Public Education
Wisconsin students missing class at alarming rates over past decade, report says(The Center Square) – Many children in Wisconsin schools have not returned to class since the COVID outbreak. A new report from the Wisconsin Institute for Law and… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Texas Border Patrol agents apprehend child sex offenders, rapists(The Center Square) – U.S. Border Patrol agents continue to apprehend foreign nationals illegally entering Texas who are known child sex offenders.In one of the heaviest trafficked areas… Read More
Federal Spending
Democrats, Republicans offer support for bipartisan fiscal commission(The Center Square) – Signs of bipartisanship emerged Wednesday from a House Budget Committee hearing focused on a fiscal commission that would address the nation's deficit.The House Budget… Read More
Politics
WA Supreme Court analysis finds progressive domination of donations, decisions(The Center Square) – A Ballotpedia analysis of Washington state Supreme Court candidate campaign finance and court case outcomes between 2013 and 2022 shows that… Read More
Public Education
Republican lawmakers pledge to ban harmful teacher strikes in Oregon after weeks of closed classroomsThree Republican lawmakers have promised to legislation preventing teachers from walking off the job after nearly 50,000 students were shut out of Portland, Oregon schools for most of November. Read More
Kansas City, Taxes
Residents in KC suburb learn clerical error saves them $1 million in property tax(The Sentinel) — Residents in the Kansas City suburb of Merriam recently received a postcard informing them of a “clerical error” that will reduce property tax… Read More
Elections, Kansas City
KC mayor’s attorney using police images in campaign materials, despite the mayor questioning a state legislator’s legality for doing sameAfter the Kansas City mayor questioned the legality of a legislator doing so, his attorney is using images of police officers in her campaign for Jackson County prosecutor. Read More
Public Education
Race-based scholars program prompts complaints against University of Colorado(The Center Square) – The University of Colorado is facing a pair of discrimination complaints challenging its participation in a scholarship program after the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this… Read More
Opinion
Biden Ed secretary’s Reagan misquote perfectly illustrates ignorance of our failed ruling class(The Daily Signal) – In the future, when I think about the textbook definition of America’s failed pseudo-elite, I’ll think of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona. In a… Read More
Culture
Here’s how much regulations cost average American family – and how Biden is making it worse(The Daily Signal) – Americans expect to pay federal taxes, but the federal government also picks their pockets in more hidden ways, and President Joe Biden is making… Read More
Public Education
What’s inside the $175 million agreement between Portland schools, teachers?(The Center Square) – Students have returned to school in Portland as the teachers’ union and district have yet to vote on an agreement to end the weekslong strike,… Read More
Government
Gov. Lee launches plan for 20K K-12 ESAs across Tennessee(The Center Square) – Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee began his push for a statewide educational savings account plan that will include 20,000 ESAs in the first year and an… Read More
Public Education
School officials removed after transgender athlete discovered on female sports team(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A Florida high school allegedly removed several staff members, including its principal, after a transgender athlete was allowed on a female sports team, according… Read More
Public Education
School district fair promotes Palestine, excludes Israel, raising questions from critics(The Center Square) – A Northern Virginia middle school chose “Palestine” as their country to represent as part of a school district-wide multicultural fair, omitting any recognition of the… Read More
President Biden
Hunter Biden asks to testify publicly before House Oversight Committee(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, has requested to testify publicly before Congress.Hunter Biden’s lawyer sent a letter to the House Oversight Committee, chaired… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Eagle Pass braces for another surge of illegal border crossers(The Center Square) – The small border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, is bracing for another surge of an expected group of thousands of people illegally entering from Mexico. Read More
Free Speech
Arizona GOP lawmakers hint at university budget cuts over free speech concerns(The Center Square) – Arizona Republican lawmakers are reconsidering appropriations toward public universities in the state, specifically citing free speech concerns at Arizona State University.The Joint Legislative Ad Hoc… Read More
Abortion
States with restrictive abortion bans see 2.3% hike in births after Roe overturned(The Center Square) – In the first half of 2023, roughly 32,000 babies were born in states that implemented abortion restrictions after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Read More
Fentanyl, Missouri
Fentanyl-related deaths in children under 5 increased 500% in Missouri last year(The Center Square) – The number of fentanyl-related child deaths in Missouri nearly doubled in 2022, and deaths of children under age 5 increased by more than 500%, according… Read More
Culture
Anti-Christian hate rising in Europe: From job firings to arson to murders(The Daily Signal) – A new report is documenting a drastic rise in anti-Christian hate crimes across Europe. The Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians in Europe … Read More