Missouri, Politics
Missouri House GOP PAC changes leadership after exposé – will it also withdraw its support for Democrat-led court redistricting case?Missouri’s House Republican Campaign Committee is moving on from its executive director at the end of the month, after a Heartlander look Wednesday into the PAC’s money spent… Read More
Culture
UN pushes sexual rights and gender ideology to attack parents and children(The Daily Signal) – As the United Nations celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights this month, the global body’s bureaucrats are reinterpreting the… Read More
Culture
Catholic all-girls college reverses trans policy after backlash(The Daily Signal) – Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana is back tracking on its decision to allow men who identify as transgender women to enroll in… Read More
Culture
Rep. Jim Banks demands answers about Butler University’s DEI investigation into college republicans(The Daily Signal) – Rep. Jim Banks, a Republican member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee and an Indiana congressman, has issued a letter to Butler University… Read More
Public Education
With decree to bus drivers, school district puts the ‘Scrooge’ in Christmas spirit(The Daily Signal) – A local school district in Pennsylvania acted to forbid school bus drivers from putting up Christmas decorations. On Friday, just over a week before… Read More
Opinion
‘Behold the Infant Christ’: The Incarnation reminds us why we learnThe Christmas season is a time to celebrate the Incarnation, God taking on flesh in Jesus. It is our annual reminder of the Christ-child coming down in the… Read More
Congress
California to lose four Congressional seats after 2030 Census; Texas, Florida to gain(The Center Square) – California is projected to lose four congressional seats after the 2030 Census, with Texas positioned to gain four and Florida to gain three, says… Read More
Military
Oversight Committee raises concerns about military crash fatalities(The Center Square) – House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., sent a letter to U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin calling for more information… Read More
Illegal Immigration
These are the 15 states that received the most unaccompanied minors from the border(The Center Square) – Of the 50 states, Washington, D.C., and U.S. territories that received unaccompanied alien children (UAC) primarily from the southern border, 15 received more than 10,000… Read More
Gender Identity
Michigan parents sue Rockford Public Schools over child’s pronouns, gender(The Center Square) – A lawsuit claims a Michigan school district began treating a middle-school daughter as a boy for more than six months without their knowledge or consent. Read More
Free Speech
Lawrence man sues city, library over banning his ‘mocking,’ ‘vitriolic’ public comments(The Sentinel) — A Lawrence man is suing the Lawrence City Commission, the commissioners individually, the Lawrence Public Library, and several library employees over what he says is viewpoint… Read More
Courts
Saying ‘gender is binary and cannot be changed’ got an award-winning California teacher fired. He’s fighting back.(The Daily Signal) – A gay fifth grade teacher in Glendale, California, is suing the Glendale Unified School District after he was suspended then fired… Read More
Public Education
Cursive comeback: Why states are bringing handwriting back to public educationWhen Common Core standards were released in 2010, most states cut back handwriting and cursive instruction to just kindergarten and 1st grade, focusing instead on… Read More
Courts
Appeals court allows female athletes’ suit over competition with males to go forward in ConnecticutA Connecticut lawsuit challenging the fairness of allowing males to compete as girls in high school sports has been reinstated by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Read More
Public Education
Missouri school district offers coloring pages on preferred pronouns, gender expression to kindergartners(The Daily Signal) – A Missouri school district is providing elementary-school teachers with coloring pages, asking children as young as kindergartners to choose their pronouns… Read More
Culture
‘Problematic’ podcast’s woman of the year: Riley Gaines(The Daily Signal) – Time magazine named pop singer Taylor Swift its Person of the Year. There is a good economic argument to be made for why Swift… Read More
Culture
University threatened with lawsuit after allegedly attempting to shut down conservative groupThe University of Utah has been threatened with a lawsuit by a conservative organization after the school allegedly changed policies it thought the local chapter would violate. The Mountain… Read More
Missouri
Mystery canine illness has Missouri veterinarians, pet owners on high alertVeterinarians are issuing warnings about a mysterious respiratory illness spreading in the U.S. among dogs. Atypical Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease (aCIRD) is the name many veterinarians are using… Read More
Public Education
Oklahoma state superintendent’s proposal would keep drag queens and discriminatory diversity programs out of classrooms(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Oklahoma’s top education official will propose rules on Thursday that will eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, prevent drag queen performers from becoming… Read More
Public Education
Report: Charter school enrollment increases in Georgia(The Center Square) – Georgia’s public charter school enrollment has grown over the last four years while enrollment at traditional schools has declined. That’s according to state-level data… Read More