Crime
Gov. Pritzker defends end to cash bail despite law enforcement criticisms(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker is defending the SAFE-T Act despite criticisms from law enforcement statewide that it will make Illinois less safe. The Safety, Accountability, Fairness and… Read More
Courts
State Supreme Court will hear decades-long North Carolina education funding case on Aug. 31(The Center Square) – Dozens of "recognized leaders in the North Carolina business community" are weighing in on the decades-long Leandro school funding saga ahead of a state Supreme Court… Read More
Immigration
U.S. Supreme Court hands Texas another legal victory on Biden’s immigration policies(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday handed Texas another legal win in an ongoing lawsuit over the Department of Homeland Security’s deportation policy. Associate Justice Samuel… Read More
Biden administration
Fauci, Biden officials served subpoenas in lawsuit over collusion to suppress free speech(The Center Square) – Dr. Anthony Fauci, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, other Biden administration officials and five social media companies have 30 days to respond to subpoenas… Read More
Courts
Federal Judge blocks Biden transgender rules from taking effect(The Sentinel) – In at least a temporary victory, a federal judge last week temporarily blocked a Biden administration rule forcing businesses and schools to allow transgender students and… Read More
National
Federal court halts vaccine mandate impacting Air Force service members(The Center Square) – A federal district court in Ohio has blocked the Department of Defense from imposing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on all U.S Air Force service members whose… Read More
Courts, Crime, Law Enforcement
Suspected arsonist held in three Caldwell County fires, one that killed a 96-year-old woman.CALDWELL COUNTY, Mo — A man from Kansas City has been arrested in connection with a series of arsons last month in Caldwell County, one of which killed… Read More
Public Education
Court dismisses lawsuit against previous West Virginia COVID-19 restrictions(The Center Square) – The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit filed against West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice for his previous COVID-19 lockdown policies, but refused to rule… Read More
Courts, State Government
Millions from talcum powder lawsuit funneled to legal services for Missourians in poverty(The Center Square) – A portion of punitive damages from a liability lawsuit ruling on cancer-causing talcum powder will increase funding for civil legal services for Missourians in poverty. “This… Read More
National, State Government
Indiana AG Todd Rokita taking on Big Tech, BLM and Biden’s immigration policies in courtIndiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has mounted a bevy of lawsuits bolstering conservative priorities during his tenure, quickly launching him as a rising star for the Republican Party. … Read More
National, State Government
Former Kansas woman with desire to attack the U.S. pleads guilty to being leader of an all-female ISIS terrorist unitA former Kansas woman accused of training an all-female battalion of ISIS terrorists in Syria faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday. Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, pleaded… Read More
National
Texas launches operations center to oversee 15-agency effort to thwart illegal immigration(The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Abbott is launching the Joint Border Security Operations Center to oversee a 15-agency effort to thwart illegal immigration funded by Texas taxpayers. Texas shares… Read More
National
Federal judge halts Biden administration from revoking Title 42 immigration enforcement(The Center Square) – A federal judge in Louisiana on Friday stopped the Biden administration from revoking Title 42, a public health authority that allows illegal immigrants to be quickly… Read More
State Government
Missouri Supreme Court issues 10 decisionsThe Missouri Supreme Court issued 10 decisions on April 26, 2022. This is the most decisions issued on a single day by the Missouri Supreme Court in 2022. Car Credit,… Read More
Opinion
COLUMN: What’s ahead for Missouri and Kansas if Roe v. Wade is overturned, and how it differs from what you’re hearing and seeingRegardless of our stances on abortion, they at least ought to be based on truth. But truth is often in short supply – especially now, in the hysteria following the… Read More
National
Democratic judge in Texas border county implores Biden to visit before suspending Title 42(The Center Square) – Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez on Wednesday invited President Joe Biden to visit his county, imploring him to do so before making “any substantial changes to… Read More
Culture, Public Education
One count dismissed for Virginia father arrested at school board meeting(The Center Square) – An appeals court dismissed one conviction for the father of a Loudoun County Public School sexual assault victim after the father was arrested during an argument… Read More
National
Football coach fired for praying on the field goes before U.S. Supreme Court(The Center Square) – A football coach in Washington state who was fired for praying on the field after games took his case to the U.S. Supreme Court Monday, when… Read More
State Government
Unpunished attack on St. Louis police raises alarm and questions: Will there be charges?St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner appeared strangely hesitant this week to charge a man who allegedly pointed a gun at officers in their police car early Saturday. Read More
National
Appeals court reverses ‘social cost of carbon’ ruling(The Center Square) – A federal appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling that blocked the Biden administration’s “social cost of carbon” policy, reviving the controversial government cost calculation… Read More