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Reliving the Battle of Guilford Courthouse 245 years later
What a delight it was to venture out Saturday to the reenactment commemorating the 245th anniversary of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in north Greensboro. It was so encouraging to be part of what must have been a crowd of…
The Data Center Panic Isn’t Backed by Data
Data centers have become a punching bag not only at the state capitol, but in local communities as well. Opposition ranges from the fear of increased electricity rates and pollution on residential customers to concerns over…
How to keep good teachers in the classroom
Last of a Badger Institute series about teacher loss in Wisconsin schools and what policy makers and administrators can do about it. Teachers who have fled a school or the profession altogether — and there are many of them in…
Attacking Democracy in the Name of Democracy
A healthy democracy produces good policy in the midst of tension, meaningful debate, and bipartisan compromise. That has all but evaporated in Olympia, as the scale has tipped so far in one direction that the guardrails that…
How Much Did Texas’ Highest Paid Superintendents Make in 2025-26?
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) recently updated its superintendent salary database, revealing some intriguing new information about the take-home pay for public education elites. According to TEA’s 2025-26 dataset, there …
The Schoolhouse as Clinic: The Dangerous Mission Creep of Public School Mental Health Screenings
Share this Story on Facebook, X, Text, LinkedIn, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, or OutlookVirginia parents should be alarmed that the Virginia General Assembly just passed House Bill 355 which mandates annual mental health screenings…
Montana’s Self-Inflicted Budget Crunch
"...Our leaders in Helena need to be evaluating whether our savings rate is evidence-based and whether we are collecting more than we really need from taxpayers." Montana’s latest quarterly financial report…
The SAVE America Act Finally Gets Its Long-Awaited Debate
The SAVE America Act will be brought to the floor as soon as Tuesday for robust debate over voter ID legislation that President Donald Trump calls his “Number 1 priority.”The bill will be brought as a “message from the…
Virginia Dems Backtrack On Gun Bill Exemption After Backlash
Democrats in the Virginia General Assembly reversed course Saturday after initially exempting themselves from the provisions of a gun law they sent to Democratic Virginia Gov. Abby Spanberger.Democrats have passed multiple…
Newt Gingrich Says Democrats Just Gave Republicans ‘A Huge Gift’
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Monday that Democrats handed Republicans a major political opportunity as debates intensify over national security, the threat from Iran, and funding disputes tied to the Department of…
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