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By Dr. Jim Denison – denisonforum.org – May 16, 2018 This week, the Supreme Court struck down a federal law that prohibits sports gambling. The landmark decision gives states the right to legalize betting on sports. New Jersey plans to be the first state to offer legal wagering on the results of a game. Delaware, Mississippi, New York, Pennsylvania, and…

By: Lathan Watts – dailycaller.com – May 15, 2018 In early May, Minnesota State Senator Dan Hall (R) introduced a bill that would allow privately funded posters displaying the national motto “In God We Trust” to be placed in all Minnesota public school classrooms. There may have been a day in the not-so-distant past when a subtle reminder to students…

By: Nancy Flory – stream.org – April, 30, 2018 Israel will celebrate its 70th anniversary on May 14, 2018. Last December 6, 2017, President Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and declared that the United States will move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in May, in recognition of Israel’s anniversary. “This is a long overdue step…

By: Tom Giovanetti – ipi.org – May 7, 2018 The U.S. Senate will shortly face an attempt to misuse the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to re-impose Title II regulations on the internet. This approach is ill-considered at best, and is likely to backfire on its proponents. Besides, for proponents of net neutrality, there is a far superior option. What is…

By: Erin Humiston – ipi.org – May 16, 2018 Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) president Tom Giovanetti issued the following statement in response to today’s Senate vote to re-regulate the internet under Title II. “Any notion that the Senate is the more deliberate and prudent of the two bodies of Congress should be discarded after today’s vote to misuse the…

By: Arianna Prothero – blogs.edweek.org – July 14, 2017 Private school choice supporters continue to hit a wall of opposition made up by not only by Democrats, but also members of their own party. In particular, Republicans from rural areas. Residents of the Lone Star State take serious pride in their sense of independence, so it may come as a…

By: Arianna Prothero – blogs.edweek.org – July 14, 2017 Private school choice supporters continue to hit a wall of opposition made up by not only by Democrats, but also members of their own party. In particular, Republicans from rural areas. Residents of the Lone Star State take serious pride in their sense of independence, so it may come as a…

By: Julie Chang – statesman.com – May 22, 2018 The Texas Senate approved 21-10 a bill early Monday morning that would inject about $530 million into the public education system while creating a so-called school choice system that would redirect state money to help students pay for private school tuition. House Bill 21, originally would have injected $1.6 billion extra…

By: Brandon Formby and Patrick Svitek – texastribune.org -January 16, 2018 Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday (January 16) unveiled a plan to “rein in skyrocketing property taxes” in Texas, looking to lay down a marker in a debate that dominated the legislative sessions last year and promises to remain front and center through the 2018 primaries and his re-election campaign….

By: Alexa Ura – texastribune.org – April 27, 2018 The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Texas’ voter identification law, reversing a lower court ruling that found it discriminated against voters of color. Amid efforts to prove Texas’ embattled voter ID law is discriminatory, a federal appeals panel on Friday OK’d state lawmakers’ efforts to rewrite the law…

By: Ariana Eunjung Cha, Juliet Eilperin and Josh Dawsey – washingtonpost.com – May 18, 2018 The Trump administration is expected to announce May 18 that it will pull funds from groups that perform or provide referrals for abortions. (Monica Akhtar/The Washington Post) The Trump administration is proposing to bar clinics that provide abortion services or referrals from receiving federal family-planning…