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Coverage of state politics, elections, and conservative policy battles across all 50 states shaping America’s future.
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opinion
North Carolina Voter ID Ruling Puts Security of Democracy at Stake
It’s a cornerstone of our democracy: Government is to be of the people, by the people, and for the people, deriving its authority from the consent of the governed. These fundamental principles are at stake in North Carolina, due to a ruling from an activist federal judge on voter ID. It’s amazing that we’re still… -
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Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Protect Louisiana Abortion Regulations
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to protect a contested Louisiana law that requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. An abortion clinic and two physicians challenging the law, called Act 620, warn that two of Louisiana’s three abortion clinics will close if the regulation takes effect. On Thursday,… -
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Court Order Stops Texas Hospital From Removing Baby’s Life Support Against Family’s Wishes
A court order Friday prevented a Texas hospital from removing baby Tinslee Lewis from life support until the court makes a final ruling in the case. The Second Court of Appeals in Fort Worth, Texas, granted the baby emergency relief and ordered Cook Children’s Medical Center not to remove Tinslee from life support until the court makes… -
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Concealed Carry Law in Texas Prevented Mass Murder
The same weekend that Orthodox Jews in Monsey, New York, were fighting off another knife-wielding anti-Semite thug with chairs and coffee tables—they were fortunate the perpetrator hadn’t brought a firearm, like the killer who targeted a yeshiva in Jersey City only a few weeks earlier—Jack Wilson, a 71-year-old congregant and security volunteer at West Freeway… -
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Sarah Palin Seeks New York Times Advertising Revenue as Libel Lawsuit Heads Toward Trial
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin filed a complaint in her libel lawsuit against The New York Times, after the paper published an editorial that falsely linked Palin to the 2011 shooting of former Democratic Rep. Gabby Giffords. The filing, which proceeds a jury trial that will begin in June, seeks financial damages as well as any… -
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These Historians Challenge New York Times’ Dubious 1619 Project
What makes America exceptional? Undoubtedly, most Americans would say our long-term commitment to self-government and the rule of law, and our extraordinary embrace of liberty. Not so, according to The New York Times’ 1619 Project—named for the year in which African slaves were first brought to the English colonies in North America. The various New… -
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Nationalism Would Transfer Power From the People to Washington
This is adapted from a talk Jack Spencer gave at The Heritage Foundation’s December event “The Problem of Nationalism.” Let me start by saying that I understand why some folks are attracted to elements of nationalism. For some, it’s an expression of love of country—it’s a way for us to say that we love the… -
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Liberal Virginia Prosecutors Spread Soros Project to DC Suburbs
Parisa Dehghani-Tafti placed her left hand on her old law school textbook, “A Theory of Justice,” from New York University as she was sworn in Monday evening as commonwealth’s attorney for Arlington County, Virginia, and the neighboring city of Falls Church. Dehghani-Tafti is one of three new progressive prosecutors seeking to “reimagine” law enforcement in… -
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Washington Post Concedes That Government Spending on Education Has Increased, Not Decreased
“The biggest problem plaguing U.S. public schools [is] a lack of resources.” So claims Robert Pianta, dean of the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education, in an op-ed published last week in The Washington Post. In fact, Pianta asserts, government spending on K-12 education actually has declined since the 1980s. These claims are inaccurate,… -
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How Washington Wastes Your Tax Dollars on Art
Should your tax dollars be spent on art of Che Guevara? Watch the video above to learn more about how Washington is funding “art” with your money. -
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‘This Will Protect Criminals’: Homeland Security Blasts New York Law Allowing Illegal Aliens to Get Driver’s Licenses
The Department of Homeland Security rebuked a New York law that took effect Monday allowing illegal aliens to obtain driver’s licenses. The state’s “Green Light” bill, which Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed in June, makes it possible to apply for a driver’s license without a Social Security number, and makes foreign documentation valid for the… -
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Alaska Governor Shares His Vision to Keep Government in Check
Is Alaska a model of success for the rest of the country? Virginia Allen speaks with Alaska Gov. Michael Dunleavy, who took office in December 2018. Dunleavy, a Republican, talks about how he is working to make the state more fiscally responsible, why he sent National Guard troops from Alaska to the U.S.-Mexico border, and… -
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Podcast: Alaska Attorney General Talks Workers’ Rights
Two years ago, the Supreme Court handed down a major ruling in the Janus decision. That decision freed up public-sector workers from having to pay unions against their will. But since then, a lot of states haven’t been complying—and unions have fought back. Alaska is leading the charge in the opposite direction—bringing its state into… -
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Drag Queen Prostitute Visits Texas School
If it’s OK for drag queens to host story hour, what about prostitutes? At one Austin, Texas, elementary school, students got both. In what some parents are calling “a sign of things to come” under the city’s radical new sex ed, the kids at Blackshear Fine Arts Academy had an unexpected visitor—with an even more… -
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A California Teacher’s Advice to Parents Who Want to Protect Their Kids
Schools are increasingly moving in a radical direction on sex ed, LGBT activism, and more. “When we’re talking … about the transgender issues and education, you have to realize that you can bring those subjects up in any area. It can be taught in history, it can be taught during reading time,” says Lydia Gutierrez,… -
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‘Abortion on Demand Agenda Is Immoral’: Meet Georgia’s Incoming Senator
In a televised speech on Wednesday, Georgia GOP Gov. Brian Kemp officially announced financial executive Kelly Loeffler as his pick to be the state’s next U.S. senator. Kemp—who has mulled over hundreds of applications in the months since Georgia Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson announced he would be stepping down—officially unveiled Loeffler as his choice on… -
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California Farmer Fights Government Claim That Dirt Is a Pollutant
No one told Jack LaPant that he could be in violation of the Clean Water Act for farming his own land. That’s mostly because the federal law includes a clear exemption for “normal” farming activities. But it’s also because the government officials LaPant consulted didn’t view overturned dirt that has been tilled and plowed as… -
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After Pressure, California School Lets Homeschooler Play ‘Joy to the World’
The turkeys may be gone, but some liberals are back to carving up something else: free speech. Now that it’s December, the left wants to make it clear that Santa Claus isn’t the only thing coming to town—so is censorship. And Brooklyn Benzel, an eighth grade homeschooler from California, seems to be the holiday’s first target…. -
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He Grew Up Poor in Chicago. Then Conservative Values Helped Transform His Life.
“After I began to volunteer with this alderman and learn the ways of the Democratic Party … I began to question some of the narratives,” says Gianno Caldwell. “Why is it that although these politicians come every year during election time, why is it the conditions and the communities never get better?” That was the… -
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New York Times and FedEx: You’re Invited to Heritage for a Tax Debate
Last weekend, FedEx became the latest company to face criticism from The New York Times for paying little or nothing in income taxes. The Times’ reporting highlights the complexity of who ultimately bears the corporate tax burden and what that means for American workers. Following the Sunday report, Frederick W. Smith, chairman and CEO of FedEx,…