by Cooper Moran | Dec 2, 2021 | Battleground States, The Great Lakes, Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Senate Education Committee on Monday advanced a bill to block Critical Race Theory (CRT) teachings from the state’s school curriculum. The measure was passed by the State Assembly earlier this year and is now prepared for full consideration...
by The Center Square | Dec 2, 2021 | Battleground States, The Great Lakes, Wisconsin
by Benjamin Yount The Wisconsin Supreme Court has indicated it will not make many changes to the political map drawn by Republicans. The court ruled 4-3 on Tuesday that it is going with the “least-change approach” to the state’s new political map. “We have the...
by Admin | Dec 2, 2021 | Battleground States, Minnesota, The Great Lakes
by Evan Stambaugh At least two Minnesota counties do not require bail payments for individuals accused of committing certain “non-violent” crimes. According to a WCCO report from December 2020, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman and Washington County...
by Casey Owens | Dec 2, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
Months after State Representative Webster Barnaby (R-Deltona) filed an anti-abortion bill (HB 167) in September, which would ban the procedure after a fetal heartbeat, Democrats in the Florida legislature filed bills in both the House and Senate that supports...
by The Center Square | Dec 2, 2021 | Battleground States, Michigan, The Great Lakes
by Scott McClallen The Michigan Independent Citizen’s Redistricting Committee’s (MICRC) legal team advised it to continue hiding documents from the public in the same letter it touted transparency. The Nov. 30 letter follows a nonbinding opinion from Michigan...
by Eric Burk | Dec 2, 2021 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia
Virginia’s new sports betting continues to set records, with $427 million in wagers cast in October thanks to five weekends of football, postseason baseball, and the opening of the NBA season. Sports betting was launched in the Commonwealth on January 21,...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Dec 2, 2021 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest
An Ohio public policy think tank said Wednesday that it is seeking to get to the bottom of how the White House decided to implement its federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate. “The Buckeye Institute filed a motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth...
by Justin Ethridge | Dec 2, 2021 | Arizona, Battleground States, The West
by Cole Lauterbach Even though they already are at historic highs, home prices in the Valley are increasing faster than in any other market in America. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Schiller Home Price Index from September showed Phoenix home sale prices increased...
by The Center Square | Dec 2, 2021 | Battleground States, The Great Lakes, Wisconsin
by Benjamin Yount The Wisconsin Elections Commission will soon answer the charges from an October audit that found dozens of instances when the commission didn’t follow the state’s election laws. Commissioners are scheduled to meet Wednesday morning to provide...
by Admin | Dec 2, 2021 | Battleground States, Commentary, Minnesota, The Great Lakes
by Kyle Hooten Details about Ilhan Omar’s father’s military service were crystallized after his untimely death last year. The congresswoman’s father, Nur Omar Mohamed, served as a colonel in Mohamed Siad Barre’s military. Barre was a genocidal Marxist dictator,...
by Star News Staff | Dec 2, 2021 | Battleground States, Georgia, The South
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by Chris Butler | Dec 2, 2021 | News, Tennessee, The South
Metro Nashville Health Department (MPHD) staff on Wednesday apologized for Director of Health Equity Stephanie Kang calling the not guilty verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial an injustice. Last week, Kang in an email to MPHD employees, described Rittenhouse...
