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Parents are challenging or banning books in school libraries and classrooms more than ever before, with two highly contentious works on LGBTQ identity the lead targets of conservatives' wrath.

You don’t have to like nuclear, oil, and gas to acknowledge the important role they play powering an affordable economy.

When Barnaby and Winter find a dead body covered in live rabbits, a sinister side to the local pet show is revealed. Is this a case of rivalry taken too far?

Patrick B. McGuigan, The City Sentinel

Patrick B. McGuigan, Editorial Director

Publications Never lose a debate with a global warming alarmist!   Research & Commentary: Reports Ranking Louisiana’s Public School System Next To Last in Nation Highlights Need for More Education Choice Options in the Pelican State July 29, 2021 On NAEP, Louisiana Students Score 9 Points Below National Average In Math, 7 Point Below In Reading Two new reports ranking state public school systems since the COVID-19 pandemic began have both found Louisiana’s system to rank next to last. Th...

Publications Never lose a debate with a global warming alarmist!   July 15, 2021 Local affiliate Fox 45 News’s ongoing “Project Baltimore” investigation has uncovered that 41 percent of high school students in Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPS) received a grade point average below 1.0, or below a D average, this past school year. Essentially, roughly 8,400 of Baltimore’s 20,500 high school students have GPA’s considered failing. The micro-level results in BCPS are just as horrifyi...

(The Center Square) – A recent survey of school districts resulted in multiple white papers putting increased teachers’ pay and benefits and relaxed certifications for teaching at the top of solutions to Illinois’ teacher shortage. ...

Weather Alert ...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Louisiana... Comite River At Comite Joor Rd affecting East Baton Rouge Parish. Amite River At Port Vincent affecting Ascension and Livingston Parishes. Amite River At Bayou Manchac Point affecting East Baton Rouge Parish. Amite River At Denham Springs affecting Livingston and East Baton Rouge Parishes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through floo...

Publications Never lose a debate with a global warming alarmist!   Research & Commentary: Making the Invest in Kids Program Permanent is the Right Way to Go for Illinois May 12, 2021 Program Provided Scholarships For Over 5,500 Students In 2020, With Over 32,000 Still On Wait List A bipartisan group of legislators have introduced a bill to make the Invest in Kids Program, Illinois’ tax-credit scholarship (TCS) program for low-income students which is set to expire in 2022, a permanent progra...