Supporters of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota are cheering new federal legislation to help build the library and to showcase artifacts of the 26th president, who as a young man hunted and ranched in the state during its territorial days. Last week, North Dakota's three-member, all-Republican congressional delegation announced the bill to "authorize funding for the Library’s continued construction and go towards ensuring the preservation of President Roosevelt’s...
The advisory board said they not only want it to be added to the FY 2025 budget, but they also want it to be a recurring fund.
A new Ohio House Bill would shake up the school day for students across Ohio by prohibiting the use of electronic devices, cell phones and social media in the classroom if passed.
Regional officials have announced a call for project proposals, seeking ideas on how to use $30 million in funding through an expanded state economic development initiative. Continue reading at The Republic News.
Republican Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana is pushing a measure that would prohibit federal funds from flowing to NPR."After the date of the enactment of this Act, no Federal funds may, directly or indirectly, be made available to or used to support" National Public Radio, "including through the payment of dues to or the purchase of programming from such organization by a public broadcast station using Federal funds received by such station," the proposal, dubbed the "Defund NPR Act," states. The same...
WIREGRASS (WDHN) — The proposed bill that aims to impose harsher restrictions on what books children can and cannot read could put library employees in hot water. "It does sound like library staff could be subject to criminal prosecution" Under the "Supplying Minors" bill, public libraries and school libraries will now be included in the []
Lompoc Public Library System’s Village Library announced it will be offering a "seed library" program.
Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday morning that he was supporting his friend, Donald Trump, during his hush money trial in New York.The Texas leader wrote via X (formerly Twitter), "With President Trump in NYC to sit through this sham of a trial. This trial is a travesty of justice. I stand with Trump."Last May, CNN published an article by longtime Texas political journalist James Moore, who reported:The impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over...
A proposal by BC Conservative Leader John Rustad to use "biological sex" to classify participants in publicly funded sports didn't get to first base.
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Republican-dominant House has spiked legislation that would have banned local governments from paying to study or dispense money for reparations for slavery. The move marked a rare defeat on a GOP-backed proposal initially introduced nearly one year ago. But as scrutiny over
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Republican-dominant House on Wednesday spiked legislation that would have banned local governments from paying to either study or dispense money for reparations for slavery. The move marked a rare defeat on a GOP-backed proposal initially introduced nearly one year ago. It easily cleared the Republican-controlled Senate last April, but lawmakers […]
Montgomery County school officials and students Friday spoke to the transformative nature of Governor Shapiro's education funding proposal, which would provide much-needed cash infusions to underfunded Montgomery County school districts.