Culture
In COVID-19 oversight, House Republicans deliver a win for accountability(The Daily Signal) – Better late than never. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the giant federal agency housing the National Institutes of Health, just suspended a New… Read More
Culture
Apologies for government response to COVID-19 not good enough, witnesses say(The Daily Signal) – America can’t move on from what happened during the mass government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. That was the message Tuesday at a House Judiciary… Read More
Missouri
Missouri woman pleads guilty to fraudulently obtaining $104K in pandemic loans(The Center Square) – A Missouri woman admitted to fraudulently obtaining federal pandemic loans for $104,163, according to information from the U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Missouri. Read More
Public Education
Report: Michigan schools spent almost half of COVID funds on employees(The Center Square) – A new report found Michigan school districts spent their COVID-19 funds similarly to their general budget, with nearly half spent on employee compensation and benefits. A… Read More
Missouri
Missouri woman pleads guilty for fraudulent attempts to get $1.6M in pandemic loans(The Center Square) – A Missouri woman admitted she attempted to fraudulently acquire more than $1.6 million in federal pandemic loans, according to information from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in… Read More
Illinois
Questions arise after University of Illinois gives Fauci an award for ethics(The Center Square) – More questions are being raised about Dr. Anthony Fauci after the University of Illinois gave him an award for ethics. The U of I had Illinois… Read More
Government
Banning school mandates for COVID-19 vaccines to get a floor vote in Louisiana(The Center Square) – Prohibiting requirements of a COVID-19 vaccine in all Louisiana schools, public or private, will get a vote on the floor of the House of Representatives. Legislation… Read More
Public Education
NYT report concedes that left-wing COVID-19 lockdown policies led to generational learning loss(The Daily Signal) – The COVID-19 school lockdowns created generational learning loss, The New York Times reports. Yes, just about four years after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, The New… Read More
COVID-19
CDC drops 5-day isolation guidance for COVID-19(The Center Square) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that it no longer recommends people stay home from work or school for five days after testing… Read More
Public Education
Public schools are literally paying for people to go bang on chronically absent students’ doors(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Public school districts are resorting to paying door knockers to go to the homes of chronically absent students as more schools struggle with filling the… Read More
Public Education
Blue state students hit with significant grade inflation during pandemic, study shows(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Washington state K-12 students suffered significant grade inflation during the COVID-19 pandemic, raising concerns that learning loss may have had a larger effect in the… Read More
COVID-19, Missouri
Branson Board of Aldermen declare city to be mask- and vaccine-mandate freeBRANSON, Mo. – A precedent has been set in Branson, as officials have passed a resolution declaring the city will be mask- and vaccine-mandate free. The… Read More
Public Education
Maryland school forces kids to wear masks after 3 students test positive for COVID-19(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A Maryland school is now requiring kindergarteners to wear masks, a school official told the Daily Caller News Foundation. After three kindergarteners tested positive for… Read More
Missouri
Missouri woman pleads guilty to fraud after obtaining over $100K in pandemic loan funds(The Center Square) – A woman pleaded guilty on Wednesday to defrauding a COVID-19 pandemic loan program out of $100,927 in U.S. District Court in St. Louis. Francheska Reese, 36,… Read More
Drugs, Missouri
‘Addiction is Real’ educates parents and communities about hidden dangers of substance abuseST. LOUIS, Mo. – Addiction is real, as the spike in teen overdose deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically illustrates. Yet the internet is actually offering products with… Read More
Public Education
‘Evidence of backsliding’: Students’ math and reading scores aren’t bouncing back from school closures(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Students’ academic recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic has stalled despite efforts to make up for the learning loss, according to a Tuesday report. Students on… Read More
COVID-19
Lawmakers investigate whether feds, Fauci suppressed Wuhan origins theory(The Center Square) – A U.S. House Committee tasked with delving into the origins of COVID-19 plan a new hearing to discuss an investigation into whether the federal government suppressed… Read More
Courts
Wuhan-partnered school district settles with aide who says she was forced out after saying COVID came from China(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A school district that partnered with the Wuhan School System in China has settled with an aide who sued after alleging she was forced to… Read More
COVID-19
Biden administration has until Saturday to declassify docs on Chinese lab’s connections to COVID-19 outbreak; Hawley sits waitingThe Biden administration is required by law to declassify all federal information on the suspected lab leak of COVID-19 by this weekend. Missouri Senator Josh Hawley… Read More
Economy, Illinois
Illinois hotels continue to struggle hiring and retaining workers(The Center Square) – As the hotel industry continues to rebound from the crippling COVID-19 pandemic, worker shortages remain a challenge. The hotel industry is making a push to hire… Read More