Scientists Reportedly Obtain Full Sequence of Dodo Genome; Extinct Bird May Make a Comeback
– – – Photo “Dodo Bird” by BazzaDaRambler. CC BY 2.0.
Fed Hikes, Higher Mortgage Rates Mark Consequences of Ongoing Inflation
by Casey Harper Mortgage rates surpassed 4% for the first time since 2019 and the Federal Reserve announced a series of new rate hikes this week, two major shifts that mark the economic response to months of elevated inflation. The Federal Reserve announced a...
Minnesota Supreme Court Rules State Law Doesn’t Require Party Balance on Absentee Ballot Boards
by Evan Stambaugh The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that cities and counties can conduct statewide elections without a strict party balance on absentee ballot boards. Upholding a previous decision by the state’s court of appeals, Justice Barry Anderson...
College Officials Can Be Personally Liable for Firing Professor in Free Speech Case, Judge Rules
– – – Photo “University of North Texas” by University of North Texas.
Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency Didn’t Screen 5,508 Workers; Some Weren’t Trained Before Working
by Scott McClallen The Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) failed to screen 5,508 workers before giving them access to software that disbursed $39 billion of taxpayer money since March 2020. An audit released Friday from the Office of Auditor (OAG) General Doug...
Iowa U.S. Senators Propose Bill Mandating Disclosure of Total Interest on Student Loans
by Mary Stroka College students would learn the estimated total interest they would pay on a education loan before they take it out if a law proposed by Iowa’s U.S. senators becomes law. U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, joined Sen....
Walmart to Hire Tens of Thousands of Workers
by Harry Wilmerding The nation’s largest private employer announced plans to hire tens of thousands of workers before the end of the quarter to help expand its business amid a tightening labor market. Walmart announced Wednesday a plan to hire more than 50,000...
Elite Massachusetts Boarding School Separates Kids as Young as Five into Race-Based Identity Groups, Parents’ Rights Group Says
by Kendall Tietz An elite K-12 day and boarding school in Massachusetts separated students into race-based “affinity groups,” according to a report from Parents Defending Education. In October, Milton Academy (MA) in Milton, Massachusetts, asked parents to...
New Hampshire House Passes Bill Allowing Pharmacists to Dispense Ivermectin Without a Prescription
by Debra Heine New Hampshire may become the first state to allow the antiparasitic drug ivermectin to be obtained without a prescription. A Republican-sponsored ivermectin bill (HB 1022) passed in the N.H. State House Wednesday on a vote of 183-159 and has been...
Commentary: Stimulus Checks Are the Latest Immigration Scam
by Brian Lonergran A great plague of our contemporary political landscape is that one bad policy begets even more bad policies. Such is the case with many of America’s existing immigration laws. Federal law, for example, calls for specific enforcement...
RAV Journalists Detained at Gunpoint by Border Agents: ‘Never Had An Encounter Like This’
– – – Photo “journalist detained” by Ben Bergquam – Real America’s Voice (RAV-TV) News.
