Missouri Senate Joins House In Approving Student Transfer Bill That Would Boost Charter Schools In Jackson County - Latest News

Missouri House and Senate give first-round approval to student transfer fixes

Two bills to address Missouri's student transfer law won approval late ... St. Louis County, and Jackson County to transfer to private, non-sectarian schools at the sending district's expense. After d... read more

A final word on Marshall’s comments

If Chicago columnists and national NFL analyst types thought Jay Cutler behaved poorly in a press conference setting, they should probably take a look at the 1 minute, 40 second group interview Brando... read more

Charged With a Crime? Better Check Your Facebook Pictures

Earlier this year, the realms of law and new media collided when Lori Drew was hit with federal charges for creating a fake MySpace page and harassing a neighboring teenager, who then committed suicid... read more

Can Democracy Withstand The Power of Big Money?

This week on the JOURNAL, Bill Moyers spoke with libertarian journalist Nick Gillespie and progressive legal scholar Lawrence Lessig about the impact of last month's controversial Supreme Court ruling ... read more

82 percent say U.S. ‘losing’ War on Drugs

Eighty-two percent of Americans believe the government is “losing” its four-decade-old “War on Drugs” according to a Rasmussen Reports poll released on Sunday. The poll, which normally carries a conse... read more

The Dream Act affects more than Latinos

If Senate Republicans kill the Dream Act ... two years of college or join the military. Perhaps a million might take advantage. They are badly needed to buck up our depleted military ranks and stresse... read more

Indiana Public Media News

A playhouse that’s been a staple in Brown County for nearly 70 years says it needs financial ... Lawmakers approved more than 200 bills in 2018. Many went into effect immediately, including legalized ... read more

Why CNN reported 'Slavery's Last Stronghold'

(CNN) - On Sunday, CNN Digital released a special report called "Slavery's Last Stronghold." It focuses on current-day slavery in Mauritania, a West African country where an estimated 10% to 20% of pe... read more

The nation's mayors send their ideas for Obama

We had to adjust our schools ... There was a bill passed in Congress to mandate unions for fire and police officers in every city/county/municipality in our country. It has not passed the Senate as it ... read more

Two Bills Will Have Broad Impact On Missouri Students – If They Become Law

And that doesn’t include the financial impact the governor says will occur because of the tax-cut bill that the House and Senate ... for transfer students but is not required to do so. -- PRIVATE SCHO... read more

Robert Reich: 10 Steps To Finding Common Ground – OpEd

Why can corporations and their top executives declare bankruptcy and have their debts forgiven, when bankruptcy isn’t available to people laden with student debt or to homeowners who can’t meet their ... read more

The Legacy of Character Attacks

DAYTON, Ohio -- At a time when the nation needs inspiration and confidence-building, the two candidates running for president are trying to ensure that whoever ends up winning next month will be seen ... read more