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Massachusetts Parents Sue School District Alleging Officials Violated Parental Rights by Secretly Encouraging Gender Transition

Massachusetts Parents Sue School District Alleging Officials Violated Parental Rights by Secretly Encouraging Gender Transition

by Susan Berry, PhD | Apr 20, 2022 | Battleground States, News, port, School

Parents in Ludlow, Massachusetts, filed a federal lawsuit that alleges school officials secretly promoted their children’s gender transition and violated their parental rights by choosing not to inform them about issues related to their children’s health and...
Ohio Elections Commission Books Blystone Campaign ‘Probable Cause’ Hearing Thursday

Ohio Elections Commission Books Blystone Campaign ‘Probable Cause’ Hearing Thursday

by Neil W. McCabe | Apr 20, 2022 | Battleground State Report, Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest

The Ohio Elections Commission executive director informed attorney Curt C. Hartman that the commission’s Probable Cause Panel scheduled a hearing Thursday to address two complaints his client, Butler County resident Mary Capella, filed April 7 against GOP...
Commentary: The White House’s Swift Surrender on Federal Mask Order Underscores the Tricky Politics of Mask Mandates

Commentary: The White House’s Swift Surrender on Federal Mask Order Underscores the Tricky Politics of Mask Mandates

by Admin | Apr 20, 2022 | Commentary, News

by Jon Miltimore   The Biden administration announced Monday it will no longer enforce a federal mask mandate on public transportation, including airplanes. The decision was announced after Federal Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle ruled that the directive was...
Pennsylvania Lawmaker Wants Education Department to Explain ‘Gender Unicorn’ Material

Pennsylvania Lawmaker Wants Education Department to Explain ‘Gender Unicorn’ Material

by Bradley Vasoli | Apr 20, 2022 | Battleground States, Pennsylvania, The Northeast

A Republican lawmaker is pressing the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) to explain the use of material featuring characters called “Genderbread Person” and “the Gender Unicorn.”  A week ago, State Representative Aaron Bernstine (R-Ellwood City) sent a letter...
DeSantis Calls Special Session to Review Disney’s ‘Special District’ Status

DeSantis Calls Special Session to Review Disney’s ‘Special District’ Status

by Peter D'Abrosca | Apr 20, 2022 | Battleground States, Florida, The South

In what is being viewed as an escalation in the conflict between Governor Ron DeSantis (R) and The Walt Disney Company, the Florida governor has called a special legislative session to review a 1968 law – designed for the company – that allows it to govern itself....
Michigan Public Schools Enrollment Rebounds from COVID Drop

Michigan Public Schools Enrollment Rebounds from COVID Drop

by The Center Square | Apr 20, 2022 | Battleground States, Michigan, The Upper-Midwest

by Scott McClallen   Michigan public school enrollment increased by about 5,844 students this school year, slightly recovering after more than 50,000 kids left public schools during the COVID-19 pandemic in the 2019-2020 school year. About 1,443,456 public school...
Arizona Lawmakers Approve Right to Try Expansion

Arizona Lawmakers Approve Right to Try Expansion

by The Center Square | Apr 20, 2022 | Arizona, Battleground States, The West

by Tom Joyce   Arizona is inching closer toward enacting new legislation allowing a patient the right to try remedies that could save their lives but not given government approval for use. The Arizona House of Representatives passed the Right to Try for...
Ortagus Reacts to the TNGOP’s Decision to Disqualify Her from the Ballot

Ortagus Reacts to the TNGOP’s Decision to Disqualify Her from the Ballot

by Aaron Gulbransen | Apr 20, 2022 | News, port, Tennessee, The South

Former State Department spokesman and now-former candidate for the GOP nomination for Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District seat Morgan Ortagus issued a statement on the decision by the select committees of the Tennessee Republican Party to disqualify her...
Gov. Lamont Vows to Keep Abortion Legal in Connecticut If Roe v. Wade Goes

Gov. Lamont Vows to Keep Abortion Legal in Connecticut If Roe v. Wade Goes

by Bradley Vasoli | Apr 20, 2022 | Battleground States, Connecticut, The Northeast

Gov. Ned Lamont (D-Connecticut) gathered at the Lyceum Center in Hartford with abortion advocates on Tuesday to promise abortion rights will continue in the state regardless of any forthcoming decision by the U.S. Supreme Court.  “The right to choose is under attack...
Virginia House Finance Committee Sends Gas Tax Holiday Bill to Appropriations Committee

Virginia House Finance Committee Sends Gas Tax Holiday Bill to Appropriations Committee

by Eric Burk | Apr 20, 2022 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia

House Finance Committee Republicans advanced Governor Glenn Youngkin’s gas tax holiday bill and killed Democrats’ alternate $50-per-car tax refund proposal on Tuesday. The bill includes a 100-percent motor fuels tax reduction from May 1 through July 31, a...
Kemp Signs Bill Cutting Taxes on Military Pensions

Kemp Signs Bill Cutting Taxes on Military Pensions

by Peter D'Abrosca | Apr 20, 2022 | Battleground States, Georgia, The South

A new law signed by Governor Brian Kemp (R) says that a certain amount of income from Georgia veterans’ military pensions will be exempt from income tax. Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated dictates tax exemptions. HB...
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Visits Wisconsin Despite Administration’s Low Approval Numbers

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Visits Wisconsin Despite Administration’s Low Approval Numbers

by Cooper Moran | Apr 20, 2022 | Battleground States, The Upper-Midwest, Wisconsin

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday visited Wisconsin to tout the passage of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The legislation will send millions to state and local governments to repair and upgrade key pieces of infrastructure....
Americans for Limited Government Urge Veto of Tennessee Campaign Finance Reform Bill If Passed by Legislature

Americans for Limited Government Urge Veto of Tennessee Campaign Finance Reform Bill If Passed by Legislature

by Cooper Moran | Apr 20, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South

Americans for Limited Government, an organization that supports reducing the size and scope of government, sent a letter to Governor Bill Lee to urge him to veto a new campaign finance reform bill, if it passes the state legislature. SB 1005, which was passed on a...
TN-7 Democrat Candidate Odessa Kelly: When Elected to Congress, Legalizing Marijuana Will Be One of My Top Priorities

TN-7 Democrat Candidate Odessa Kelly: When Elected to Congress, Legalizing Marijuana Will Be One of My Top Priorities

by Aaron Gulbransen | Apr 20, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South

Democrat candidate for the 7th Congressional District of Tennessee Odessa Kelly tweeted early Tuesday morning: “When elected to Congress, legalizing marijuana will be one of my top priorities fa sho!” When elected to Congress, legalizing marijuana will be...
Arizona Senate Approves Two Parental Rights Bills

Arizona Senate Approves Two Parental Rights Bills

by Cooper Moran | Apr 20, 2022 | Arizona, Battleground States, The West

The Arizona Senate approved two pieces of legislation that are aimed to solidify parental rights over their child’s education and exposure to certain materials. Both measures, HB 2161 and HB 2439, passed the chamber on a 16-to-12 vote, sending them to the House...
Hillsdale College Begins Academic Programming at Connecticut ‘Faith and Freedom’ Campus

Hillsdale College Begins Academic Programming at Connecticut ‘Faith and Freedom’ Campus

by Susan Berry, PhD | Apr 20, 2022 | Battleground States, Connecticut, The Northeast

Hillsdale College’s Blake Center for Faith and Freedom in Somers, Connecticut, has begun its academic programming that includes seminars, lectures, training sessions for K-12 teachers, and community events, according to information sent to The Connecticut Star....
Florida Democrats Criticize Congressional Redistricting as Legislature Reconvenes

Florida Democrats Criticize Congressional Redistricting as Legislature Reconvenes

by Grant Holcomb | Apr 20, 2022 | Battleground States, Florida, The South

Numerous Florida Democrats and officials criticized the Florida Legislature’s process to approve the new congressional maps as the legislature reconvened Monday. Legislative leaders, last week announced they would be working on the new maps entirely proposed by...
Florida School Superintendent Uses Misleading CNN Fact-Check to Discredit Parental Rights Bill

Florida School Superintendent Uses Misleading CNN Fact-Check to Discredit Parental Rights Bill

by Steve Stewart | Apr 20, 2022 | Battleground States, Florida, The South

At a recent Leon County School Board meeting, Superintendent Rocky Hanna used a misleading CNN fact-check to publicly criticize Governor DeSantis’ rationale for the Parental Rights in Education bill, while ignoring facts related to a lawsuit filed against the...
List of Georgia Candidates Participating in Loudermilk-Young Debate Series Revealed

List of Georgia Candidates Participating in Loudermilk-Young Debate Series Revealed

by Aaron Gulbransen | Apr 20, 2022 | Battleground States, Georgia, The South

The Georgia Star News has obtained a list of candidates who are scheduled to participate in the Loudermilk-Young Debate Series, which features candidates in various statewide and U.S. House races. There will be separate Republican and Democrat debates for each...
Waupaca Foundry Idling Operations at Etowah Facility

Waupaca Foundry Idling Operations at Etowah Facility

by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 20, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South

Waupaca Foundry announced it will “idle melt, molding and core room production and continue iron casting processing operations at its Etowah, Tennessee facility” Tuesday in a press release. According to the company, “parts will transfer to Hitachi Metals, Ltd....
Virginia State Troopers Partnering with Homeland Security on Human Trafficking Initiative

Virginia State Troopers Partnering with Homeland Security on Human Trafficking Initiative

by Peter D'Abrosca | Apr 20, 2022 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia

In partnership with two federal law enforcement agencies, the Virginia State Police (VSP) is conducting a three-day sweep to combat human trafficking on the I-95 corridor. “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)...
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