Missouri, UFOs
Piedmont, Wayne County designated as UFO Capitals of Missouri under new billPIEDMONT, Mo. – Hundreds of UFO sightings have been reported in the Piedmont and Clearwater Lake areas for decades, garnering the attention of the FBI, military and researchers from… Read More
Public Education
Four federal probes ongoing in second-largest public school district(The Center Square) – North Carolina’s second-largest school district faces at least four investigations, each related to Title IX, by the U.S. Department of Education over sexual harassment or… Read More
Courts
California professors sue to block DEI teaching and tenure mandates(The Center Square) – The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, better known as FIRE, filed a lawsuit on behalf of six California community college professors to stop statewide… Read More
Kansas City
Kansas City Public Schools sets lowest grading level at 40%, no longer allowing ‘zeroes’ – even when no work is turned in(The Heartlander) — Zeroes are no longer allowed to be given to students in Kansas City Public Schools. The lowest score possible now is 40%, even if the student… Read More
Opinion
Op-Ed: School is starting but kids are being left behind in Texas(The Center Square) – It’s an exciting time as millions of students return to schools in Texas this month. The bright young minds are ready to take the next… Read More
Courts
Lawsuit over Texas law restricting gender treatments for minors gets court hearingA two-day hearing in a lawsuit challenging the Texas law banning gender treatments for minors began Tuesday. The new law prohibits minors from receiving treatments such as puberty… Read More
Springfield
‘The Flying Greek’ Mike Pappas receives posthumous mural in Springfield after fight with cancerSPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The nonprofit group Fight Colorectal Cancer has unveiled a sizable mural in downtown Springfield honoring late professional wrestling legend Mike Pappas, “The Flying Greek.” Pappas’… Read More
Illegal Immigration
ICE agents arrest MS-13 gang member on Top 100 list, plus Brazilian wanted in 2015 massacre(The Center Square) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested two violent criminals this week wanted in El Salvador and Brazil. They include an MS-13 gang member on… Read More
2024 election
Trump beats Biden with Hispanic voters, poll shows(The Center Square) – Former President Donald Trump is leading President Joe Biden with Hispanic voters in a potential general election faceoff. The Center Square Voters’ Voices… Read More
Federal government
Bill would require federal agencies to buy American flags made in U.S.(The Center Square) – A bipartisan bill that would require the U.S. government to buy American flags made in the U.S. would have little effect on federal spending, according… Read More
2024 election
Trump, DeSantis both virtually tied with Biden in potential election faceoff(The Center Square) – Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron Desantis are virtually tied with President Joe Biden in theoretical head-to-head matchups heading into the 2024… Read More
Mizzou
University of Missouri is second state organization to report possible data breach(The Center Square) – The University of Missouri is informing current and former employees and students to be aware their personal information might have been accessed in a global… Read More
Springfield
Government employee blasts Greene County commissioners as ‘bigots’ for not funding LGBTQ group with outreach to young childrenSPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A local health department spokesman called his county commissioners “bigots” for not approving a grant to an LGBT organization because of its “outreach” to kids ages… Read More
Public Education
Arizona public school funding per student to hit record level(The Center Square) – New numbers from the Arizona Joint Legislative Budget Committee paint a clearer picture in the ongoing debate on school choice and funding for public education. Read More
Public Education
Colorado education board reviewing salary range increases for top paid employees(The Center Square) – The Colorado State Board of Education is seeking approval to increase its salary ranges for its non-classified at-will employees who are among its highest-paid executives. Read More
Opinion
Back to (what kind of) school: Education or indoctrination?(The Daily Signal) – As millions of children return to public school, it’s a good idea to again examine what they are being taught and what is being left… Read More
Public Education
Why does America have school choice deserts despite the policy’s popularity? (The geography of school choice: Part I)Never in America’s history has school choice been so popular or had so much momentum. However, school choice deserts remain, particularly in the West. While states like Florida… Read More
Public Education
Teachers’ unions trained educators to ‘inject gender ideology politics’ into classrooms, says report(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A Wednesday report claimed that the largest teachers unions in the United States worked to “inject gender ideology politics” into classrooms, according to the… Read More
Courts
Catholic preschools sue state officials over law barring them from funding program(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Two Catholic preschools filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Colorado Department of Early Education officials for allegedly excluding them from being accepted into the state’s… Read More
Culture
Pro-abortion attacks on pro-lifers face little to no consequences from DC authorities(The Daily Signal) – Police say they are still investigating a violent assault on pro-life activists that took place outside a D.C. Planned Parenthood clinic in late July. But… Read More