Culture
Louisiana judge keeps injunction on state’s abortion trigger law in effect until Tuesday(The Center Square) – A temporary restraining order blocking Louisiana's abortion ban will remain in effect for at least another day, after the judge in the case gave both… Read More
Politics
Pro-abortion group has broader range of priorities, including defunding the police and gender identity curricula in schoolAs Kansans prepare to vote on the Value Them Both (VTB) amendment on whether or not to allow the state legislature to set abortion restrictions, one national pro-abortion group… Read More
Biden administration
Cruz: President Biden derelict of duty on border security(The Center Square) – Seven Republican U.S. senators visited the Rio Grande Valley Friday, expressing outrage at the “horrific” situation at the border led by Texas Sens. John Cornyn… Read More
Economy
Small businesses risk shutting down in droves amid elevated inflation, energy prices(The Center Square) – Nearly half of American small business owners say they are at risk of closing down this fall, according to new survey data.The small business… Read More
Immigration
Fiscal year through June: More than 2 million encounters at southern border(The Center Square) – More than 2 million people have been encountered/apprehended at the U.S. southern border in fiscal 2022 through June, according to official data released by… Read More
National
Federal court halts vaccine mandate impacting Air Force service members(The Center Square) – A federal district court in Ohio has blocked the Department of Defense from imposing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on all U.S Air Force service members… Read More
Public Education
Florida 6th-graders taught ‘people can have reproductive parts that don’t match who they are’Sex education lessons at one Florida middle school called boys “people with a penis” and girls “people with a vulva,” while emphasizing progressive views of gender orientation and sexuality. P.K. Read More
Public Education
Education doesn’t appear a priority for the nation’s largest teacher union(The Sentinel) – Last year the top priority of the National Education Association— the nation’s largest teacher’s union — appeared to be implementing the ideas behind the controversial… Read More
Government
New Hampshire faces new lawsuit over school funding(The Center Square) – A group of New Hampshire taxpayers is suing the state over its school funding formula, claiming it has created inequities by forcing some communities to increase… Read More
Culture
Michigan Democratic governor creates a ‘Parents’ Council’ which critics call ‘poll tested stunt’(The Center Square) – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed anexecutive order Friday to establish the Michigan Parents’ Council.The council's responsibility is to meet with parents throughout the state,… Read More
Public Education
Georgia’s Cobb County school system allows appointed employees, not teachers, to carry guns at school(The Center Square) – The Cobb County School Board approved a policy that allows some school employees, but not teachers, to carry guns at school.Proponents say the policy… Read More
Courts
Judge blocks federal transgender sports, bathroom guidance in Tennessee, 19 other states(The Center Square) — A federal judge in Tennesseeruled in favor of Tennessee and 19 other states in their effort to block federal guidelines on transgender… Read More
Courts
North Carolina treasurer appealing order requiring state health plan to cover sex change operations(The Center Square) — North Carolina Treasurer Dale Folwell is appealing a recent federal court order requiring the state health plan to fund sex change operations, though the plan… Read More
Local News
Aurora’s Sunset Drive-In movie theater is up for saleAURORA, Mo. – A part of Aurora history is up for grabs, as the Sunset Drive-In movie theater has hit the market with an asking price of $500,000. … Read More
Gas Prices
Biden pursues more foreign oil despite invite from U.S. producers(The Center Square) – Prior to heading to Saudi Arabia, the U.S. energy industry invited President Joe Biden to visit American energy sites. The Texas Oil and Gas… Read More
Economy
Manufacturing leaders: American businesses face major issues due to inflationary pressure(The Center Square) – Several manufacturing and business leaders are concerned about how inflationary pressures are hurting businesses through heightened input and transportation costs. Participants at a round table… Read More
State Government
Kansas House candidate Mike Thompson – not the one you think – is a new voice of experience for Wyandotte CountyKansas House candidate Mike Thompson has done more things in his life than Forrest Gump. Gas pumper. Railroad man. Shipyard man. Sailor. Navy Seal. Army chaplain. Hospital chaplain. Welder. Read More
Politics
Senator wants to shut down 3,000 crisis pregnancy centers: ‘You should not be able to torture a pregnant person like that’Sen. Elizabeth Warren attacked the nation’s 3,000 crisis pregnancy centers Tuesday, demanding the government shut them down. Reporters interviewed the Massachusetts Democrat about abortion and the Supreme Court… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Mom may sue after school publicly shames her 7-year-old daughter for writing ‘any life’ mattersA California mother says she'll sue her daughter's school district after it punished the girl for writing that "any life” matters. In the latest case of schools punishing… Read More
Education
DeVos: Solution to wokeism, far-left ideology in schools is clear enough: transparency and freedomEducational freedom and “total transparency” for parents are the keys to defeating far-left race and gender wokeism in public schools, says former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. She … Read More