Local News
Standout University of Iowa basketball commit and family struck down by impaired driverLOUISVILLE, Ky. – Kansas high school and college-bound star basketball player Ava Jones and her family were hospitalized after being hit by an allegedly impaired driver Tuesday evening. Read More
Gas Prices
Most Americans expect higher gas prices this year as they struggle to make ends meet, polls show(The Center Square) – Despite already paying record high gas prices last month, most Americans expect prices to get even worse, a new poll shows. Rasmussen Reports released… Read More
Culture
One teen’s journey to and from a transgender identity shows the dangerous role of public education and social media in gender dysphoria(The Gospel Coalition) – Eva was in a church luncheon when she got an email from her 12-year-old daughter Grace. (Their names have been changed.)“Mom and Dad, I… Read More
Government
Close enough in education choice no longer good enough after recent progress(reimaginED) – Those defending discrimination in education received a well-deserved comeuppance last month—from two quarters. The first, a lesson in constitutional law, matches nicely with the second, the creation… Read More
Opinion
Wokeism in secular private schools: Advice for concerned parentsThis part is part six in the series, Wokeism in secular private schools. (Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5). Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Teachers’ union president calls for members to ‘fight’ for abortion and LGBT agenda, against prayer in schools and gun rights for AmericansWith all the sophistication and pep of a high school graduation speech, the president of the nation’s largest teachers’ union called on her gathered members “to build our power”… Read More
Immigration
Texas counties to declare invasion at southern border(The Center Square) – Judges from multiple Texas counties have announced they’re issuing declarations of an invasion beginning Tuesday in response to unprecedented challenges they’re experiencing as a result… Read More
2022 election
‘It’s going to be devastating’: Former user, experts, warn Missouri voters against legalizing high-potency marijuanaWhen Missouri voters likely vote on legalizing recreational marijuana later this year, will they know about its unprecedented strength and its growing ties to psychotic episodes, violence and… Read More
Education
Chicago Public Schools to pay back $87 million in overpayments(The Center Square) – Chicago Public Schools were given $87 million from the Illinois State Board of Education in error and now they owe that money back. The… Read More
Local News
Ameren set to build large solar farm in central MissouriAmeren Missouri has agreed to terms to build a large solar farm in central Missouri. The project, known as the Huck Finn Solar Project, is set to be… Read More
2022 election
Buyer beware: As Missouri voters weigh recreational marijuana, its link to psychosis, violence and even mass shootings sounds alarmsMedical and legal experts see a growing and unmistakable link between high-potency marijuana and violence – including the explosion in mass shootings.Studies are showing it, and doctors, a… Read More
Economy
Survey: A third of U.S. small businesses can’t pay rent because of inflation(The Center Square) – More than a third of small businesses can’t pay rent, newly released data shows. The small business network Alignable released new survey results… Read More
Biden administration
Republicans raise alarm over new State Department ‘woke czar’(The Center Square) – Republican lawmakers are calling for an inquiry into a new State Department equity position they are calling a “woke czar.” Republicans on the House… Read More
Opinion
Wokeism in secular private schools: The DEI playbookThis part is part five in the series, Wokeism in secular private schools. (Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4). (Capital Research) – NAIS’s… Read More
Public Education
Louisiana audit finds lack of oversight in state Department of Education that led to a $74k theft(The Center Square) – A lack of oversight allowed a Louisiana Department of Education employee to swindle more than $74,000 from a federal grant program in 2021, one of… Read More
Culture
North Carolina lawmakers avoided parents’ rights bill during short budget adjustment session, approve teacher pay and school safety(The Center Square) – North Carolina lawmakers concluded a short budget adjustment session that boosted spending on teacher pay, school safety, infrastructure, and election integrity, but left more controversial… Read More
Opinion
Renewed commitment to freedom, responsibility paramount. It can start with educationIn the end, more than freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all – security, comfort, and freedom. When the Athenians… Read More
Courts, Culture, Opinion
Biden’s smear of Supreme Court on foreign soil a disgrace to the nation, a disservice to its intricate designIn defaming the U.S. Supreme Court – in front of an overseas audience – for its decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Joe Biden didn’t just throw conservative… Read More
Opinion
COLUMN: Biden’s smear of Supreme Court on foreign soil a disgrace to the nation, a disservice to its intricate designIn defaming the U.S. Supreme Court – in front of an overseas audience – for its decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Joe Biden didn’t just throw conservative… Read More
Opinion
Op-Ed: Feds ignore illegal alien ID theft plaguing Americans as U.S. coffers fillThe historic surge of illegal immigrants across America’s southern border is fueling a hidden crime spree few in Washington seem willing or able to address: widespread identity theft by… Read More