DAILYCALLER (Mary Rooke) - ROOKE: State Has The Courage To Do What Whole Country Needs
‘time for other states to address a problem recognized nationwide’
NEWSNATIONNOW (Finya Swai and The Hill) - Bessent teases severe economic action against Iran
While the Treasury chief did not provide details, he said the measures will mark another escalation of the administration’s effort to cut off money flowing to the Iranian government.
JUSTTHENEWS (Ashe Short) - 'Education is speech': New lawsuit says Nebraska funds only the government's viewpoint
If NCLA's theory survives, a fight over school funding could obligate every state with compulsory attendance and public-school-only funding to provide more financial choices to families who reject the government's curriculum.
AI:The Nebraska Department of Education is facing legal heat after a lawsuit alleges the state engages in viewpoint discrimination by restricting school funding to specific government-sanctioned curricula. If this legal theory takes hold, it could dismantle the state’s ability to dictate ideological training to children and force a massive redistribution of taxpayer dollars toward families who reject the radicalized, left-wing educational indoctrination currently being shoved down their throats in public institutions. This battle over "education as speech" threatens the foundational control these bureaucrats exert over what our youth are allowed to think and learn.Open
THEFEDERALIST (Breccan F. Thies) - Lawsuit: It’s Unconstitutional That Education Is ‘Free,’ But Only At Government Indoctrination Mills
The government cannot create the conditions that coerce people into surrendering enumerated rights like those in the First Amendment.
AI:A new lawsuit is challenging the unconstitutional monopoly held by state-funded educational institutions, specifically targeting the way Nebraska utilizes public funds to promote a single, government-sanctioned viewpoint. The litigation argues that when education becomes a taxpayer-funded indoctrination mill designed to suppress dissenting voices, it violates the First Amendment by coercing citizens to surrender their fundamental rights. This legal push follows a pattern of state-sponsored ideological enforcement in schools and represents a direct confrontation against the systemic use of public coffers to facilitate government propaganda under the guise of instruction.Open
THEFEDERALIST (Breccan F. Thies) - Colorado Has Been Running A State-Funded Grooming And Mutilation Operation For Years
Colorado medical students are taught that children as young as 18 months old can 'distinguish between gender identities,' and by six years old, 'develop his or her own gender identity.'
AXIOS (Avery Lotz) - Food banks confront growing SNAP gap
Data: CBPP ; Map: Sara Wise/Axios American food assistance has been rocked by a regulatory earthquake while millions have been dropped from one of the nation's premier safety net programs, tightening the strain on food banks and state agencies. The big picture: As the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) continues to undergo a historic remolding, food banks say they're staring down a gap they can't fill. - "We've been operating kind of in emergency management mode," says Terri Shoemaker, the executive vice president of the Arizona Food Bank Network. "At some point, that will fatigue." By the numbers: The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities estimates that SNAP participation fell by more than 4.5 million people between the…
NYTIMES (Tony Romm and Brad Plumer) - Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
AMERICANGREATNESS (AG News Staff) - Trump Admin Freezes More Than $1 Billion in Medicaid Funds Over Fraud Concerns
The Trump administration moved Tuesday to withhold more than $1 billion in federal Medicaid dollars from California and Minnesota, the latest step in the campaign […] Source
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Illegal immigrants across U.S. get financial aid for college
Increased spending is heating up debate over who should receive state taxpayers-funded higher education benefits.
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Ohio finds $1M in taxpayer funded childcare overpayments in Ohio
The centers no longer receiving state funding following are in Franklin, Cuyahoga and Hamilton counties – the state’s three largest counties and home to Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati, respectively.