Courts
Judge rules against church in lawsuit over Washington law requiring abortion coverage in health plans(The Center Square) – A U.S. District judge has ruled against a Washington church concerning a 2018 law requiring all health plans to include abortion coverage, reversing a 2021… Read More
Opinion
Op-ed: Biden punishes a pro-life state(The Daily Signal) – President Joe Biden’s administration will no longer move the U.S. Space Command to Huntsville, Alabama, despite the government’s own analysis showing… Read More
Government
California bill would allow local school boards to remove dissenting members(The Center Square) – A newly proposed measure facing the California Senate would bar school boards from adopting any policy that “contradicts any existing law requiring a school district… Read More
Public Education
More than 5,400 Arkansas students applied for Education Freedom Accounts(The Center Square) – Ninety schools and 5,426 students applied for Education Freedom Accounts under Arkansas’ new LEARNS Act, according to information provided to The Center Square by the… Read More
Government
Indiana’s abortion ban in effect, doctors subject to penalties(The Daily Signal) – Indiana’s near-total abortion ban is set to go into effect Tuesday. The restrictions put forth in the state’s Senate Bill 1 prohibit… Read More
Public Education
Judge denies Chicago Public Schools’ attempt to commandeer charter schoolsChicago Public Schools’ campaign to take over two charter schools has been shot down in court. CPS has been trying to close two charter schools run by Urban… Read More
Christian Schools
West Virginia church opens microschool, triples enrollment in two yearsWhen West Virginia’s Expression Prep Academy opened with 15 students in 2022, its team had already overcome significant challenges just to launch in time for the school year. Read More
Kansas City, Uncategorized
Kansas City Council ushers in era with new four-year terms Tuesday. Here are those taking, and leaving, officeKansas City swears in its new city council and incumbent Mayor Quinton Lucas Tuesday. The 12 new council members, a mix of incumbents and newly electeds, begin… Read More
AM radio
Bill would require AM radio in new vehicles(The Center Square) – New legislation that would require AM radio capability in every new vehicle is gaining momentum. The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation discussed… Read More
Illegal Immigration
House Republicans tell Mayorkas he’s lying, should resign(The Center Square) – Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee told Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas he lied under oath. They said he didn’t prepare for the… Read More
Critical Race Theory
Senators introduce bill to block taxpayer dollars for CRT at Department of Education(The Center Square) – U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., reintroduced the Protect Equality and Civics Education (PEACE) Act, a bill that would block tax dollars… Read More
President Donald Trump
Trump dominates primary opponents, polls show(The Center Square) – Newly released polling shows that former President Donald Trump holds a sizable lead over an array of Republican primary challengers. A New York Times/Siena… Read More
Illinois
Pritzker signs more than 130 bills, including allowing non-citizens to be police(The Center Square) – More than 130 bills were signed by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker Friday, including one opening up policing to non-citizens.Pritzker held a bill-signing ceremony for… Read More
Kansas City
How climate change has affected the heartland – in just one monthIn late June I left Kansas City by car on my annual jaunt to New York and to my native New Jersey. The day I left it was 97… Read More
Courts
Former ‘teacher of the year’ facing 150-year sentence for allegedly grooming student(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A second victim has been identified in additional sexual misconduct charges against former 2022 San Diego “Teacher of the Year,” Jacqueline Ma, according to… Read More
Public Education
VCU, Richmond high school form first lab school in commonwealth(The Center Square) – The Virginia Board of Education has approved the first lab school in the state, something Gov. Glenn Youngkin has been pushing for since he took… Read More
Public Education
‘We’re paying people to hate America’: Musk and Ramaswamy blast Department of Education(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and Twitter owner Elon Musk ripped the current education system in the United States Friday, saying that taxpayers were… Read More
Public Education
Missouri researcher gets $500K grant to study how app helps special education students(The Center Square) – While some teenagers are discouraged from excessive cell phone use, a federally funded study in Missouri will use the technology to help high school students… Read More
Springfield
Three Springfield-Greene County Library branches could receive major upgrades and rebuildsSPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Three major initiatives are being discussed at the Springfield-Greene County Library District: the hiring of a construction firm to build a new auditorium at the Library… Read More
President Biden
Biden turns back on question about potential pardon for his son(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden declined to answer questions Thursday about a potential pardon for his son, Hunter Biden. After the president spoke about… Read More