Education, Kansas
Some Kansas schools support open enrollment law, others seem hostile(The Sentinel) – The bipartisan Open Enrollment legislation signed into law in 2022 offered hope for students who are trapped by their zip code in underperforming school districts.The… Read More
Culture
Is that God calling, with all these heavenly marvels in the sky? If so, are we really going to put Him on hold?First it was the Great North American Eclipse on April 8. Then it was the solar-caused geomagnetic storms Friday, making the northern lights visible all the way to the Caribbean… Read More
Congress
Senate proposal strips Hamas-sympathizing students of federal aid(The Center Square) – Legislation to “cut off federal aid for grown adults who are breaking our laws, spewing antisemitism, and openly embracing terrorists” has been proposed by a North… Read More
Education
U.S. Education Secretary earns all Fs, as well as renewed call to resign(The Center Square) – Grades of F overall, and in each of five specific areas with active hot-button issues, were given by a North Carolina congresswoman chairing a committee hearing… Read More
Illegal Immigration
House bill requires only citizens be counted for congressional seat allotments, Electoral College(The Center Square) – Requiring that the count for apportionment in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Electoral College, include only U.S. citizens has passed the House and been… Read More
Illinois
Freedom Caucus on Pritzker urging $800 million in budget cuts: ‘We told you so’(The Center Square) – For weeks, Gov. J.B. Pritzker has boasted about his proposed 2025 budget as being balanced, but it appears that the numbers aren’t adding up. Republicans are… Read More
Border
Northern border apprehensions highest in US history first 6 months of fiscal ’24(The Center Square) – Despite being stretched thin and understaffed, Border Patrol agents at the northern border continue to apprehend a record number of illegal border crossers. In the busiest… Read More
Kansas City
Kansas City suburb may remove ‘Thin Blue Line’ flags honoring police to avoid ‘ambiguous messaging’The Merriam City Council will decide Monday night whether to remove flags honoring fallen police officers from the city’s Fourth of July display because they might offend someone. The Kansas… Read More
Biden administration
Senators question Biden’s ‘ironclad’ commitment, munitions withholding(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden’s call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on April 28 included an “ironclad” commitment to the staunch U.S. ally in in the Mideast. Read More
Law Enforcement
First responders may soon get workers comp for PTSD in Pennsylvania(The Center Square) – First responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder may soon qualify for workers’ compensation benefits in Pennsylvania. The state House of Representatives approved a proposal on Wednesday… Read More
Border
Texas launches compensation program for those affected by border-related crimes(The Center Square) – Texas is launching a landowner compensation program for those impacted by border-related crimes after Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law creating it. The Office… Read More
Illinois
Illinois governor directs state agencies to prepare for $800 million less than proposed budget(The Center Square) – Illinois state agencies are being directed to prepare to receive $800 million less than what Gov. J.B. Pritzker proposed for the fiscal year 2025 budget.The General… Read More
Israel
Senators: Protestors calling for violence against Jews should be on No-Fly List(The Center Square) – Republican U.S. Sens. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., introduced two measures that, if passed, would achieve a similar objective: to place on the No… Read More
School Choice
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signs education bills that include school choice expansion(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The governor of Missouri signed two education bills Tuesday that included measures to expand school choice in the state.Republican Gov. Mike Parson signed … Read More
Missouri
Missouri State Highway Patrol reminds boaters how to be safe in 2024The Missouri State Highway Patrol is sharing safe boating tips for the lake-crazy state, in advance of National Safe Boating Week May 18-24. Every vessel should have U.S. Coast Guard-approved… Read More
Kansas, Politics
Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids has financial ties to backers of groups staging anti-Israel protests, report allegesKansas’ U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids is taking money from a funder of some of the groups involved in the anti-Israel protests, according to a report by Fox News. Davids,… Read More
Crime
NYC Mayor Adams offers reward for WWI memorial vandals(The Center Square) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is offering a $5,000 bounty for information leading to the arrest of pro-Palestinian protesters who vandalized a World War I… Read More
Education
Lawmakers grill K-12 school leaders on antisemitic incidentsA Republican-led congressional committee asked school leaders whose districts have seen antisemitic incidents about what they’re doing to prevent further incidents in their schools since the Oct. 7 attack… Read More
President Donald Trump
Judge says setting trial date in classified documents case would be ‘imprudent’(The Center Square) – Judge Aileen Cannon said it would be "imprudent" to set another trial date in former President Donald Trump's classified documents case until a number of pre-trial… Read More
Media
NPR bias, press freedom take center stage in Congressional hearing(The Center Square) – U.S. House Republicans and Democrats sparred Wednesday over press freedom in a hearing held to investigate “ideological bias” and “viewpoint discrimination” of a taxpayer-funded media outlet,… Read More