Pass, Texas, Wednesday to hold another news conference and meet local residents, many Texans living at… Read More
China, Missouri
Gov. Parson order stops foreign purchases of Missouri land near military bases(The Center Square) – If Missourians sell farmland within 10 miles of a military facility in the state, the buyer must be approved by the state Department of Agriculture… Read More
Culture
‘I was against her on the merits’: Alan Dershowitz rejects ousted Harvard president’s claim of ‘racial animus’(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz pushed back against former Harvard President Claudine Gay’s claims that criticism of her was motivated by “racial animus” Tuesday,… Read More
Culture
Largest pornographic website admits link to sex traffickingOne of the world’s largest pornography websites admits that it profits from sex trafficking. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Pornhub’s parent company admitted in… Read More