Public Education
Blue state students hit with significant grade inflation during pandemic, study shows(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Washington state K-12 students suffered significant grade inflation during the COVID-19 pandemic, raising concerns that learning loss may have had a larger effect in… Read More
Courts
Court rules in favor of politician accused of ‘hate speech’ for tweeting Bible verse(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A Finnish court dismissed all charges against parliament member Päivi Räsänen after she was accused of hate speech for tweeting a Bible verse, according… Read More
Illegal Immigration
House refers Mayorkas impeachment resolution to Homeland Security Committee(The Center Square) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday night voted to refer a resolution to impeach U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the… Read More
Public Safety
Petition helps mount clemency drive for former Kansas City Det. Eric DeValkenaere in 2019 shootingMore than 1,200 citizens have already asked the Missouri governor to grant clemency to former Kansas City police detective Eric DeValkenaere, now serving six years in prison in a… Read More
President Donald Trump
Poll: Trump performs better than Biden on top issues for voters(The Center Square) – Voters trust former President Donald Trump more than President Joe Biden on the economy, immigration, national security, foreign affairs and crime.Biden, however, is more… Read More
Terrorism
Hamas supporters vandalize Texas congresswoman’s office in McAllen(The Center Square) – Hamas supporters vandalized a Texas congresswoman’s office in a south Texas border community that is still grappling with unprecedented numbers of illegal border crossers.The… Read More
Public Education
Audit: Most West Virginia school districts violated federal rules for $1.2B in grants(The Center Square) – Thirty-seven of West Virginia’s 54 county school districts were noncompliant spending more than $1.2 billion in federal COVID-19 funds, according to a new report. Read More
Culture
There is no ‘second America’ if this one fails(The Daily Signal) – For the past two decades, many educated Americans have stopped acting in “defense of civilization” but instead in “defense of barbarism,” former New York Times… Read More
Public Education
Students walk out over Ohio school district’s transgender bathroom policyOhio high school students walked out of class last week to protest a school’s new transgender bathroom policy. The policy at Elida High School allows transgender and non-binary… Read More
Government
Illinois lawmakers fail to extend school choice program for low-income familiesLow-income students in Illinois may lose their school choice scholarships by the end of the year after state legislators failed to address it last week. During a three-day… Read More
Culture
Disney gives pronoun pins to Epcot janitors in latest DEI move(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Disney World is rolling out pronoun pins for its employees, according to multiple workers at the theme park who spoke to the Daily Caller… Read More
Public Education
Iowa leads way on education freedom(The Daily Signal) – In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, families bear the twin burdens of inflation and indoctrination. Parents continue to witness their children being… Read More
Culture
New Biden admin ‘mandate’ will require 80,000 employees to affirm gender ideology in the workplaceThe Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is under fire for a new policy requiring employees to use the preferred names and pronouns of… Read More
Public Education
California middle-schooler suspended, banned from sporting events after school claims eye black is blackfaceA California middle school student was suspended for wearing eye black to a football game after school officials claimed it was blackface. An 8th-grader identified only as… Read More
Illegal Immigration
26 attorneys general: Give states the authority to enforce federal immigration law(The Center Square) – A coalition of 26 state attorneys general is calling on the new U.S. Speaker of the House to pass a Florida-sponsored bill that would grant… Read More
Illinois
Violence prevention activist calls for end of Chicago’s migrant sanctuary status(The Center Square) – With Chicago’s ongoing migrant crisis becoming more pronounced by the day, local activist Tio Hardiman is calling on Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to reverse policy… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Over 1.9 million people illegally entered Texas in fiscal 2023(The Center Square) – As Democratic governors and mayors urge President Joe Biden to do more as several thousand illegal foreign nationals flood their communities from the… Read More
Illinois, Missouri
Illinois county board member’s desire to join Missouri quashed by attorney general(The Center Square) – Some say the southern Illinois boundary line should be changed so that eight downstate counties can become part of Missouri. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul… Read More
Culture
Soccer star Megan Rapinoe says injury proves there is no God; prominent Christians respondWomen’s soccer star and self-proclaimed patriot Megan Rapinoe says an injury in her final game Saturday is proof there is no God. But… Read More
Courts
Longtime sorority alumni booted after supporting lawsuit challenging admission of trans manTwo alumni have been expelled from Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority at the University of Wyoming, allegedly for supporting a lawsuit challenging the admission of a trans man into the… Read More