Border
Biden border policy critics lament ‘migrant crime wave’(The Center Square) – House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark E. Green blasted President Joe Biden for the wave of illegal immigrants entering the U.S., saying a “migrant crime wave”… Read More
Illegal Immigration
New York City to roll back ‘right to shelter’ law(The Center Square) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams says the city’s “right-to-shelter” policy will be “significantly” rolled back under an agreement between his administration and homeless advocates. The… Read More
Housing
Realtors group ends commission model; biggest ‘jolt’ in housing in 100 years(The Center Square) – The National Association of REALTORS announced Friday an agreement where it will end the 6% commission that is routine in home sales. In a court settlement… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Analysts say policymakers need to understand how immigration is being weaponized(The Center Square) – Unless Congress and policymakers understand how weaponized migration is being used against the U.S., they won’t be able to solve the problem, foreign policy analysts warn. Read More
Culture
Age verification to view porn online proposed in Tennessee(The Center Square) – A Tennessee bill would make it a felony for an adult content website to allow access to a minor without age verification. The offense would become… Read More
Education, Uncategorized
Kansas bill would create tax credit for private and home school families(The Sentinel) — A bill that would provide a tax credit to families whose children are in either private school or are homeschooled passed an important procedural hurdle last week… Read More
President Donald Trump
Trump lawyer blasts judge’s Fani Willis ruling(The Center Square) – Judge Scott McAfee, the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s Georgia election interference racketeering case, ruled Friday that despite allegations of misconduct, Fulton County District Attorney… Read More
Federal Spending
Taxpayers supply $1B annually, and AmeriCorps is 7 years without clean audit(The Center Square) – Taxpayers provide it $1 billion annually, and for seven years running, AmeriCorps has failed to get a clean audit. A North Carolina congresswoman says that’s enough. Read More
Biden administration
Biden admin omits Jewish students in discrimination reminder to schoolsIn a reminder to school leaders, the Biden administration enforcement arm of the U.S. Department of Education said that it has seen more complaints of discrimination against “Muslim, Arab, Sikh,… Read More
Border
Texas counties changing national conversation on border crisis as invasion(The Center Square) – Three years ago this April, a small border county took a stand to defend its few thousand residents after they were inundated by border-related crime. On… Read More
Missouri
Missouri House budget includes $727M for I-44 expansion from Joplin to Rolla(The Center Square) – House leaders revealed its version of Missouri’s fiscal year 2025 budget before adjourning for spring break, and it includes $727.5 million for expanding I-44. “That includes… Read More
Opinion
A ‘Red Print for Missouri’: Repeal taxes, restore fiscal disciplineState government spending in Missouri has increased 90% in the last five years, exploding from $28 billion to $51 billion. This indefensible spending increase was done with the complicity of… Read More
Education
‘This behavior is unacceptable’: Missouri school board member Whitney Lanning charged with harassment of fellow board member, called on to resign from nonprofit(The Heartlander) — A Missouri school board member is facing a harassment charge, as well as calls to resign from her nonprofit day job where she’s been accused of creating… Read More
Inflation
Inflation woes: Home buyers need 80% more income to buy than 4 years ago(The Center Square) – The housing market is not immune from inflationary woes as buyer’s purchasing power has significantly diminished in four years. Home buyers in 2024 need 80% more… Read More
Courts
House Judiciary Committee threatens Fani Willis with contempt charges(The Center Square) – Fulton County District Attorney General Fani Willis could be facing contempt of Congress charges, according to a letter from the House Judiciary Committee. Committee chairman and… Read More
Military, Uncategorized
West Point drops hallowed ‘Duty, Honor, Country’ for ‘Army Values’(The Center Square) – The U.S. Military Academy at West Point plans to drop its hallowed motto of “Duty, Honor, Country” from its mission statement. While the motto won’t change,… Read More
Auto industry
Electric vehicle buyers face uncertainty about batteries, resale value(The Center Square) – New and evolving electric vehicle battery technology leaves uncertainties for early adopters about their longevity, warranty coverage and resale value – all things that could have… Read More
Border, Drugs
Feds seizing massive amounts of cocaine in marine operations(The Center Square) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations (CBP-AMO) agents and U.S. Coast Guard crews are seizing large quantities of cocaine attempting to be smuggled… Read More
Free Speech
Landmark Missouri v. Biden case to be argued at Supreme Court Monday, exposing ‘disgusting underbelly’ of government censorship, Schmitt saysMissouri’s lawsuit fighting censorship of conservatives on social media has revealed the “disgusting underbelly” of the Biden administration’s “vast censorship enterprise,” says U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt – who filed the… Read More
Gender Transition
Kansas ban on minor sex change treatments, surgeries, advances to likely final approval ThursdayThe Kansas Legislature is expected to vote Thursday to join 22 other states in banning sex change surgeries and treatments on minors. The House Wednesday overwhelmingly passed the Senate’s Help… Read More