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The ‘radical feminist’ group helping push Ohio’s trans bathroom ban • Ohio Capital Journal

Wednesday, April 24th, 2024

via Ohio Capital Journal (Ohio)

A 'radical feminist' group called the Women's Liberation Front that has helped shape anti-trans laws nationwide has also played a role in developing a proposed Ohio transgender bathroom ban in schools…

School Board – General, LGBTQ+, Parent Involvement

Indiana GOP candidates for governor make their pitch to voters at debate in Sen. Braun’s absence

Wednesday, April 24th, 2024

via The Times (Indiana)

Sen. Mike Braun has missed the final GOP debate in the race to become Indiana's next governor, instead attending a vote in Washington on a foreign aid package. The five

Parents

Minnesota, other Democratic-led states push back on censorship by banning the book ban

Wednesday, April 24th, 2024

via PennLive (Pennsylvania)

According to the American Library Association, over 4,200 works in school and public libraries were targeted in 2023, a jump from the old record of nearly 2,600 books in 2022.

School Board – General, Book Bans, Parent Involvement

Alabama lawmakers advance expansion of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ and ban Pride flags at schools

Wednesday, April 24th, 2024

via The Associated Press (Indiana)

Alabama lawmakers have advanced legislation to ban teacher-led discussions on sexual orientation and gender identity in public school classrooms through eighth grade.

Book Bans, Parent Involvement

Arntzen brings culture war to U.S. House race

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024

via Billings Gazette (Montana)

Border security: Our border is in crisis and our country is being invaded. I will partner with President Trump to finish the wall.

Parents

Greg Blanc announces candidacy for Dist. 35 Senate seat

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024

via Rapid City Journal (South Dakota)

Greg Blanc officially announced his candidacy for the District 35 Senate seat on April 16.

Parents

Texas politics leave transgender foster youth isolated — during and after life in state care

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024

via The Texas Tribune (Texas)

Support once afforded LGBTQ+ foster kids has vanished and a culture of silence has blanketed the agency tasked with raising children growing up in the system.

Parents

Central Florida takes another, necessary trip to ‘The Prom’

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024

via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)

Rollins College presents the latest production of Broadway musical 'The Prom' to hit Central Florida. Why is everyone so eager to stage it?

Parents

Republican candidates vying for Indiana governor to take debate stage

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024

via The Associated Press (Indiana)

Indiana voters are getting another opportunity to see a debate between Republican candidates seeking their party's nomination as Indiana's next governor.

Parents

Minnesota and other Democratic-led states lead pushback on censorship. They’re banning the book ban

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024

via The Associated Press (New Jersey)

At a time when book bans have soared to their highest levels in decades, a countertrend is emerging.

Parents

PA House Primary Preview: Capitol Region

Monday, April 22nd, 2024

via PoliticsPA (Pennsylvania)

We close our series with a look around Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon and York counties.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

House committee weighs bill that would require teachers to answer parents’ questions

Monday, April 22nd, 2024

via Concord Monitor (New Hampshire)

At a parent-teacher conference a decade ago, Tina Kim Philibotte learned her child was gay.The disclosure took Philibotte – a self-described progressive and now one of four public school diversity,…

Parents

California Says Its Policies Trump Parental Rights When It Comes to Trans Kids

Monday, April 22nd, 2024

via California Globe (California)

A friend's 5-year-old child told me emphatically he wants to be a girl. I naturally told my friend. I didn't know what he would do with the information, but I certainly thought that as a parent he…

Parents

Gov. Kathy Hochul hits new polling lows

Monday, April 22nd, 2024

via City & State NY (New York)

A new Siena College poll shows New Yorkers aren't happy with the governor, or congestion pricing.

Parents

Fighting for his values

Monday, April 22nd, 2024

via Wisconsin State Journal (Wisconsin)

KNOW YOUR MADISONIAN | LUKE BERG

Parents

PA House Primary Preview: Central PA

Sunday, April 21st, 2024

via PoliticsPA (Pennsylvania)

Blair, Franklin and Huntingdon Counties have GOP primary races that most likely will determine the reps in Harrisburg

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Rundown of eight Republican primaries in Oklahoma set for June

Sunday, April 21st, 2024

via Tulsa World (Oklahoma)

Even when an office goes to a general election in November, the ultimate outcome is, more times than not, determined by GOP voters in June's closed primaries or August's runoffs.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

NEISD candidates reject ‘politics’ but political money is flowing

Friday, April 19th, 2024

via San Antonio Express-News (Texas)

Ten board hopefuls are backed by groups such as Parents United for Freedom, the San Antonio Family Association and Bexar County Champions for Public Education.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement, Sex Education

‘Afraid to go to school’: Michigan school cancels pronoun lesson after online onslaught

Friday, April 19th, 2024

via Detroit Free Press (Michigan)

DeWitt Public School district in Michigan canceled an optional lesson planned for a class of first-graders at Schavey Road Elementary School.

Parent Involvement, Sex Education