Michigan Judge Orders Flint Water Charges Dropped Against Former Gov. Snyder
by Scott McClallen A Genesee County Circuit Court judge has ordered charges dropped against former Gov. Rick Snyder for his role in handling the Flint water crisis. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s Flint legal team vowed to appeal. The order...
Tennessee Stadium Committee Chair Wants More Information Before Non-Binding Vote
by Jon Styf The chair of Nashville’s East Bank Stadium Committee believes that the Metro Council does not have enough information from the mayor’s office to properly analyze and vote on a non-binding term sheet at the council’s Dec. 20 meeting. In a series of...
Virginia State Senators Morrissey, McClellan Favorites to Win Special Election for Vacant VA-04 Seat
Governor Glenn Youngkin ordered a February 21, 2023 special election to fill late Congressman Don McEachin’s seat, setting off a tight timeline for nominations in the safe-D seat. Senator Joe Morrissey (D-Richmond), Senator Jennifer McClellan (D-Richmond), and...
Senator Blackburn Calls on President Biden to Sign NDAA that Repeals COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for Service Members into Law
Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) published an op-ed in the New York Post on Sunday calling on President Joe Biden to sign the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023 into law. President Biden should be laser focused on...
Philadelphia Man Charged with Impersonating Postal Worker, Mail Theft, also Found with Stolen Ballots
by Madeleine Hubbard Philadelphia man who was charged with impersonating a postal worker and mail theft was also found to be in possession of over a dozen stolen mail-in ballots, officials say. While pretending to be a USPS Mail Carrier, Zachkey James, 27,...
U.S. Postal Worker Shot, Killed in Milwaukee
A United States Postal Service carrier was shot and killed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Friday evening, authorities said. The shooting reportedly happened on North 65th St., located northwest of the city center. No motive has yet been established. Police are still...
Former Loudoun County Superintendent Indicted on Three Misdemeanor Charges
by Reagan Reese The former superintendent of Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia has been indicted following a special grand jury report that concluded the school district mishandled several sexual assault cases involving students. The Loudoun County...
Commentary: Manchin-Collins Bill Would End the 1887 Electoral Count Act’s Provision of State Legislatures Choosing Presidential Electors
by Robert Romano Legislation offered by Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) would repeal Sections 1 and 2 of the 1887 Electoral Count Act, and replace the appointment of electors by state legislatures in the event a state fails to make a...
Despite Fluctuations, Tennessee Public Pension System Remains Ahead of Projections
by Jon Styf Tennessee’s public employee pension plan had returns that were remotely consistent with expectations, at least until the past two year. But the plan’s accounting process, which limits the impact of year-to-year realized gains and losses,...
Florida School Board Meeting Reveals ‘Everyday’ Violence, Chaos in Schools as Teachers Flee
Dozens of teachers have fled a Florida school district amid startling reports of ongoing student violence and chaos there, a contentious school board meeting revealed this week. Brevard County’s lengthy school board meeting on Thursday revealed what one teacher called...
Youngkin Sets Date for Virginia Special Election
by Madison Hirneisen Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Monday a special election following the death of U.S. Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA-04), will be February 21. The election will fill Virginia’s 4th Congressional District, which was held by McEachin from...
Cross-Dressing Book for Pre-K Students Crossed the Line in Kansas
by Michael Ryan A school district that gave preschoolers a book on cross-dressing has changed its procedures for giving out books after news of the incident surfaced last week. As first reported exclusively by The Lion and The Heartlander news sites, a...
Multiple Schools Used Pandemic Aid to Give Teacher Bonuses, Go on Hiring Sprees
by Eric Lendrum A new report by a watchdog group reveals the extent of how many schools abused their COVID-19 relief funds to instead pay teachers even more despite not returning to work. According to the Washington Examiner, the report by FutureEd reveals that...
Democratic Memo: Party Recaptured Some Latinos Who Left During Trump Era, but Critics Say More Needed to Win 2024
by Gelet MartÃnez Fragela A strategic memo created by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) that examines the party’s success in the 2022 midterm elections says the party recaptured some Hispanic Americans who left the party and turned...
Biden Administration Removed 71 Percent Fewer Criminal Aliens vs. Comparable Period under Trump
by Madeleine Hubbard Over its first nine months, the Biden administration removed 71 percent fewer locally arrested criminal aliens than were deported during a comparable period in 2019 under Donald Trump, according to a new study of state and local statistics...
Commentary: Young Montana Entrepreneur Is Being Legally Barred from Hauling Trash Because Established Players Don’t Want the Competition
by Patrick Carroll When Parker Noland launched his trash-hauling business at age 20 in the summer of 2021, he was excited about the opportunities that lay before him. After taking out a loan from a local bank, the Montana native bought a truck and some...
U.S. Officials Set to Announce Fusion Energy Breakthrough: Report
by Jack McEvoy U.S. government scientists have recently managed to make significant progress toward successfully utilizing fusion energy, according to The Financial Times. Scientists at the federal Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California managed to...
The School Choice Movement is Picking Up Steam Across the Country
by Reagan Reese The school choice movement is gaining momentum as states focus on legislation that would give families greater freedom to select their child’s education, advocates told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Utah, New Hampshire and South Carolina are...
