World
Within a month, 6 largest US banks leave UN Net-Zero Banking Alliance(The Center Square) – Within one month of each other, six of the largest U.S. banks left the United Nations Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) not soon after Donald Trump was… Read More
Public Education
Ohio school choice momentum should continue, education expert writes(The Center Square) – After school choice students more than doubled in Ohio in the last four years, a policy group is pushing lawmakers to keep the momentum moving forward. Read More
Public Education
Kansas superintendent says reductions in student body led to district’s $5 million shortfall(The Sentinel) – Leavenworth USD 453 Superintendent Dr. Kellen Adams told city leaders his district is facing a $5 million budget deficit this year, due to decreased student enrollment worsened… Read More
Government
Washington state bill would make portable student funding for kids trapped in failing schools(The Center Square) – Washington state Rep. Travis Couture, R-Allyn, has introduced legislation to create scholarships for students via Education Savings Accounts, commonly called ESAs. House… Read More
World
Report: UK migrants arrested for sex crimes three times as often as British citizens(Daily Caller News Foundation) – More than three foreign nationals living in the U.K. are arrested for sexual offenses for every one British citizen arrested for the same offenses, The… Read More
Government
Kansas education spending out-paces inflation in 2024, but instruction spending stays flat(The Sentinel) – According to data from the Kansas Department of Education, school districts statewide increased total spending by about 4% in the 2023-24 school year, well over the 2.9%… Read More
Public Education
California Gov. Newsom proposes spending $24,746 per student as majority fail state standards(The Center Square) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing spending $24,746 per student in the fiscal year 2025-2026 budget as the majority of students continue to fail to… Read More
Government
Massachusetts governor orders sweeping shelter inspections after illegal migrant arrested with AR-15, drugs(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Massachusetts Democrat Gov. Maura Healey on Monday ordered an inspection of all state-run emergency shelters after an illegal migrant was arrested with an AR-15 rifle… Read More
Public Education
Majority of Tennesseans support school choice expansion, poll finds(The Center Square) – A majority of Tennesseans polled by the Beacon Center said they support Gov. Bill Lee’s expansion of school choice statewide. The poll of 1,200 registered voters shows… Read More
Culture
Fortune 500 company fires Christian for not aligning with ‘core values’ on LGBTQ issues(The Daily Signal) – Russ Salerno lost his job at a Fortune 500 financial institution after several years because his employer concluded that his conservative Christian convictions “don’t line up”… Read More
Government
‘Government overreach’: Agency just granted itself new powers to regulate checking accounts(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The lame duck Biden administration’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a rule in December to curb overdraft penalties in what experts told the Daily… Read More
Politics
Why Joe Biden gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to George Soros(The Daily Signal) – President Joe Biden rewarded one of the Left’s most influential and notorious donors Saturday, giving the Presidential Medal of Freedom to George Soros. The White House… Read More
Courts
Judge orders Trump sentencing before Inauguration Day(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Judge Juan Merchan ordered President-elect Donald Trump to be sentenced before his inauguration on Jan. 20. Merchan found there is “no legal impediment” to… Read More
Courts
Chief Justice Roberts warns of threats to judges in annual report(The Center Square) – U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts warned that judges across the country face increasing threats from disinformation, violence, intimidation and those threatening to defy court… Read More
Government
Biden admin blocks Japanese company’s $15 billion takeover of U.S. Steel(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Biden administration blocked Nippon Steel’s roughly $15 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel Friday. A national security review referred the decision to the president in… Read More
Culture
‘We want God’: Catholic podcast blows up on first day, tops Apple Podcast charts(Daily Caller News Foundation) – “The Rosary In A Year” podcast has hit number one on Apple’ Podcasts charts after releasing its first episode Wednesday. The… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school bus driver arrested for alleged sexual assault of student(The Sentinel) – William A. Wetzel, of Augusta, a school bus aide for USD 402, was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a student aboard one… Read More
Courts
Trump-appointed judge lets Florida’s ban on sex changes for inmates stand(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A federal district court judge on Friday declined to block enforcement of a Florida Department of Corrections policy banning most sex change treatments and social… Read More
Public Education
Being white, Christian, male is oppressive and privileged, says Indiana University class assignment(The Center Square) – A course at Indiana University required an intersectional-themed assignment where students were effectively made to realize that being white or male makes them oppressive and being… Read More
Government
‘Shouldn’t hang his hat’: Tom Homan says Biden shouldn’t assume only American citizen was behind New Orleans attack(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Border czar-designate Tom Homan said on Wednesday that President Joe Biden shouldn’t assume that only American citizens were behind a terrorist attack in New Orleans. Read More