Missouri
Three Missouri physicians paying $653K to settle kickback charges on medical tests(The Center Square) – Three Missouri physicians and their pain management practices will pay $653,796 to resolve allegations they received illegal kickbacks for referring patients for laboratory testing. Read More
Labor
UAW strike against Stellantis, General Motors expands to 38 locations(The Center Square) – The United Auto Workers on Friday at noon expanded its strike against the Big Three automakers to 38 locations at General Motors and Stellantis.After… Read More
Congress
New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, wife, charged with federal bribery(The Center Square) — New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife have been charged with federal bribery offenses in connection with a "corrupt relationship" with three New Jersey businessmen,… Read More
President Biden
DHS adds officials who called the Hunter Biden laptop story ‘Russian disinformation’(The Center Square) – The Department of Homeland Security has sparked controversy by adding to its Intelligence Board multiple members who signed on to the now debunked 2020 letter… Read More
AI, Uncategorized
Lawmakers, experts raise concerns about AI being used for child exploitation(The Center Square) – Lawmakers and experts are raising the alarm that rapidly developing artificial intelligence technology could be used to exploit children.A group of Republican lawmakers sent… Read More
Courts
Minnesota AG: SROs and school employees can use ‘reasonable force’ to prevent bodily harm(The Center Square) – Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison issued a supplemented legal opinion regarding school discipline laws after dozens of police departments pulled school resource officers. Ellison… Read More
Culture
Congressional report details ‘pervasive degradation’ of First Amendment Rights on college campuses(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A congressional report released by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on Thursday describes the “long-standing and pervasive degradation of First Amendment… Read More
Culture
Garland won’t say if Youngkin right to pardon father charged after protesting daughter’s sexual assault(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Attorney General Merrick Garland declined to say Wednesday whether Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, should have pardoned a father… Read More
Culture
Male inmate convicted of raping his daughter now identifies as a woman and is housed with female prison inmates(The Daily Signal) – The Wisconsin Department of Corrections is housing a man who raped his own daughter in a women’s prison because he said… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school superintendent defends gender pronoun instruction poster in middle school(The Sentinel) – Students at Clark Middle School in Bonner Springs, Kansas can familiarize themselves with the issues involving gender identity pronouns with this school-approved wall poster now… Read More
Government
Florida House examines implementation of ‘responsible fatherhood’ law(The Center Square) — A Florida House subcommittee met this week to discuss implementing some of the elements of a bill that passed during the 2022 session designed to… Read More
Biden administration
Biden approves $1 billion in grants to combat ‘environmental injustice’ with shade trees(The Center Square) – To combat what is referred to as "environmental injustice," the Biden administration is giving out $1 billion in grants to put up trees in areas… Read More
Economy
2023 could see highest number of people on food stamps since 2016(The Center Square) – The 2023 fiscal year is on track to average the highest number of individuals on food stamps in the U.S. since 2016. There were… Read More
Federal government
Attorney General Merrick Garland takes fire from House Republicans(The Center Square) – House Republicans peppered Attorney General Merrick Garland with questions during a hearing Wednesday about the probe into Hunter Biden, the president’s son.As The Center… Read More
Missouri
Court says Missouri governments must state costs for some Sunshine Law requests(The Center Square) – Attorney David Roland left the Missouri Court of Appeals in the Western District confident his Sunshine Law case against the Cole County prosecuting attorney was… Read More
Biden administration
With apparent stalemate in Ukraine’s war with Russia, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley asks what Biden’s plan is nowWith both the Biden administration and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivering glum assessments of Ukraine’s chances of victory in its war with Russia, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley wonders what… Read More
Government
Lawmakers propose increasing teacher classroom supply deduction limit to $1K(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tennessee, is a co-sponsor of bipartisan legislation to increase the amount schoolteachers can deduct for classroom supplies to $1,000 per year. Read More
Public Education
‘Educational homicide’: Zero students proficient in math at 40% of Baltimore high schools(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Not a single student is proficient in math at 40% of Baltimore public high schools in the spring of 2023, according to state exam… Read More
Culture
Virginia Tech DEI director’s effort to oppose pro-Youngkin school board candidates may have crossed a line(The Daily Signal) – A diversity, equity, and inclusion officer at a leading university in southwestern Virginia may have violated her school’s policy by using… Read More
Public Education
40% of South Carolina high school students failed US History exam, says state ed departmentThe South Carolina Department of Education released lackluster data this week about its public high schools. The Monday report included data about core… Read More