Culture
Noem signs bill banning gender transition surgery for minors(The Center Square) – Gov. Kristi Noem signed a bill Monday banning gender transition surgeries and treatments for minors.Physicians could lose their licenses for violating House Bill 1080,… Read More
Government
Half of Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Account students left public schools, latest data show(The Center Square) – The portion of students taking advantage of Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program after previously attending a public school has dramatically shifted. According… Read More
Kansas, Taxes
Bill before Kansas Legislature would exempt Social Security payments from state income taxA bill recently passed out of the Kansas Senate Tax Committee would be a significant boon to retirees on a fixed income. Senate Bill 33, the first… Read More
Kansas City, Sports
Fans didn’t take the field, but they suited up – and they own a piece of that NFL championship trophy the Kansas City Chiefs are hoistingYou earned this Super Bowl win, Kansas City Chiefs fans. I feel I did, anyway. My dad had season tickets in the 1970s – I’d open the… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Senators want border wall funded — and finished(The Center Square) – South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds is one of seven senators sponsoring the WALL Act, which eliminates illegal immigrant tax subsidies and uses the funds… Read More
Missouri, Sports
Sports wagering was to set records Sunday, but Missourians still couldn’t bet on Chiefs(The Center Square) – Legal sports wagering was expected to set records on Sunday, but Missourians weren’t able to bet on their National Football League team in the… Read More
Culture, Opinion
When did prayer become acceptable to the NFL? When a crisis happened on live television(Religion Unplugged) – Super Bowls create media storms, but many journalists and sports executives thought what happened in 1988 was totally out of bounds. The establishment was shocked… Read More
Christian Schools
University chapel service ‘hasn’t ended’ since Feb. 8 in what many are calling a ‘revival’A small Christian college in Kentucky has reported nonstop praise and worship in its chapel since Wednesday, Feb. 8.“Three times a week, we stop everything that we’re doing… Read More
Public Education
Where did all the public school students go?More than 1.2 million students left the public system in a COVID-fueled diaspora. A new report examines where they went and why.InWhere Kids Went, Thomas S. Dee,… Read More
Courts, Public Education
School bus driver claims union continues collecting dues despite resignation(The Center Square) – An Ohio public school employee says his union locked him into paying dues for an entire school year against his will.Richard Koch, a bus… Read More
Culture
Ban on gender reassignment for minors makes progress in TennesseeA proposed ban on puberty blockers and other treatments for minors who suffer from gender confusion is making its way through a state legislative committee in Tennessee.The… Read More
Public Education
North Carolina school district votes to require athletes to compete according to birth sexA North Carolina school board reversed a policy which allowed transgender athletes to play on sports teams according to their chosen gender identity.At its Feb. 7 meeting, the New… Read More
Culture, Public Education
‘We want urinals’: Students cut class in protest of school district’s woke urinal ban(Daily Caller) – Over 100 Granite State students banded together to conduct a Friday walk out to protest a school board district-wide policy that bans urinals over ‘gender identity’… Read More
Culture
Pivotal parental rights bill to face an uphill battle in the Virginia Senate(Daily Caller) – Republicans are facing an uphill battle in the Virginia Senate getting Sage’s Law, a bill which requires parental notification of a child’s sex transition, to the… Read More
Government
Oklahoma state board considers allowing nation’s first religious virtual charter school(reimaginED) – A meeting of an obscure state board set for Tuesday could swing open the door to religious charter schools nationwide.Members of the Statewide Virtual Charter School… Read More
Public Education
Ohio plans larger approach for school safety(The Center Square) – The state wants Ohio schools to focus on the physical and emotional well-being of students in order to provide a complete safety structure.The Ohio School… Read More
Big Tech
Congressman calls out FBI, says ‘Twitter Files only tell part of the story’(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Dan Bishop is leveraging Twitter to expose how the company worked with the FBI to silence free speech, the latest in a series… Read More
Congress
Congressional bill would ban banks from making financial decisions based on politics(The Center Square) – Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, reintroduced the Fair Access to Bank Act to combat what he called the "weaponization of the financial system."… Read More
Biden administration
Lawmakers demand Hunter Biden hand over foreign business deal documents(The Center Square) – House Oversight Republicans ratcheted up their investigation into Hunter Biden Thursday, calling on the president’s son and his associates to hand over documents that allegedly… Read More
School Choice, Uncategorized
Kansas House committee approves ESA school choice bill(The Sentinel) – The Kansas House of Representatives K-12 Education Budget Committee heard testimony earlier this week on House Bill 2218, which would eventually provide an education savings account… Read More