State Politics & News
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California AG Hints at Investigating Second School Board to Back Parental Rights on Kids’ Gender Transitions
Parental rights advanced last week in deep blue California, as another school district required teachers to notify parents if their children begin to identify as transgender. The school board of the Murrieta Valley Unified School District adopted a Parental Notification Policy by a 3-2 vote Thursday. Under it, teachers must contact a parent or guardian within three days if…Ben Johnson -
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EXCLUSIVE: Florida Schools See Decline in Teacher Vacancies
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Florida schools saw an eight percent decline in teacher vacancies heading into the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year compared to the previous year, The Daily Signal has learned. Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz, Jr. will announce Tuesday that Florida schools will have 4,776 total teacher vacancies as students head into…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Massachusetts Bars Couple From Foster Care Over Christian Views on LGBT Matters
The state of Massachusetts is barring a Christian couple from fostering children due to their biblical beliefs on sexuality and gender. Catholics Mike and Kitty Burke filed a lawsuit last week in federal court against state officials after they were denied the right to serve as foster parents. During the foster parents screening process, the couple were…S.A. McCarthy -
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Alabama GOP Says No to Teachers Unions’ Money in School-Related Elections
Alabama Republicans have told teachers unions to stay out of their school-related elections. The Alabama Republican Party recently voted to ban GOP candidates for the Alabama Board of Education, local school boards, and county school superintendent from accepting donations from teachers unions. John Wahl, chairman of the Alabama GOP, says the change was needed to…Virginia Allen -
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Tennessee Mayor’s ‘Hate’ Council Strategized With Far-Left Group Demonizing Moms for Liberty
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL — Tennessee's third-largest city launched a council to oppose "hate" and "extremism" in 2018, and that council has repeatedly collaborated with the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center, which is notorious for branding mainstream conservative and Christian nonprofits "hate groups," putting them on a "hate map" alongside the Ku Klux Klan….Tyler O’Neil -
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New College of Florida Trustees Vote to End Gender Studies
Trustees for the New College of Florida have voted to end a 28-year-old gender studies program. Christopher Rufo, a conservative activist and Manhattan Institute scholar appointed to New College’s board of trustees by Gov. Ron DeSantis, introduced the motion to direct the school’s president to eliminate the gender studies program. The board voted 7-3 in…Elise McCue -
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Parents Could Face Jail Time for Sending 2 Emails School Staff Don’t Like: Critics Sound Alarm on California Bill
California already has undermined the rights of parents from out of state when it comes to experimental transgender "health care," but the Legislature also is considering a bill that would criminalize causing "substantial disorder" at school board meetings—an attempt to "chill parents from speaking out," critics warn. SB 596, which the California State Senate passed…Tyler O’Neil -
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EXCLUSIVE: New Mexico Pays Hefty Fee for Trying to Hide Voter Information
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver’s office settled a public records lawsuit over voter records with a think tank, paying out a $22,000 settlement after initially denying access to voting information. The Southwest Public Policy Institute announced first to The Daily Signal that it reached the settlement in its…Fred Lucas -
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Ohio Faces a Time for Choosing on Abortion
I recently spent a weekend with dear friends and their newborn baby boy. At only 2 weeks old, their son can’t do much, except eat, sleep, and move his arms and legs around. As a new mom, my friend said she has watched her son make movements that she recognizes are the same movements she…Virginia Allen -
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Vermont Law Bans Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers From Counseling Women
A new law in Vermont may end up shutting down pro-life pregnancy centers, banning them from offering non-medical services and providing post-abortion counseling, as well as subjecting them to steep fines if the state deems their advertising “misleads” women into thinking they provide or promote abortions. Two Vermont faith-based pregnancy centers have filed a lawsuit…Nicole Russell -
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The Gruesome Premise of a Washington Post Feature
A new Washington Post feature attempts to make a teen couple who had twins after Texas’ heartbeat law went into effect into Dickensian characters, victims of the cruel laws around them. Mom Brooke High, we learn, watched the entire 10 seasons of “Friends” after the family moved to Tampa, Florida, for a military job for…Katrina Trinko -
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Pivotal Date Approaches as Far Left Battles to Enshrine Abortion Into Ohio Constitution
There's a new frontier for pro-abortion activists post-Roe v. Wade: constitutional amendments that can circumvent state laws and flout even the most pro-life of governors. And with some of the weakest requirements in the country for passing constitutional amendments, Ohio has become the latest battleground. In just a week, on Aug. 8, Ohioans will vote…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Texas Woman Testifies ‘Blood’ of Dead Mother, Daughter Is on ‘Multiple Hands in This Administration’
Elisa Tambunga became pregnant with her daughter when she was only 19 and, according to Tambunga, her little girl quickly became the center of her world. Usually, at about this time of year, Tambunga says she would be buying her elementary school-age daughter school supplies. Instead, the Texas mother sat before members of Congress at…Virginia Allen -
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Nebraska Law Implements Voters’ Demand for More Secure Elections
When Nebraskans went to the polls last November, nearly two-thirds of voters decided to amend Nebraska’s Constitution to require people to present a valid photo identification before casting a vote in future elections. To implement the amendment, Nebraska’s Legislature recently passed a law setting forth the exact voter ID requirements and striking a proper balance…Jack Fitzhenry -
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Pulling Back Curtain on ‘Erosion of Parental Rights’ in California
Parents are losing the right to parent in California, according to Karen England. A bill has been introduced in California stating that if parents “do not affirm your child’s gender confusion, it’s put in the same category as abuse, and it is supposed to be considered when you’re battling in a custody battle,” England says….Virginia Allen -
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Pushing LGBTQ Agenda, Top California Educrat Disrupts School Board Meeting. Board Rules Against Him Anyway.
School is not even back in session yet, but some state education officials are still trying to restrict parents’ influence over their children. At a school board meeting Thursday in Chino Valley, California, about 35 miles from downtown Los Angeles, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond tried to stop the board from considering a…Jonathan Butcher -
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‘Nipples Literally Peeling Off’: Texas Detransitioner Sues Doctors for $1 Million Over Botched Surgery
WARNING GRAPHIC: Some content in this story may be disturbing for readers. Another detransitioner who attempted a gender transition at age 17 is suing the doctors who operated on her, accusing them of ignoring her plethora of mental health conditions and pushing her down a destructive path. Soren Aldaco, who is now 21 years old,…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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How the Left Conquered the New York Times
Editor’s note: The following excerpt is from Christopher Rufo’s new book “America’s Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything.” Communist radical Herbert Marcuse believed that the university could serve as the “initial revolutionary institution” but was not, in and of itself, powerful enough to transform the broader society. The intellectuals could produce knowledge but, left…Christopher Rufo -
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Massachusetts Parents at Risk of Losing Religious Exemption on Vaccinations of Their Kids
The sun was shining in Boston on July 1 as I sat at a picnic table looking out over Boston Harbor, the very harbor that about 250 years earlier Colonists dumped tea into in protest of British taxes. As a Massachusetts native, I am proud of my state’s history in the fight for freedom and…Virginia Allen -
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Unused Wall Materials Have Sat ‘on Border for Over 2 Years’ on New Mexico Ranch, Lawmakers Are Told
Unused border wall materials are still sitting on Russell Johnson’s family ranch in New Mexico near the border with Mexico. “This material has been sitting on the border for over two years,” Johnson told members of Congress at a hearing Tuesday. “Taxpayer dollars are being stockpiled, rather than being utilized for their intended purpose.” Johnson’s…Virginia Allen