State Politics & News
Coverage of state politics, elections, and conservative policy battles across all 50 states shaping America’s future.
-
opinion
Indiana Public School Officials Admit Lying to Parents About Critical Race Theory
When I received an email from Nathalie Henderson, chief schools officer of Indianapolis Public Schools, demanding that I and other administrators lie to our parents and teachers about teaching critical race theory, I was amazed at the boldness in her request that I be dishonest. At the time, I was the science coordinator for Indianapolis… -
news
Missouri School District to Fight Bias, Racism in Math Curriculum
A Missouri school district plans to include the personal pronouns “they/them” in math problems and hire certified teachers as “math interventionists” to fight racism and gender bias in math classes after a curriculum evaluation. “A persistent myth within math education is that since ‘numbers are universal,’ math classrooms are objective and free of bias,” says the… -
opinion
Americans Will Rally in Texas, Demand Lawmakers Act to Secure Southern Border
Thousands of Americans are expected to gather April 29 in Austin, Texas, for a rally calling on state lawmakers to secure the southern border. “I actually expect this to be the biggest border event in the history of the country,” Mark Meckler, president of the Convention of States and a founder of the tea party… -
news
DeSantis Signs Florida’s Heartbeat Bill Into Law
Within 15 minutes of receiving Florida’s heartbeat bill, Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed that pro-life legislation into state law, banning abortions in Florida once an unborn baby has a detectable heartbeat. The Heartbeat Protection Act prohibits doctors from “knowingly performing” an abortion on a baby whose age is determined to be more than 6… -
opinion
Maryland Governor Tries to End School Choice for Low-income Families
Families and students in Maryland can breathe a sigh of relief after lawmakers agreed to provide $9 million in funding for the state’s school choice scholarship program for low-income families. The program was originally on the new governor’s chopping block. Gov. Wes Moore’s fiscal year 2024 budget called for a 20% cut to the state’s… -
news
Florida House Passes Heartbeat Bill, Sends It to DeSantis’ Desk
Florida’s Heartbeat Protection Act is headed to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk for signing. On Thursday, the Florida House of Representatives passed the heartbeat bill in a 70-40 vote. The bill prohibits most abortions after a baby’s heartbeat is detected at six weeks of pregnancy. “Florida lawmakers today delivered a major win for babies and mothers… -
news
EXCLUSIVE: LGBT Legal Challenge Threatens Far More Than Florida Medicaid Rule, Experts Warn
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—If a federal court upholds LGBT activists' claims against a Florida health agency's Medicaid rule on transgender interventions, that decision would have devastating consequences for civil rights law, health care providers, and public health, experts warn. LGBT activist groups led by Lambda Legal and representing four young people who identify as… -
news
EXCLUSIVE: Doctors Expose Just How Experimental ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ Truly Is in Florida Medicaid Case
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Psychiatrists, endocrinologists, neurologists, and other doctors testified in support of a Florida health agency's rule preventing Medicaid from funding various forms of "gender-affirming care," such as "puberty-blockers," cross-sex hormones, and transgender surgeries. "Patients suffering from gender dysphoria or related issues have a right to be protected from experimental, potentially harmful treatments… -
news
‘Deeply Perverse’: California School Board ‘Turns Education on its Head’ in Transgender Vote; Faces Lawsuit
Another public school system has voted to hide mental health information about students from their parents. This time, however, parents are fighting back. The Center for American Liberty has filed suit against the superintendent and school board members of the Chico Unified School District in Northern California on behalf of Chico parent Aurora Regino. At… -
news
EXCLUSIVE: Detransitioners Back Florida Medicaid Rule Amid LGBT Legal Challenge
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Three "detransitioners"—men who underwent surgeries in pursuit of a female gender identity but later rejected that identity—filed a legal brief supporting a Florida health agency's rule preventing Medicaid from reimbursing for transgender medical interventions. Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration finalized the rule in August 2022, declaring that Medicaid would not… -
news
California Bill Would Require Schools to Notify Parents If a Child Wants to Change Gender Identity
A California bill would require teachers, counselors, and any other employee of a school to notify parents within three days in the event their child requests to be called by a name normally used by the opposite sex or different personal pronouns, or begins using a bathroom or locker room designated for the opposite sex…. -
opinion
In California, Parents May Soon Effectively Lose Custody of Kids 12 and Older
In California, “stranger danger” may be about to acquire a whole new meaning. Forget warning kids. It’s the parents in California who will need to be terrified of strangers if a new bill passes. Snuck into AB 665, legislation ostensibly about extending mental health care to lower-income California youths, is a provision that effectively would… -
news
Lawsuit Targets Ohio Amendment That Would Enshrine Abortion in State Constitution
Pro-life activists in Ohio are working to prevent approval of a ballot question that would enshrine abortion in the Buckeye State’s Constitution. Cincinnati Right to Life members Margaret DeBlase and John Giroux filed a lawsuit with the state's highest court to prevent the proposed constitutional amendment from appearing on the ballot in November, arguing that… -
opinion
Christians Must Take Children to Transgender Procedures or They Can’t Adopt, Oregon State Law Says
The state of Oregon refused to allow a Christian mother of five to adopt two children after she said her religion would not let her take a young minor to receive cross-hormone injections—a policy that could prevent up to 78% of Americans from adopting children. Requiring adoptive parents to facilitate transgender procedures acts as a form of… -
news
Missouri School Offered ‘Sweet Prize’ to Students for Reading Sexually Explicit Books
A Missouri high school offered prizes to students who read books featuring sexually explicit LGBT material, critical race theory, and transgender education. The high school librarian in the Webster Groves School District, located in the suburbs of St. Louis, encouraged students to check out books from her commonly banned book list to enter a raffle… -
opinion
Supreme Court Tells Maine to Stop Religiously Discriminating. Maine Gets Creative, Does It Anyway.
Last term, in Carson v. Makin, the United States Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Maine could not prevent parents from using otherwise generally available state school choice funds at religious schools simply because those schools provided religious instruction. But the state is back at it again, discriminating against families and the religious schools they want to… -
news
Maryland School District Reviewing Policies to See If Homework Is Racist, Negatively Impacts ‘Marginalized Communities’
Maryland’s largest school district is reviewing its homework policies through the lens of so-called anti-racism. Montgomery County Public Schools will reevaluate its homework policies, last updated in 1986, “with an antiracism lens” to determine how homework affects “social-emotional learning” and whether it negatively impacts “marginalized communities,” according to a Daily Signal review of a March… -
news
20 Lawmakers Stood Up to the Washington Establishment. This is Their Story.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy was elected as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after a historic 15 rounds of voting over four days in January. His journey to the gavel was not an easy one. Twenty lawmakers, including Reps. Chip Roy of Texas, Eli Crane and Andy Biggs of Arizona, Anna Paulina Luna and Matt… -
opinion
Michigan Public Schools Admit Teaching Critical Race Theory
State governments in places like Florida, Virginia, and Arkansas are leading the fight against the use of race and sex to divide the country. These are welcome steps. But on the other side of the ledger, you have states like Michigan. There, the public schools are going in exactly the opposite direction. Take Detroit, for… -
news
Youngkin Signs Bill Ensuring Equal Status for Virginia Churches
On March 26, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, signed HB 2171 into law. This new statute ensures that houses of worship are not subject to unequal restrictions compared to those placed on other businesses, organizations, and activities in the commonwealth of Virginia. In sharp contrast to the limit of 10 people imposed on “nonessential” gatherings such as churches by…