Early last week, the Justice Department entered into a settlement agreement with the Nashua School District of New Hampshire over violations found in the school district’s English as a Second Language (ESL) programs. The investigation found “widespread failures” to support English Language Learners which barred those students from actively and... Read More »
Over the past year, the unemployment rate has steadily dropped, with April 2021 showing the first tick up at 6.1% compared to March’s 6% unemployment rate. The latest figures are nearly half of what they were this time last year, leaving many economists speculating how far-reaching the effects of the... Read More »
As Israel and Palestine enter into their second week of what has been a fragile ceasefire, tensions in the U.S. are boiling over as attacks on Jewish Americans continue their uptick. The latest data released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Hate Crime Statistic Report indicates that Jews are likely... Read More »
The latest postal legislation, the 2021 United States Postal Reform Bill, aims to help the United States Postal Service find a financial path forward that is stronger and more transparent with the public. After it was introduced to the Senate last week, there has been some backlash brewing about the... Read More »
The production company behind a popular British television series, Peaky Blinders, lost a bid that would keep a brewing company from giving their liquor the same name. The show's production company, Caryn Mandabach Productions Ltd, argued that Sadler’s Brewhouse Ltd could not use the name Peaky Blinders because it would... Read More »
President Biden called for actions against gun violence at the federal level after mass shootings in Georgia, California, and Colorado. A part of these actions provides steps toward regulating ghost guns. Ghost guns are guns that are sent through the mail in parts, and the recipient puts them together. On... Read More »
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed Senate Bill 46 last week, making her state the 37th to permit distribution, sale, and use of medical marijuana. The bill goes into effect immediately, but lawmakers estimate it will be 15 months before the entire process is legally instituted and medical marijuana will be... Read More »
Last week five more Oregon counties passed a measure to begin the process of discussing how to secede and become part of Idaho instead. Malheur, Sherman, Grant, Baker, and Lake counties joined Jefferson and Union which approved a similar motion last year. A total of seven counties make up the... Read More »
A lawsuit filed in Fulton County’s Superior Court is paving the way for a fourth audit of votes cast in the state. This latest lawsuit will allow thousands of absentee ballots that were cast in the last presidential election to be reexamined after repeat allegations of voter fraud. A group... Read More »
Bereaved father Dartavius Barnes is suing the city of Springfield, Illinois, after the police took his two-year-old daughter's cremated ashes out of his car, calling it "drugs," during a warrantless search for speeding. The father said the police took his toddler's remains in a "desecration" when he was stopped for... Read More »
Texas joined South Carolina and Idaho last week in banning nearly all abortions if a fetal heartbeat is detected. The law is set to be enforced in September; it now requires a physician to check for a fetal heartbeat and makes any individual who knowingly assists with an unlawful procedure... Read More »
California drivers who cross double lines to access carpool lanes and those who enter them alone to avoid traffic jams must pay $100 in fines, plus $390 in penalty assessments if they are caught. While these vehicle code violations might slow down traffic, they rarely if ever cause accidents or... Read More »
Philip Greer, a restaurateur who owns a cafe in Texas, has received a preliminary ruling in his favor after he filed suit against the Small Business Association in the Northern District of Texas Fort Worth Division. Greer alleges that he was discriminated against by the SBA through a recent aid... Read More »
States across the country are deciding to no longer offer the additional $300 in federal pandemic unemployment benefits for their residents. The move will also end benefits entirely for those who were not traditionally eligible for unemployment insurance, such as gig-workers, freelancers, individuals who had exhausted their benefits, and those... Read More »
On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled against hearing the appeal of death row inmate Ernest Johnson, who is seeking death by firing squad instead of lethal injection. The conservative majority justices did not explain the court's decision. Before the Supreme Court denied Johnston's request for a hearing, a lower court... Read More »
