by Grant Holcomb | Aug 31, 2021
Florida Crystals’ Okeelanta Corp., U.S. Sugar, and the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative filed separate lawsuits and are suing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over proposed reservoir water levels. The sugar companies say the proposed levels will be too low to...
by The Center Square | Aug 31, 2021
by Scott McClallen Statewide assessment results for 2021 show declines in the number of students meeting or exceeding grade-level standards compared to 2019 after a year of virtual learning and disruptions from COVID-19. In math, 44% of students in grades three...
by Bradley Vasoli | Aug 31, 2021
An informal meeting of the Genesee County, Michigan Board of Commissioners on Monday saw residents turn out heavily against a school-mask mandate for students in grades K-6. County Medical Health Officer Pamela Hackert told attendees she imposed the...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Aug 31, 2021
A school board in Virginia has been ordered to pay the legal fees, totaling more than a million dollars, to a transgender former student after a years-long battle. The Gloucester County School Board has agreed to pay the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which...
by Brian Ball | Aug 31, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Ballot Board has approved an initiative petition drive seeking to legalize marijuana for adults 21 years old and older, clearing the way for supporters to collect signatures for presentation to the Ohio General Assembly later...
by Grant Holcomb | Aug 31, 2021
Florida COVID hospitalizations have decreased for a fourth day in a row, according to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services data. The data shows Florida’s hospitals are taking care of 15,778 COVID patients which accounts for only 27.5 percent of all...
by The Center Square | Aug 31, 2021
by J.D. Davidson Two Ohio lawmakers want to close a loophole in state law that allows teachers who are under investigation for misconduct to retire and school districts to not file a report with the Ohio Department of Education. The legislation, filed this week...
by The Center Square | Aug 31, 2021
by Benjamin Yount Wisconsin’s state superintendent is taking a swipe at parents who don’t want their kids to be forced to mask-up this school year. Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly on Wednesday wrote an op-ed that dismisses parents who are...
by The Center Square | Aug 31, 2021
by Scott McClallen A man upset over Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s COVID-19 policies plead guilty to one count of a kidnapping conspiracy and accepted a plea deal to serve six years and three months in prison. Ty Garbin, 25, is the only known member of the Michigan...
by Julie Carr | Aug 31, 2021
Stephen K. Bannon welcomed Michael Patrick Leahy on Monday’s War Room: Pandemic to discuss the 43,000 absentee ballots that violated the chain of custody rule in Georgia and questioned the Secretary of States’ position on the certification of the...
