National News
Page 89 of 180
Louisiana lawmakers quietly advance two controversial bills as severe weather hits the state
Wednesday, April 10th, 2024
via The Associated Press (Louisiana)While state offices and schools were closed across Louisiana because of severe storms, a GOP-controlled legislative committee gathered in the Capitol to debate controversial bills that opponents say target the LGBTQ+ community.
Parents
Louisiana committee quietly approves anti-LGBTQ+ bills
Wednesday, April 10th, 2024
via The Shreveport Times (Louisiana)As severe weather shut down nearly every government entity in Louisiana Wednesday, a legislative committee quietly advanced two pieces of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
Florida pronoun law violates teacher’s First Amendment rights, judge says
Wednesday, April 10th, 2024
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)In a preliminary ruling, U.S. District Judge Mark Walker blocks the state from enforcing the law against a Hillsborough transgender teacher.
Parents
Librarians already under attack as activists challenge books. Now they could go to prison
Wednesday, April 10th, 2024
via Fredericksburg.com (Virginia)Across the country, book bans and attempted bans have soared to the highest levels in decades. Now librarians face new threats: Crippling lawsuits, hefty fines, and even prison.
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
Two Republicans file for Iowa House District 22 in contested primary for open seat
Wednesday, April 10th, 2024
via The Des Moines Register (Iowa)Two Republicans, including a former representative and a former school board member, are running in a contested primary for a seat in the Iowa House.
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
Educators, Students Challenge Sex Education Law
Wednesday, April 10th, 2024
via Flathead Beacon (Montana)A coalition of Montana teachers, students and school officials on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging a 2021 state law that requires parental notification ahead of lessons on human sexuality or gender. Attorneys from the ACLU of Montana, Nixon Peabody, LLP and Kasting, Kauffman & Mersen, P.C. filed the lawsuit on behalf of plaintiffs Empower MT, […]
Parent Involvement, Sex Education
Verbal abuse, locked food, unending chores: WV foster teens need more kind, loving homes
Wednesday, April 10th, 2024
via Charleston Gazette-Mail (West Virginia)The state's We Foster WV campaign in partnership with Aetna, Mission West Virginia and foster and adoption agencies across the state kicked off a month ago. Hundreds of prospective families have responded with interest. Here, several teens describe the conditions they've been placed in, including emergency shelters, hotels and group homes when there's no foster home available. The state and foster/adoption advocates say the need for foster homes is urgent, especially for those willing to take in older kids and teens and to push for reunification.
Parents
A Nation in Decline that We Must Keep Fighting For
Wednesday, April 10th, 2024
via California Globe (California)As the 2024 Presidential election gets closer we must start asking ourselves; how do we see our country right now and how do we want to see it in the next 4 years. I know these are the questions I'm…
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
Proposed Ohio bill seeks to give parents more control over their child’s medical records • Ohio Capital Journal
Wednesday, April 10th, 2024
via Ohio Capital Journal (Ohio)A proposed bill in the Ohio House would give parents greater control over their child's medical records and change access rules for Ohio medical facilities. Advocates warn about the potential harm of…
Parents
Judge blocks teacher pronoun restriction, saying Florida once again has a ‘First Amendment problem’
Tuesday, April 9th, 2024
via Sun Sentinel (Florida)A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Florida education officials from enforcing a law requiring a transgender teacher to use pronouns that align with her sex assigned at birth, saying the law violate…
Parents
In the Oxford school shooting: historic punishment, familiar sadness
Tuesday, April 9th, 2024
via The Washington Post (Virginia)The trials of Jennifer and James Crumbley overflowed with the lies the culture tells itself.
Parents
Librarians fear new penalties, even prison, as activists challenge books
Tuesday, April 9th, 2024
via The Associated Press (Indiana)Across the country, book bans and attempted bans have soared to the highest levels in decades. Public and school-based libraries have been inundated with complaints from community members and conservative activists.
Parents
How Texas teens lost the one program that allowed birth control without parental consent
Tuesday, April 9th, 2024
via High Plains Public Radio (Texas)Federal Title X clinics do not require parental consent for birth control — except in Texas, where a lawsuit upended the longstanding program.
Parent Involvement, Sex Education
PA House Primary Preview: NEPA – PoliticsPA
Tuesday, April 9th, 2024
via PoliticsPA (Pennsylvania)Continue to Browser To install tap and chooseAdd to Home Screen
Parents
Three last-minute candidates join race for North Dakota’s U.S. House seat
Monday, April 8th, 2024
via InForum (North Dakota)Republicans Cara Mund and Sharlet Mohr and Democrat Roland Riemers filed their paperwork right before the Monday, April 8, deadline.
Parents
Californians will elect a trailblazer in this district. Will it be a GOP Latina or an LGBTQ Democrat?
Monday, April 8th, 2024
via CalMatters (California)In California's 2024 election, will two trailblazers seeking the Inland Empire's Senate seat campaign avoid culture clashes?
Parent Involvement, School Board – General
Maia Kobabe’s ‘Gender Queer’ tops list of most criticized library books for third straight year
Monday, April 8th, 2024
via The Associated Press (Florida)Maia Kobabe's graphic memoir 'Gender Queer' continues its troubled run as the country's most controversial book, topping the American Library Association's 'challenged books' list for a third straight year.
Parents
Moms for Liberty requests information from Baltimore County schools on LGBTQ+ books, health classes
Monday, April 8th, 2024
via Capital Gazette (Maryland)Conservative activism group Moms for Liberty has been seeking information about LGBTQ+ books, student health and more in Baltimore County Public Schools.
Parents
Moms for Liberty’s legislative agenda targets politicians on both sides of the aisle
Sunday, April 7th, 2024
via Tulsa World (Oklahoma)OKLAHOMA CITY — As Moms for Liberty works to grow its influence in Oklahoma, members have raised their voice at the Capitol and built relationships with political leaders who share
School Board – General, Book Bans, Parent Involvement