National
SBA announces certification process for veteran small businesses to receive contracts(The Center Square) – The U.S. Small Business Administration is streamlining its efforts to help veteran-owned small businesses access federal grant dollars ahead of Veterans Day next week. Read More
2022 election
What all voters need to know about the constitutional amendments on Missouri’s Nov. 8 ballotJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Aside from picking their preferred candidates come this Tuesday, Nov. 8, voters also will decide whether to approve a handful of constitutional amendments on the… Read More
Economy
Unemployment rate rose in October(The Center Square) – Newly released federal data show the economy created more jobs than expected but unemployment rose in October. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics… Read More
Local News
This really bites: ‘Midwest Venom Fest’ snake show cut short after Egyptian cobra goes missingMOSCOW MILLS, Mo. – A two-day event showcasing hundreds of venomous snakes was cut short last weekend after a deadly Egyptian cobra was nowhere to be found. “Midwest… Read More
Courts, Public Education
Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz receives 34 life sentences for 2018 school massacreThe shooter who took the lives of 17 students and staff members at a Florida high school four years ago was sentenced to 34 terms of life in prison… Read More
Public Education
Denver public schools may close 10 schools due to low enrollment; critics blame poor planningDenver Public Schools’ superintendent is recommending the closure of 10 elementary and middle schools,citing low enrollment from declining birth rates and a changing housing market.Despite Superintendent Alex… Read More
Christian Schools
This week in Christian education (Oct. 31-Nov. 4)Faith Academy celebrates 10 years of education– Iowa City’s Faith Academy is celebrating a decade of Christian education. To accommodate its growth, the school most recently installed a new… Read More
Immigration
Border Patrol union tells ACLU ‘go to Hell,’ over migrant fight, urges votes for pro-border defense candidates(The Center Square) – After another clash with foreign nationals illegally entering the U.S., the union representing Border Patrol agents is urging Americans to vote on Nov. 8 for candidates… Read More
Public Education
Parent says Pennsylvania school district hides gender-affirming education, and superintendent confirms itMothers and fathers “are not co-parenting with the government,” a frustrated Pennsylvania parent told her local school board after discovering her kids were being taught about “gender-affirming care” and… Read More
Government
Oklahoma’s school enrollment practices a hot topic in the governor’s race(The Center Square) – Oklahoma has some of the best open enrollment practices nationwide, according to a report released Thursday. Reason Foundation,… Read More
Public Education
Famous Florida law prohibiting sex and gender identity teaching in lower grades faces renewed legal challengesOpponents of Florida’s new law protecting young schoolchildren from age-inappropriate instruction in sex have renewed their legal fight against it.The lawsuit by a handful of students, parents, and… Read More
Public Education
Washington state’s superintendent Reykdal briefs education board on his ‘enormous’ budget ask(The Center Square) – Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal addressed a number of education-related topics during a Thursday update to the Washington State Board of Education,… Read More
Culture
Federal court rules that beauty pageant can prohibit transgender participants(Daily Caller) – A U.S. appeals court ruled Wednesday that a national beauty pageant can prohibit transgender participants because it conflicts with the pageant’s mission of promoting the “ideal… Read More
Government
School zoning laws don’t make much sense anymore, especially for parents and their children(reimaginED) – Public schools historically have been defined by their location. Whether one’s home is in a “good school district” matters. But the last few years have raised… Read More
State Government
Report: Kansas could use accreditation threat to force schools to eliminate Native American mascotsSome are so eager to rid Kansas schools of Indian mascots that they’re floating the threat of tying it to accreditation. An advisory group to the Kansas State… Read More
Gas Prices
With states hamstrung by federal policies, Texas leads nation in oil and natural gas production, job creation(The Center Square) – Gas prices remain high and projected diesel shortages are expected, but they’d be worse if Texas’ workforce weren’t producing the bulk of America’s energy supply,… Read More
Biden administration
Probe launched into Homeland Security’s ‘taxpayer-funded censorship campaign’(The Center Square) – House Oversight Committee Republicans are kicking off an investigation into what they they called a “taxpayer-funded censorship campaign” at the Department of Homeland Security. Read More
Biden administration
Feds paid nearly $1.2 million to study if poor sleep is caused by racism(The Center Square) – The National Institutes of Health has issued more than a million dollars via taxpayer-funded medical research grants to find evidence that racism is to blame… Read More
Crime
Former Kansas woman handed 20 years in federal prison – with her children’s blessings – for leading an all-female ISIS terror unitA former rural Kansas woman was sentenced Tuesday to the maximum 20 years in federal prison – at the urging of her own children – for having led… Read More
2022 election
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft: Missouri leads the country in election security ahead of Nov. 8 midterm electionsJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Amid lingering concerns about election integrity across the country, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft says voters should have “great confidence” in the Show-Me State’s… Read More