Culture
3 Midwestern cities rank in the top 5 for improved credit card useCredit card delinquency is dropping rapidly in at least three Midwestern cities. A new financial analysis compared proprietary user data from the first… Read More
Public Education
‘Schooled by Schemers’: Report finds $225 million in education fraud across 24 statesA bombshell report published Wednesday found $225 million in alleged public K-12 education fraud spanning 24 states over the last six years. Schooled by Schemers: Fraud, Waste and… Read More
Public Education
Rhode Island public schools overspend tax dollars, underdeliver on academicsA new report says Rhode Island is wasting taxpayer dollars on a public school system failing in student learning. A brand-new analysis from the Rhode Island Public Expenditure… Read More
Public Education
Arizona drops regulation of school choice in settlement(The Center Square) – Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has withdrawn a policy requiring families using the state’s school choice program to document every purchase made for “general educational supplemental… Read More
Courts
Conservative watchdog sues DHS for deportation count(The Daily Signal) – A conservative watchdog group has sued the Department of Homeland Security seeking data on the “actual” number of deportations of illegal immigrants. The Oversight… Read More
Politics
Democrats plot 11th-hour ‘gerrymandering’ effort to oust Maryland’s sole Republican Rep(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Democrats may be trying to deny Maryland Republicans representation again in their latest redistricting effort. Maryland lawmakers announced plans for a special session… Read More
Politics
Graham Platner drops out of Senate race after rape allegation proved to be final nail in coffin(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner dropped his Senate bid Wednesday after a previous girlfriend accused him of sexual assault. Platner announced his… Read More
Public Education
Ex-custodian in Arkansas district arrested after rape allegationsA former school custodian in a northwest Arkansas district has been charged with rape involving a juvenile who was less than 14 years old, according to recent reports. Read More
Government
New Hampshire governor signs legislation requiring parental notification on gender identity in schoolsNew Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte has signed legislation requiring school employees to answer parents’ written questions about their children truthfully. Senate Bill 430 requires credentialed school… Read More
Government
Trump admin urges hospitals to serve healthier foodThe Trump administration wants hospitals to stop giving sick people junk food and sugary drinks. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers… Read More
Courts
Kansas City man pleads guilty after 16 dogs rescued from dogfighting ringA Kansas City man pleaded guilty Tuesday to multiple dogfighting charges after Kansas City law enforcement rescued 16 dogs – four of which were pregnant – from his possession… Read More
Public Education
Federal actions against KCKPS follow GOP gubernatorial candidate Masterson’s letterThe federal government is escalating enforcement against Kansas City Kansas Public Schools (KCKPS) over parental-rights violations after Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson demanded accountability from the district. Read More
Government
Missouri, Kansas to receive millions in disaster assistance after approval from President TrumpPresident Donald Trump has approved millions of dollars in disaster aid for Missouri and Kansas following damage from April storms. Missouri Trump approved $27.6 million for Missouri… Read More
Culture
Missouri gun manufacturer lays down law for states with gun bans(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A small firearms manufacturer in Missouri declared in a press release that it would only sell civilian-legal products to law enforcement agencies. CMMG… Read More
Public Education
St. Louis Public Schools countersues former superintendentIn St. Louis Public Schools’ (SLPS) latest legal battle, the district has countersued former Superintendent Keisha Scarlett after her lawsuit, filed in April, contested her abrupt leave of absence… Read More
Culture
Mexican illegal immigrant dead after alleged attacks against ICE officer in HoustonA Mexican, undocumented immigrant died from gunshot wounds Tuesday after allegedly resisting arrest and using his car to attack an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Houston, Texas. Read More
Courts
Prosecutors outline motive in Charlie Kirk murder preliminary hearing, defense challenges religious statementsCharlie Kirk’s accused assassin, Tyler Robinson, is appearing in a Utah courtroom this week for preliminary hearings. The 23-year-old faces multiple charges, including aggravated murder in the… Read More
Government
Trump demands Republicans attach voter ID bill to $350 billion for Pentagon(The Center Square) – As congressional Republicans recuperate from weeks of disrupted work, President Donald Trump is doubling down on two policy goals considered long-shots by observers: an extra… Read More
World
European cars now must track driver’s eye movements to ‘prevent accidents’It is now mandatory for citizens of the European Union’s 27 member states to allow their cars to track their movements using artificial intelligence. The European Union’s General… Read More
Politics
Supreme Court justices to cross street for rare appearance before Congress(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Supreme Court Associate Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan are set to testify before Congress for the first time in seven years. Read More