Culture
Taxpayer dollars are funding the development of a transgender voice training appThe National Institutes of Health (NIH) has earmarked more than $200,000 to fund the development of a “transgender voice training” app to help biological men sound more feminine. The initiative,… Read More
Public Education
Senate joint committee members file report on federal K-12 education funding(The Center Square) – Senate members of a joint committee on federal funding for K-12 education in Tennessee filed a separate report stating they could not agree with House members… Read More
Legislation
Exclusive: GOP legislation challenges Biden admin push to use federal funds for abortion(The Daily Signal) – Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Okla., is leading Republican lawmakers in introducing two pieces of pro-life legislation challenging President Joe Biden’s efforts to increase the number of abortions. Read More
Public Education
U.S. Department of Education declines to meet with Tennessee committee(The Center Square) – The third day of presentations for Tennessee’s committee to examine rejecting federal funding for its K-12 schools did not include a presentation from the U.S. Department… Read More
Public Education
Tennessee committee on federal education funding begins Monday(The Center Square) – A Tennessee committee is scheduled to begin its review on the state’s use of federal funding for K-12 education at 2 p.m. on Monday with presentations… Read More
Public Education
New analysis considers impact of Tennessee rejecting federal K-12 education funding(The Center Square) – No state has ever rejected federal funding for K-12 education, so when Tennessee looks at potentially doing that in a committee over the next few weeks… Read More
Public Education
Tennessee legislators to look into rejecting federal school funding in November(The Center Square) – With additional COVID-19 federal K-12 school funding winding down, Tennessee continues its look at what school funding would look like without federal dollars, which amounted to… Read More
Culture
In $11.3M federal fund maneuver, Planned Parenthood services expand(The Center Square) – Tennessee and Oklahoma will receive a combined $11.3 million in federal Title X money in a workaround after the states were denied that money earlier this… Read More