Auto industry
Electric vehicles present new security risks(The Center Square) – The nation’s transition to electric vehicles must not only overcome power and charging station shortcomings, but novel security risks too.Robert Charette, a longtime systems… Read More
President Biden
Biden approval rating hits new low(The Center Square) – Newly released polling data shows President Joe Biden's approval rating has hit a new low on the eve of 2024, when the president will seek… Read More
Culture
Biological man breaks women’s sprinting record, sparking controversyA biological male set a new women’s track and field record at a university in New York, drawing criticism from advocates for fairness in women’s sports. Sadie Schreiner,… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Border agency suspending railroad crossings at two key international ports of entry in Texas(The Center Square) – On Sunday night, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced it was closing international railroad bridges at two major ports of entry in Eagle Pass and… Read More
Health, Missouri
Missouri joins 49 other states as it launches prescription drug monitoring site(The Center Square) – Missouri health care providers are now required to submit information to the state’s new Prescription Drug Monitoring Program if they prescribe specific controlled substances.The… Read More
Public Education
Missouri lawmaker introduces universal education tax credit bill, assures families no strings attachedMissouri state lawmakers are laying the groundwork for major education reform, including a universal education tax credit. State Rep. Doug Richey, R-Excelsior Springs, introduced… Read More
Opinion
Biden admin’s pronoun police demand employees deny biology(The Daily Signal) – If your boss required you to announce publicly that 2 + 2 = 5 and act like you sincerely believed it, would you comply or… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school funding exceeds $20,000 per student adjusted for cost of living(The Sentinel) – New data from the Kansas Department of Education show school funding was $17,650 per student in the 2023 school year, but adjusted for the cost of… Read More
Opinion
Chicago is undermining its own public education system for the sake of ‘equity’Chicago students may soon lose their access to a high-quality high school because teachers’ unions and social justice activists would rather promote “equity” than excellence. The Chicago Board… Read More
Public Education
41 students arrested at Brown University following anti-Israel campus protestOfficers arrested 41 students at Brown University after students broke school policies by refusing to leave the University Hall in an anti-Israel protest. “Brown University issued multiple trespass… Read More
Public Education
San Fran school board approves big raises; then projects $610 million deficits(The Center Square) – The San Francisco Unified School District is projecting a combined spending deficit of almost $611 million in the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years after giving… Read More
Courts
This Moms for Liberty leader faced trumped-up harassment charges. Now, she’s suing(The Daily Signal) – A Pennsylvania Moms for Liberty leader will file defamation lawsuits to restore her good name after she was falsely accused of harassment in what… Read More
Culture
Do the times try your soul? Both the condition and the cure can be found hereWhen the American revolutionary Thomas Paine penned the ageless words “These are the times that try men’s souls,” he also wrote the following phrase in reference to the… Read More
Public Education
Is Biden’s education department scheming with SPLC to demonize concerned parents? Rep. Comer demands answers(The Daily Signal) – President Joe Biden’s White House has hosted staff and leadership of the Southern Poverty Law Center at least 11 times, and congressional Republicans want… Read More
Culture
‘Blatantly obvious’: Riley Gaines explains why she believes women fear speaking out against trans athletes(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Former competitive swimmer and women’s activist Riley Gaines explained Sunday why she believes women fear speaking out against transgender athletes in women’s sports. Read More
Public Education
Pennsylvania Republicans won majority of school board seats during 2023 electionIn November, political pundits bemoaned the lack of a “red wave” in school board elections nationwide, but Republicans performed better in Pennsylvania than initially reported. One article… Read More
Public Education
Book banning? Rhode Island school district trained teachers to ‘purge’ music library of ‘discriminatory’ contentA school district in Rhode Island has been caught training its teachers to “decolonize” the music room. The training from 2020 only came to light recently, thanks to… Read More
Military
Pentagon falls 41,000 short of reduced military recruitment goals(The Center Square) – The Pentagon came up short on its recruitment goals. The Defense Department’s senior officials testified Wednesday about shortfalls in Army, Navy and Air Force… Read More
State Government
California freezes spending as state faces $68 billion deficit(The Center Square) – In the aftermath of a government report projecting a $68 billion deficit for the 2024-25 fiscal year, the California Department of Finance ordered… Read More
Courts
Ex-FBI leader gets 50 months in prison for helping Russian oligarch avoid sanctions(The Center Square) – A former top FBI agent was sentenced to more than four years in prison for helping a Russian oligarch avoid U.S. sanctions. Charles McGonigal,… Read More