She was just trying to defend herself. It seems a Republican “colleague” had slimed Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow in one of those ad hominem, free-of-facts, detached-from-reality, what-the-heck-are-you-even-talking-about attacks that have unfortunately become a staple of that ...
by Sara Pequeño The Republican Party has been railing against CRT, or Critical Race Theory, being taught in schools across North Carolina and the United States. Until now, the Democratic response has been a technical correction: CRT can’t be taught in schools, because it’s a ...
When is transparency not so transparent? When it comes to selecting math textbooks for Florida schools. Republican lawmakers recently passed a law they said would give parents more say in the books taught in classrooms and found in school libraries. They cloaked the move in a veneer of ...
Like the magic that allowed Cinderella to go the ball, the 2022 regular legislative session ended at midnight (technically Sunday) and took with it a whole host of bills. Most of the bills we covered here in our The Good, the Bad and the Stupid editorials now lie in the legislative graveyard. ...
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates churned through a long list of bills on Friday, Day 59 of the 60-day session. Many generated debate, but the Anti-Racism Act generated just over two hours of debate before passing overwhelmingly. SB 498 is the Anti-Racism Act. The House on Thursday ...
The ‘last bills standing’ edition There are two days left in the 2022 regular legislative session. Anything that doesn’t pass the Legislature tomorrow is effectively dead, assuming it isn’t resurrected in a special session. In our The Good, the Bad and the Stupid round-ups, we’ve ...