From the States
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Georgia University to ban DEI across the board, teach the Constitution, commit to neutrality
Beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year, the school’s civic instruction will require students to study founding American documents among other things.
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Colorado Democratic party head demands reform after string of post-election lawmaker exits
Resigning after an election allows local party members to select a new lawmaker without an expensive campaign.
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Washington trucking industry warns of Jan. 1 limit on new gas truck and RV sales
Washington has agreed to be in lock step with the California mandates when the new changes to take effect Jan 1.
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Cruz campaign files complaint with FEC over Allred, Democratic committee ads
According to FEC data, the DSCC and Colin Allred for Senate campaign have placed $10,626,467 million in advertising buys and reservations with Texas television stations through Nov. 5.
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Georgia woman gets 12-year prison sentence for $30M COVID-19 scheme
Defendant conspired with others to file more than 5,000 fraudulent COVID-19 unemployment claims, prosecutors say.
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120 Michigan National Guard soldiers deployed to southern border
Guardsmen will “provide mission enhancing support to CBP’s border security operations” and are expected to remain up to a year.
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Paxton makes criminal referral to DOJ over ActBlue donations
ActBlue says it’s raised more than $15.8 billion online since 2004.
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Human trafficking financial aid requests, including for children, surge under Biden-Harris
Under the Biden-Harris administration, the number of requests for taxpayer-funded financial benefits for trafficked foreign nationals, including children, skyrocketed.
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Miami-Dade county leans Republican during early voting for first time in history
More than 300,000 votes have been cast in the county so far, with 119,539 Republicans voting at the time of publishing. Democrats have cast a total of 117,429 votes in the county, and 74,492 Independents have voted so far.
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Oakland blames 'perceived crime' for falling revenue, says it’s cutting police
The city blamed interest rates, inflation, and “perceived increased theft” for declining tax revenues.
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State’s attorney says end of cash bail an ‘abject failure’ in his Illinois county
Illinois ended cash bail statewide in September 2023 after litigation against the law was struck down by state Supreme Court.
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Illinois scholarship program accused of excluding white applicants
The law states that at least 35% of the fund appropriated for scholarships shall be reserved for male minority applicants, with priority being given to qualified Black male applicants beginning with fiscal year 2023.
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Antisemitic agitators aided by UCLA say students, professor, task force
UCLA, in particular, had encampment setups put together by activists in the heart of campus known as the "Jew Exclusion Zone."