State Government
23% of Missouri’s 2022 legislative races have uncontested Republican incumbentsIn 2022, 41 Republican incumbents are running without opposition for the Missouri General Assembly, which represents 23% of the state’s legislative races. Forty of these incumbents are in the… Read More
Government
Reeves signs bill outlawing Mississippi COVID-19 vaccine mandates, passports(The Center Square) – Mississippi residents who are not vaccinated will not be discriminated against under a new law, Gov. Tate Reeves said.The governorannounced he… Read More
Public Education
Charter schools deserve support, not sabotage(reimaginED) – Last month, the Wall Street Journal broke news about new charter school criteria proposed by the Biden administration that would sabotage the $440 million federal… Read More
Public Education
School choice op-ed: Don’t “control your soul’s desire for chaos”(reimaginED) – Videos have surfaced recently of starving residents of Shanghai screaming in the night a week into an incredibly misguided COVID-19 lockdown that has imprisoned Chinese citizens… Read More
Christian Schools
To leaders who want to raise more moneyThe numbers don’t lie, and you are still in shock.You just received your year-to-date budget reports and only a few weeks are left in your fiscal year. The… Read More
National, State Government
Both Democratic U.S. Representatives from Missouri face primary challengersU.S. Reps. Cori Bush (District 1) and Emanuel Cleaver (District 5) both face primary challengers this election cycle. Five candidates are running in the District 1 primary and two… Read More
Culture
High school football coach who prayed at midfield gets warm reception from some justices(SCOTUSblog) – During nearly two hours of oral argument on Monday, a majority of the Supreme Court appeared sympathetic to a high school football coach who sued his school… Read More
Government
Louisiana Senate committee clears bill that could end income reporting for merit-based scholarship(The Center Square) — A bill to eliminate reporting of family income for Louisiana’s merit-based scholarship program has cleared the Senate Committee on Education.Committee members voted unanimously to… Read More
National
Growing number of Democrats call on Biden to reverse plan to end Title 42(The Center Square) – A Democratic governor and several Democrats in Congress are calling on President Joe Biden to reverse the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s decision… Read More
State Government
All four Republican U.S. Representatives from Missouri face primary challengersU.S. Reps. Ann Wagner (District 2), Blaine Luetkemeyer (District 3), Sam Graves (District 6), and Jason Smith (District 8) face primary challengers this election cycle. In the 2020 election… Read More
National
Oversight committee raises questions about Biden donors, government contracts(The Center Square) – House oversight Republicans have launched an inquiry into whether President Joe Biden rewarded political donors with contracts and government positions, the latest allegation of misconduct… Read More
State Government
Navy Veteran Bill Allen announces Candidacy for State Representative of Kansas City NorthlandRetired Naval Commander and Ph.D. Teacher and Professor, Dr. Bill Allen has announced his candidacy for the House of Representatives in the newly-formed District 17, comprising the Kansas City… Read More
Culture, Government, Public Education
Parents, local education officials push back against Illinois’ public school policies(The Center Square) – In what could be a top issue in the November election, parents of school children and local education officials are voicing their concerns over… Read More
Public Education
State colleges look to expand high school programs to boost sagging enrollmentLike their counterparts nationally, many of Florida’s locally governed public colleges experienced enrollment declines before the pandemic that only grew steeper after its onset.Also like their counterparts, these post-secondary… Read More
State Government
In months before cyber attack, Wyandotte County failed to fill an open cyber security analyst jobMonths before a damaging ransom attack on Wyandotte County databases, the city-county government had approved a new position of cyber security analyst – but it was never filled due… Read More
Government
DeSantis signs four bills, prompting lawsuits against two of them(The Center Square) – At the close of a controversial, three-day special legislative session, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed four bills into law. Two lawsuits were filed on… Read More
Public Education
Group of attorneys general asking U.S. Supreme Court to halt elite school’s ‘racial balancing’ admissions policyThe Virginia attorney general is now leading a cadre of 16 AGs from across the country aiming to strike down what he says is “an illegal effort” to… Read More
Culture
In the case of the praying football coach, both sides invoke religious freedom(SCOTUSblog) – Joseph Kennedy had never coached football when Bremerton High School, a public school near Seattle, Washington, hired him in 2008. He was too small to play in… Read More
Culture
Will more Americans turn agnostic on the gospel of Disney?(Religion Unplugged) – Mickey Mouse finds himself squarely in the crosshairs of the culture wars and the dangerous position may cause more Americans to abandon faith in Disney. Read More
State Government
Sources: Hack of Wyandotte County data was a ransom attack, perhaps by Russian operativesThe hack of Wyandotte County data bases last week was actually a ransom attack, perhaps by Russian operatives, and county officials are severely downplaying the extent of the damage,… Read More