(Greg Bishop, The Center Square) Most everyone in Illinois schools, including college students, must to get vaccinated or be regularly tested for COVID-19, Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s mandated Thursday in his latest executive order.
The governor also said masks will be required indoors statewide Monday.
Now a year-and-a-half into the pandemic, and nearly...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton in striking down a mask mandate issued by the San Antonio school district that violates state law.
The governor and attorney general requested the court reverse an appeals court ruling...
(Brad Polumbo, Foundation for Economic Education) The chaotic aftermath of the US military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan is making international headlines and capturing the world’s attention.
Lost in this conversation is the true scope and cost of the 20-year war that is finally coming to an end.
But a new Ivy League report...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) California Republicans are raising concerns about potential ballot fraud in the recall election of Gov. Gavin Newsom after the Secretary of State’s Office sent out mail ballots to 20 million voters.
The ballots were mailed after the state legislature passed a measure for them to be...
(Headline USA) U.S. Capitol Police officers who were attacked during the Capitol siege filed a lawsuit Thursday against former President Donald Trump, his allies and supportive group members, accusing them of intentionally sending a violent mob on Jan. 6 to disrupt the congressional certification of the election.
The suit in federal...
(Cole Lauterbach, The Center Square) A report studying business headquarter migration says California’s businesses are moving their centers of operations at a much higher rate in 2021 compared to previous years.
The Hoover Institution at Stanford University on Monday released its report, “Why Company Headquarters are Leaving California in Unprecedented Numbers.”
The authors use several different...
(Headline USA) Mexico’s Foreign Relations Department refused to say Wednesday whether the government will allow the U.S. to reinstate the “remain in Mexico” policy of sending asylum seekers back across the border to wait for hearings on claims.
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Tuesday to block a lower court ruling ordering...
(Associated Press) FBI agents on Wednesday searched offices at Detroit City Hall and the homes of two City Council members, just a few weeks after another councilman was charged in an alleged bribery scheme.
Agents and state police were seen at the homes of Janeé Ayers and Scott Benson.
Agents also were...
(Headline USA) Nine lawyers allied with former President Donald Trump face financial penalties and other sanctions after a judge Wednesday said they had abused the court system with a lawsuit that challenged Michigan's election results in favor of Joe Biden.
There is voluminous evidence of vote fraud in the 2020 election...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Over the past 10 months, U.S. Border Patrol agents have arrested 8,691 known criminals who have entered the U.S. illegally through the southern border. Combined, they have committed 12,685 crimes in the U.S., according to federal data.
Because Border Patrol agents do not have access to...
Erica Smith, a Democrat hoping to replace retiring GOP Sen. Richard Burr in North Carolina, has promised to knock on a door in a Republican county for every dollar donated to her Trump-voter-outreach campaign, the News & Observer reported.
However, she has no intention of adopting any portion of Trump's...
An English teacher in North Carolina has been placed on nine weeks of unpaid leave for her principled refusal to wear a facemask, and she does not plan to back down, according to WRAL.
Last week, Aurora Preston went to the teacher preparation day at South Johnston High School without...