Category: State News

Florida Sues Biden Administration Over College Accreditations

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a lawsuit against Biden’s Department of Education to stop accrediting agencies from having power over the state’s colleges and universities in his ongoing war against “woke” ideology. Attorney General Ashley Moody joined DeSantis during a news conference on June 22, announcing a lawsuit challenging a federal requirement that public postsecondary schools must…


California 95 Percent out of Drought, Major Reservoirs Overflowing

The historic barrage of storms this winter offered some breathing room for California’s extreme dry conditions, with 95 percent of the state now reported to be out of drought, according to the newest drought monitor map, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Climate Prediction Center, released June 13. The update showed that now…


California Drought Is Over, Major Reservoirs Overflowing

The historic barrage of storms this winter offered some breathing room for California’s extreme dry conditions, with 95 percent of the state now reported to be out of drought, according to the newest drought monitor map, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Climate Prediction Center, released June 13. The update showed that now…


California Leaders Demand More ‘Diversity,’ LGBT Themes in Schools

California leaders demand more “diversity” in education, including LGBT themes, and vow more oversight for resisting school boards. California’s Department of Education and legislators joined forces and came together on Wednesday to call on textbook publishers to commit to producing educational resources and materials “free from discrimination and inclusive of the diverse narratives that reflect the…


Why California’s Schools Are Losing Their Teachers, Part IV

Commentary Operating schools is a business, not something governments do. Public sector enterprises and public sector employees are less creative than the private sector, almost by definition, and are not capable of running a school district. This is why until 1890, when progressives created what we have today (amalgamated public school districts), all U.S. schools…


Man Arrested for Allegedly Starting California’s Devastating 2022 Oak Fire

CAL FIRE announced the arrest of Edward Wackerman of Mariposa County for allegedly starting last year’s Oak Fire that ravaged California’s Yosemite National Park area. “This fire has become the most devastating fire in Mariposa’s history. And as a community, we stay engaged to support one another,” said Mariposa County Sheriff Jeremy Briese at a…


Coast Guard Halts Search for Missing Sailor

SAN PEDRO, Calif.—The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its active search on the evening of June 21 for a sailor who fell overboard from a bulk carrier vessel 14 miles southwest of Point Conception. Coast Guard crews searched by air and sea for nearly 15 hours, covering more than 200 square nautical miles in an attempt…


California Is Cooperating in China’s Eco-Scams

Commentary One of the persons with the best insights into what’s going on inside the People’s Republic of China is Winston Sterzel and his YouTube channel. He lived there for 13 years until leaving in 2019 after he received death threats. On June 15, he shared a video of a massive field of electric cars…


Frequent White House Visits Position Soros Foundation Officials to Influence US Policies

They didn’t appear on a ballot for voters to elect or reject, but many staffers of George Soros’ Open Society Foundations have the ear of high-level White House officials, and with it, influence over federal policies. Since President Joe Biden took office, representatives from the Open Society Foundations have met privately 40 times in the…


ANALYSIS: Frequent White House Visits Position Soros Foundation Officials to Influence US Policies

They didn’t appear on a ballot for voters to elect or reject, but many staffers of George Soros’ Open Society Foundations have the ear of high-level White House officials, and with it, influence over federal policies. Since President Joe Biden took office, representatives from the Open Society Foundations have met privately 40 times in the…