by TC Weber | Aug 15, 2023
In November, the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE), in compliance with state law, will release school letter grades for individual Tennessee schools. To prepare families, teachers, community members, and decision-makers to review that data, the TDOE is holding...
by Hannah Poling | Aug 15, 2023
A group of Ohioans wants to try yet again to change the state’s Constitution to permit lawsuits against government employees. The amendment, aiming for the November 2024 presidential election, looks to add a Section 22 to Article I of the Ohio Constitution in...
by Hannah Poling | Aug 15, 2023
The Arizona Republican Party named State Senator Justine Wadsack (R-Tuscon) as its Freshman Senator of the Year for making history by seeing an unprecedented number of her proposed bills pass through the Arizona State Senate. In a single year, Wadsack was successful...
by The Center Square | Aug 15, 2023
by Jon Styf Nearly $600 million in grants have gone to Tennessee schools for career and technical education from a pair of grant programs since 2019 and a new legislative brief shows the impact of that spending. Over three years, $22.5 million was granted from...
by The Center Square | Aug 15, 2023
A federal judge in Washington D.C. has blocked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s attempt to regulate premium cigars. U.S. District Court Judge Amit P. Mehta in Washington D.C. ruled that the FDA ignored scientific evidence when it included premium...
by Star News Staff | Aug 15, 2023
by Samantha Aschieris Congressionally approved aid for Ukraine has cost each U.S. household hundreds of dollars, Heritage Foundation budget expert Richard Stern says. “The formal aid packages alone amount to a staggering $113 billion—roughly $900 per American...
by Star News Staff | Aug 15, 2023
by Kate Anderson The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Catholic school Monday, arguing that religious organizations have the right to require their staff to adhere to certain faith-based principles, according to court documents. The case involved...
by Just the News | Aug 15, 2023
by Madeleine Hubbard The Marion Police Department says its raid of a Kansas newspaper’s office and the home of the paper’s owners was justified without a subpoena because the law allows raids when a reporter is a suspect in an offense....
by The Center Square | Aug 15, 2023
by Jon Styf The Tennessee Education Association dropped its lawsuit about the automatic withdrawal of dues out of teacher paychecks after a three-judge panel denied the group’s request to temporarily block the bill. The TEA’s argument the law was...
by Just the News | Aug 15, 2023
by Madeleine Hubbard Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he would support a ban on abortion after three months of pregnancy if elected president, but his spokesperson later said Kennedy “misunderstood” the question. “I...
by The Center Square | Aug 15, 2023
by Brett Rowland Average per-unit costs were $232,000, most for one-bedroom apartments, in a review of a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development program designed to build and preserve affordable housing. The Department of Housing and Urban...