4+ hour, 52+ min ago  (798+ words) Illinois Democratic state lawmakers can constitutionally force charter school operators into silence when Democratic-allied teachers unions attempt to organize their workforces, under threat of losing the charter they need to remain in business, a federal judge has ruled. On Feb....

5+ day, 14+ hour ago  (152+ words) (AURN News) " On this day in 1865, the Kentucky General Assembly refused to ratify the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery except as punishment for a crime. Though Kentucky remained in the Union during the Civil War, its lawmakers resisted President Abraham Lincoln's…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (324+ words) (The Center Square) " The ball is in the U.S. Senate's court to avert a government shutdown Jan. 30, with six fiscal year 2026 appropriations bills signed into law and six more having passed the House. But the Republican-led upper chamber must still contend…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (247+ words) (The Center Square) " Litigation against a North Carolina native, the leader of the U.S. Department of Education, in her role with WWE wrestling and entertainment is moving to the discovery phase following a federal judge's ruling in Maryland. World Wrestling Entertainment,…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (973+ words) Nearly two dozen lawsuits lodged by trial lawyers on behalf of out-of-state plaintiffs seeking to use Cook County's famously plaintiff-friendly courts to score potentially big judgments against baby formula makers don't belong in Illinois state court, a state appeals court…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (621+ words) (The Center Square) " A month before Tennessee lawmakers return to Nashville and hear Gov. Bill Lee's budget proposal in January, both sides of the aisle agree it will be a tight year for state budget writers. The State Funding Board…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (766+ words) A software developer who created a program in which users of the Roblox gaming platform " primarily children " can essentially gamble their "Robux" game currency can't sidestep a class action lawsuit accusing him of running what amounts to an illegal gambling…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (261+ words) [Ruby Bridges" Historic 1960 School Integration] (AURN News) " On this day 65 years ago " Nov. 14, 1960 " 6-year-old Ruby Bridges became the first Black child to integrate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Following the Supreme Court"s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling,…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (159+ words) (AURN News) " The Mary Fields Horse & Heritage Museum has opened in Connecticut, becoming the first museum in the nation dedicated to Black equestrian history, according to the CT Mirror. Black cowboys are not myths or movie characters " they helped build…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (578+ words) (The Center Square) " The man who became known as the "South Hill Rapist" is being released Thursday and is reportedly headed for an adult family home in Federal Way, Wash. As reported previously, Kevin Coe was accused of committing dozens…...