Opinion: Virginia lawmakers must support schools in face of GOP divisiveness
Republican legislators have doubled down on their efforts to defund our public schools and divide us with scorched-earth culture wars.
By TAI Contributor - June 07, 2023Local
Garrett Soldano, a chiropractor and anti-lockdown activist, has also called for a lifetime jail sentence for Dr. Anthony Fauci.
By Nick Vachon - January 05, 2022Republican leaders argue their probes are needed to restore public confidence in elections, but experts say the reviews are undermining faith in the electoral system.
By Associated Press - January 01, 2022Despite the department’s decision to close its investigation of Emmett Till’s slaying, agents are still probing as many as 20 other civil rights cold cases.
By Associated Press - December 24, 2021White House officials say the president is frustrated that Congress is acting too slowly to implement new gun legislation
By Associated Press - December 23, 2021Republican Adam Laxalt joined Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, which has represented numerous clients suing the federal government, after a failed 2018 gubernatorial bid.
By Josh Israel - December 20, 2021In an interview with Breitbart, Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) claimed abortion rights groups only care about ‘power,’ ‘profit,’ and ‘population control.’
By Oliver Willis - December 20, 2021The Republican governor-elect has been quiet on his campaign promise to ban ‘CRT’ in the state’s schools, since winning in November. But teachers are still on high alert.
By Nick Vachon - December 17, 2021Some of the ‘West Virginia citizens’ in a U.S. Chamber of Commerce ad thanking Sen. Joe Manchin for opposing the bill are not just constituents.
By Josh Israel - December 17, 2021Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) wants to do away with the expanded child tax credit that has kept nearly 4 million kids out of poverty this year.
By Josh Israel - December 17, 2021California plans to convert residents’ food waste into compost or energy, becoming the second state in the country to do so after Vermont.
By Associated Press - December 16, 2021Experts say far-right activists are setting their sights on gender-affirming care providers.
By Casey Quinlan - December 16, 2021Nevada Republican Adam Laxalt and his wife own more than $67,000 in pharmaceutical stocks, according to his recent financial disclosure statement.
By Josh Israel - December 16, 2021Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) told Fox that Democrats ‘don’t want grandmamas helping educate young mamas on how to rear babies.’
By Oliver Willis - December 15, 2021But Axios reports the GOP Senate hopeful also claims to have never broken the law, an apparent contradiction.
By Josh Israel - December 14, 2021Their state was one of several hit by deadly storms on Friday night.
By Josh Israel - December 13, 2021Democrats are looking to restore access to basic health care at Planned Parenthood, which Republicans in Texas have blocked completely.
By Lisa Needham - December 10, 2021Candidates are barred from filing to run for election in the state until the lawsuits, which claim voting maps were drawn in an unfair way to benefit Republicans, are resolved.
By Associated Press - December 09, 2021Planned Parenthood, which accounts for about half of California’s abortion clinics, said it served 7,000 people from other states last year.
By Associated Press - December 09, 2021The expanded child tax credit is set to expire next week. Policy experts say that would cut off critical aid to tens of thousands of Virginia families.
By Nick Vachon - December 08, 2021Resources for educators who want to help LGBTQ youth feel safe in schools have been removed from the Florida Department of Education’s website.
By Casey Quinlan - December 07, 2021Rep. Yvette Herrell (R-NM) ran on a promise to ‘stand for every New Mexican.’
By Josh Israel - December 07, 2021Incumbent GOP Gov. Brian Kemp incurred the wrath of Donald Trump during the 2020 presidential election.
By Josh Israel - December 06, 2021The lawsuit says the website Gateway Pundit and its owner conducted a ‘campaign of lies’ that led to online and in-person harassment against two Fulton County election workers.
By Associated Press - December 05, 2021Democrat Stacey Abrams is part of a growing contingent of Black women seeking statewide office.
By Associated Press - December 04, 2021Dr. Kevin Baumlin, who is also running for Senate in Pennsylvania, said Oz’s past comments on COVID-19 are ‘offensive and borderline malpractice.’
By Jacob Gardenswartz - December 02, 2021President Joe Biden scrapped the policy, but a lawsuit by Texas and Missouri has forced him to put it back into effect.
By Associated Press - December 02, 2021The poll also found overwhelming support for the bill’s other provisions.
By Josh Israel - December 01, 2021If the bill passes, it will be yet another restriction in a state that already has multiple anti-abortion restrictions.
By Lisa Needham - November 29, 2021In the eight months since California’s rental assistance program began, fraud has been virtually nonexistent.
By Associated Press - November 28, 2021The candidate, Allen West, recently resigned as Texas GOP chair after he was accused of using the post to promote himself.
By Josh Israel - November 23, 2021