Category: State News

DeSantis Signs Digital Bill of Rights for Florida

Seeking to give Floridians control over their own data, freedom from web censorship, and protection for their children online, Gov. Ron DeSantis on June 6 signed a bill creating a Digital Bill of Rights for the state. “If a multibillion-dollar company is conspiring to take your data and sell it or use it against you,…


How to Reverse Course in California

Commentary It’s common knowledge that more people are waving goodbye to California than folks who are arriving in the once Golden State. For some, California is peachy keen just as it is. It has pleasant weather, many sights to see, and an array of career opportunities. However, it also has droughts, earthquakes, and fires to…


Staff at 29 Houston Schools Must Reapply for Jobs Under New State-Appointed Superintendent

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has appointed a new superintendent to lead Houston Independent School District (ISD) following the agency’s takeover of the state’s largest district. Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath announced on June 1 that Mike Miles would take the helm of the district, serving nearly 190,000 students across 274 schools. Miles replaces Superintendent Millard…


Police: Fentanyl Found in Waikiki Hotel Room, 2 Men Dead After Suspected Mass Overdose

HONOLULU—Two people died in what officials believe was a mass fentanyl overdose over the weekend involving five people in a hotel room in the Hawaii tourist mecca of Waikiki. Emergency responders were called to the Outrigger Reef Waikiki Beach Resort on Sunday morning and found five people. A 44-year-old man was pronounced dead at the…


Some of Nation’s Largest Pediatric Hospitals Will No Longer Offer Children Gender Modification

Potentially thousands of Texas children seeking to change their gender identity will no longer have access to puberty blockers, sterilization, and permanently disfiguring “gender-transition” surgeries in the state under a new law signed by Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott. The Republican governor signed Senate Bill 14 on June 2, making the Lone Star State the most…


Chicago Walgreens Restricts Unlocked Aisles to Two Due to Crime

A Walgreens in Chicago redesigned a store that would allow customers to browse only two aisles of products because of crime. Customers can only access those shelfs after they pass through anti-theft detectors. “Non-essential” items can only be ordered digitally from kiosks and later picked up at a counter as part of a pilot program, according…


Orange County Jobs Increasing, Home Prices Declining: Cal State Fullerton Study

Jobs are on the rise in Orange County, California, while home prices are headed in the other direction, according to the recent Spring Economics Forecast released by the Woods Center for Economic Analysis and Forecasting at California State University–Fullerton. “In some cases, the actual data itself seem to spew a mixture of confusing narratives,” the…


Arizona Military-Style Tactical Training Schools Going Strong Despite State Bans on ‘Paramilitary’ Instruction

PHOENIX, Ariz.—Working in pairs, the team members approached the “shoot house” at Arizona Tactical Adventures with their non-lethal rifles raised and bright flashlights pointed at the doorway. The object on June 3 was to confront and subdue an unknown threat lurking inside the building without having to fire their weapons. Communication with an assailant—direct and…


Orange County Sheriff’s Department Increases Patrol to Highlight Motorcycle Safety

A higher number of Orange County Sheriff deputies were scheduled to be on patrol June 6 to catch traffic violations made by motorcyclists and cars which could lead to more motorcycle-related crashes in the Southern California county. A June 4 press release from the county sheriff’s office reported the increase in patrols would occur in…


Orange County Sheriff’s Department Increase Patrol to Highlight Motorcycle Safety

A higher number of Orange County Sheriff deputies were scheduled to be on patrol June 6 to catch traffic violations made by motorcyclists and cars which could lead to more motorcycle-related crashes in the Southern California county. A June 4 press release from the county sheriff’s office reported the increase in patrols would occur in…