Florida Supreme Court Upholds Law Forbidding Local Governments from Over-Restricting Gun, Ammo Sales
by Charlotte Hazard The Florida Supreme Court has upheld a law that forbids local governments from restricting sales of guns and ammunition beyond state law. In a 4-1 ruling, the court said local officials could face stiff penalties if they try to enforce the...
Ohio Lawmakers Consider Bill to Localize State Agency Licensure Appeals
State lawmakers are considering a bill that would transfer the conflict over state licenses suspended or repealed to local county courts as opposed to the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. Senate Bill (SB) 21, sponsored by State Senators Rob McColley (R-Napoleon)...
Minnesota State Agency Wants to Create Database to Track ‘Hateful’ Speech
by Evan Stambaugh One Minnesota lawmaker is voicing his concerns about a proposed bill he says would allow the state government to keep track of “bias” incidents and “hate speech” in which no crime may have been committed. On Tuesday the Minnesota House of...
Wisconsin Flat Tax Proposal Overshadows Zero Tax Idea
Tax reform is top of mind for Republicans this legislative session. But while a flat tax measure has taken center stage, another proposal by one legislative leader to eliminate Wisconsin’s personal income tax has seemingly disappeared from the tax cut discourse. A new...
Benefactor’s Family Demands Refund After University of Richmond Removes Name from Law School
by Rafael Oliveira The University of Richmond recently removed the name of T.C. Williams, an early benefactor, from its law school because of his alleged ownership of slaves in the 19th century. But his descendants say Williams contributed to the demise of...
Connecticut GOP: State Democrats Have ‘Lost Their Minds’ on Plan to Give Voting Rights to Illegal Immigrants
by Charlotte Hazard The Connecticut Republican Party is criticizing the Democrat-led state House for a proposal this legislative session to consider voting rights for illegal immigrants, saying Democrats in the state in considering such as idea have “lost...
Federal Agencies Withholding Data Behind Pilot Heart Condition Change, COVID Vax Stroke Reversal
by Greg Piper Federal agencies are withholding the data behind recent decisions that relate or may relate to COVID-19 vaccines and severe adverse events, fueling speculation that they are putting both vaccinated and unvaccinated lives at risk. The Federal...
More than 200,000 Migrants Came to U.S. in December amid Mounting Border Crisis: CBP
by Ben Whedon Authorities encountered 216,162 migrants at the southwest land border in December of last year, according to data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. That figures marks an 11 percent increase in unique encounters from November of the same...
Commentary: The World Economic Forum Is Making the World Safe for Autocracy
by Thaddeus G. McCotter Churning out carbon emissions to fly in on their corporate jets to Davos, Switzerland, for their annual fête to make the world safe for autocracy, the World Economic Forum’s hypocrisy is once again patent: Greenpeace accused attendees of...
GOP Lawmakers Take Aim at College Campuses Distributing Abortion Drugs
by Mary Margaret Olohan Republican lawmakers are introducing pro-life legislation aimed at protecting babies with Down syndrome and stopping college campuses from distributing abortion pills to students. Introduced by Republican Texas Rep. Chip Roy in the House...
DOJ: Atlanta Man Recruited 10 Others for $3 Million Paycheck Protection Program Loan Scheme
Eleven men have been sentenced after a scheme to obtain $3 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans; Atlanta man Rodericque Thompson recruited nine business owners to obtain $300,000 loans with fraudulent applications, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office...
Michigan Voting Firm Stored Election Data in China, Whistleblower Alleges
by Micaela Burrow A Michigan-based election infrastructure firm stored poll workers’ private data in China, a new whistleblower complaint obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation says, matching earlier allegations against the company and CEO Eugene Yu....
‘Fuel Poverty’ Stresses Pennsylvania’s Hospitals
by Christen Smith Pennsylvania’s hospital administrators say rising energy costs driving worldwide “fuel poverty” threaten the stability of the entire U.S. health care system. “Folks can’t pay to heat their homes,” Chuck DiBello, vice president of facilities...
Tennessee Senate Education Chair Files Bill That Gives Local Districts Flexibility on Class Size
State Senator Jon Lundberg (R-Bristol), who serves as chair of the Senate Education Committee, filed legislation that would lift classroom size limits for k-12 schools. SB0197, if made law, would repeal the existing maximum class sizes, maximum class size averages,...
Tennessee U.S. Reps. Burchett, Cohen Reintroduce the Tennessee Valley Authority Transparency Act
Tennessee U.S. Representatives Tim Burchett (R-TN-02) and Steve Cohen (D-TN-09) reintroduced a bipartisan bill in the House of Representatives that would require the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to work to ensure its decision-making process is publicly available....Hobbs, Mayes Temporarily Halt Death Penalty in Arizona
by Cameron Arcand Gov. Katie Hobbs issued an executive order on Friday to review the death penalty process in Arizona, while a stay from Attorney General Kris Mayes halts it for the time. Hobbs will be selecting an “independent review commissioner” to...
Ohio School Districts Struggle to Rebut Undercover Video of Staffers Saying They Mislead Parents
by Greg Piper School districts around Ohio’s capital Columbus are reeling from undercover video of their employees discussing how they mislead parents who oppose critical race theory and related concepts into thinking schools aren’t exposing their...
The American Historical Association’s Fight over the Present
by Shelby Kearns The American Historical Association (AHA) is fixated on the present. At its recent annual meeting in Philadelphia, former AHA President James Sweet referenced his criticism of “presentism,” according to a report in The New York Times....
Commentary: The Unbearable Lightness of Pining Backward
by Michael Anton DISCLAIMER: Nearly everything I say in this essay I have already said at least once and, in most cases, more than once. At the same time, some points that might have borne repeating—such as why I think theoretical topics like this matter—I...
Commentary: ‘Yellowstone’ as a Commentary on Manliness and Femininity
by Mackubin Owens Recently I offered a defense of the television series “Yellowstone” against the charge that it is just another soapy melodrama about a dysfunctional family, nothing more than an updated version of “Dallas” or “Falcon Crest.” Instead, I...
