Government
Chicago budget deficit balloons to almost $1 billion under Mayor Johnson(The Center Square) â Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says the cityâs budget deficit will grow to nearly $1 billion next year. The mayorâs office released the cityâs 2025 Budget Forecast… Read More
Culture
Kansas City author presents tragic other side to Jan. 6 story in dramatic CSPAN2 book presentationAuthor Jack Cashillâs new book ASHLI profiles 10 of the many women who protested what they believed was a stolen election on Jan. 6, 2021. Of the 10, two died… Read More
Culture
The not-so-secret dirty facts about Chinaâs âclean energyâ production(The Daily Signal) â Chinaâs production of batteries for electric vehicles is âdefinitely not clean,â says energy expert Diana Furchtgott-Roth. Without its own vast natural energy resources, China is the worldâs largest… Read More
Public Education
Budget crisis: Seattle Schools will reveal proposed school closures in October(The Center Square) â Parents and faculty of Seattle Public Schools will soon learn which school buildings will close as the district works to fix a $100 million budget deficit. Read More
Politics
Harris fails to explain flip-flops, says she has no regrets about Biden in first interview(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Vice President Kamala Harris stepped out of the shadows for her first sit-down interview since launching her campaign Thursday, in which she failed to explain… Read More
Opinion
Not a good sign when you first learn of local murder by reading the Irish TimesAt 7:37 a.m. on Thursday morning the Irish Times arrived in my email feed with the unsettling server line, âIrish chef shot dead after altercation outside his restaurant in Kansas.â This was… Read More
Culture
Dozens baptized at Ohio State event as football players continue to bear fruit for ChristThe bold faith of a group of Ohio State University football players continues to bear fruit at the Big Ten university. As reported previously by The… Read More
Public Education
Louisiana governor strengthens CRT ban in public schools with orderLouisiana Gov. Jeff Landry is ensuring that Critical Race Theory (CRT) wonât be taught in public schools, the latest in a slew of states to ban teaching the controversial doctrine. Read More
Government
FBI provides update 46 days after Trump assassination attempt, but offers few answersA month and a half after the July 13 attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, the FBI held a briefing call that provided few new clues. In an opening… Read More
Culture
Report exposes influential DEI author as a plagiarist and a fraud(The Daily Signal) â Robin DiAngelo, the pro-DEI author of the bestselling book âWhite Fragility,â is a fraud. Sheâs also been accused of rampantly plagiarizing minority scholars in a scathing… Read More
Politics
Tim Walz signed law creating âethnic studiesâ requirements extending to elementary school students(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz signed a law in May 2023 as Minnesota governor that will require schools to offer âethnic studiesâ courses that… Read More
Courts
Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to student loan forgiveness block(The Center Square) â The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a request from the Biden administration over a block of a student-loan forgiveness plan. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey… Read More
Opinion
Theyâre trying to sell you government-packaged âjoyâ. Donât buy it; thatâs not where it comes fromBuying into the Democratic National Convention theme of âhope and joyâ has to be like trying to chew a meringue topping: itâs sweet and all, but once you bite down,… Read More
Opinion
YouRule!: Hereâs an amazing story that will curl your toes and get you âproperly astonishedâ about America(Editorâs note: This is the 9th of 10 articles serializing Executive Editor Michael Ryanâs ebook YouRule: How Saving America Depends Entirely on You And What You Can Do About It.)… Read More
Courts
Jury sides with teacher fired for being in DC on Jan. 6, awards $130K in damagesA former teacher has been awarded $131,500 in damages by a federal jury after being suspended and fired for being at the Jan. 6, 2021 protest… Read More
Public Education
Illegal immigrants try to board California school buses as Denver suburb deals with armed Venezuelan gangsA sheriffâs office in Southern California is investigating a series of incidents where illegal immigrants allegedly attempted to board school buses, in one instance blocking the road. At the same… Read More
Public Education
Wisconsin group sues Biden admin over race-based scholarship program(The Center Square) â There is another lawsuit over another race-based program from the Biden Administration with a Wisconsin tie. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty on Wednesday filed a… Read More
Government
Veteran: DOD withholds docs on whether DEI hiring improves national security(The Center Square) â The U.S. Department of Defense is under scrutiny for refusing to release records about exactly how spending on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion helps with national security. Read More
Culture
Captain Obvious? U.S. Surgeon General warns parents that raising children is stressful(The Center Square) â The U.S. Surgeon General told parents on Wednesday what they probably already know: Raising children is stressful. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released an “Advisory on the… Read More
Public Education
Chicago Public Schools under fire for kindergarten-and-up sex ed using unlicensed ‘health educators’ÂA parental rights group has raised alarms over a shocking sexual education curriculum for Chicago public-school students featuring unlicensed âhealth educators.â The curriculum identifies female and male body parts in… Read More