Educators announced plans to increase security in response to TikTok posts warning of shooting and bomb threats at schools around the country Friday as officials assured parents the viral posts were not considered credible. The social media threats had many educators on edge as they circulated in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting in Michigan, which … Continued
Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) has announced that he will join Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and all 50 Senate Republicans to strike down President Joe Biden’s private sector vaccine mandate. “I’m not crazy about mandates,” Tester said on Tuesday, though he added that he supports mandates aimed specifically at health care workers and military servicemen. Tester, a … Continued
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) could lose more than a million dollars in funding, as state chapters ended their membership and stopped paying dues in the backlash against a letter likening parents’ protests to domestic terrorism. In its Sept. 29 letter (pdf) to President Joe Biden, the NSBA characterized disruptions at school board meetings as “a … Continued
Some hospitals, nursing homes and other healthcare providers are preparing to operate without up to a third of their staff at the start of next year, if those workers don’t comply with a federal mandate to get vaccinated against Covid-19. The Biden administration is requiring facilities that receive funding from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services … Continued
As Americans continue to suffer under the supply chain crisis that remains unmitigated and even mocked by the Biden administration, Republican governors are taking action to propose a solution to get the country’s goods moving again. “Operation Open Roads” is the name of the plan hatched by 15 Republican governors that aims to alleviate the … Continued
Sen. Steve Daines wants President Biden to spur domestic energy production to combat skyrocketing gasoline and heating costs across the country. Mr. Daines, Montana Republican, introduced legislation on Tuesday requiring the Interior Department to restart oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters. The bill aims to boost domestic energy production, which has lagged since Mr. Biden … Continued
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) on Tuesday introduced legislation that seeks to bolster Taiwan’s ability to defend itself in the event that the self-ruled island were attacked by China. “Taiwan is in grave danger, but the future is not yet written,” wrote Hawley in a press release introducing the Arm Taiwan Act of 2021. The bill … Continued
A dozen Republican governors on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to eliminate federal protections for abortion and instead allow states to regulate abortion. Led by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, the group argued in a legal filing that the court’s landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, which established the constitutional right to abortion, and subsequent … Continued
The highest-ranking prosecutor in the state of Montana has declared Critical Race Theory to be a violation of state and federal law, and has banned the far-left theory in Montana’s schools, as reported by ABC News. Attorney General Austin Knudsen (R-Mont.) made his announcement on Thursday, after he was asked for his opinion by the state’s … Continued
A 19-state coalition urged President Joe Biden to reinstate the Keystone XL Pipeline and reverse his energy policies because of the recent gas shortages. Gas shortages along the east coast caused by a cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline prove the need for reliable gas pipelines in the U.S., the 19-state coalition led by Montana Attorney … Continued
The National Association of Attorneys General had to urge Facebook to drop a potentially “harmful” project targeted at kids. Apparently, Facebook needs to be encouraged to protect children online. Attorneys general from 44 states and territories sent a letter to Facebook Chief Executive Officer and founder Mark Zuckerberg. The Attorneys General urged Zuckerberg to scrap plans to develop … Continued
The states of South Carolina and Montana have both decided in recent days to put an end to their handouts of federal unemployment benefits as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, in an effort to encourage residents to return to the workforce, as per CNN. Montana Governor Greg Gianforte (R-Mont.) said in his announcement that “incentives … Continued
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