Courts, Culture, Public Education
Georgia substitute teacher allegedly fired for raising questions as a mom about age-inappropriate book being read to elementary studentsA Georgia substitute teacher is suing after being fired for raising questions about depictions of same-sex couples in a picture book included in a library read-aloud to elementary school students. … Read More
2022 election
Missouri voters have the chance Nov. 8 to prevent another defunding of police in Kansas City – and they seem likely to, poll saysThe mayor and city council voted to defund Kansas City police by some $42 million last year before a judge stopped them. This Nov. 8, Missouri voters are… Read More
Immigration
Migrant children are being raped and left in the desert, bodies are piling up and drugs are killing Missouri students – all due to an open borderA 5-year-old and a 3-year-old girl were found wandering the Texas desert on the U.S. border with Mexico. They’d both been raped. Meanwhile, Brooks County, Texas’… Read More
2022 election
Kansas City hoping to accommodate mask-averse Republican even as mask mandate still in effect for poll workersDemocrat-laden Kansas City, Missouri has enough trouble attracting Republicans to be poll workers alongside Democrats. It needs to grab them whenever it can. “It’s always a… Read More
Education
Small Kansas town council rejects state’s legal protections for teachers, librarians who submit obscene materials to minorsShould teachers and librarians have legal immunity for providing obscene materials to minors? The state of Kansas says yes. One small town defiantly says no. The city council of Edwardsville,… Read More