WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release on June 30, 2026: * * * CAIR-Chicago & U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) Condemn Anti-Palestinian Smears and Fearmongering by Illinois Officials The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today joined the U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) in condemning inflammatory and anti-Palestinian remarks made by Illinois Comptroller Su more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on June 30, 2026, by senior fellow Kali Fontanilla: * * * The teachers union and library lobby push gender ideology on kids The NEA and American Library Association are promoting LGBTQ-themed books for readers from birth to age 18--and taxpayers help fund the effort. - This month, the National Education Association (NEA) sent me a warm email. "Happy Pride, Kali!" it opened, as though a month of rainbow festivities is something every subscriber on the NEA mail more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly statement on SCOTUS ruling protecting girls' and women's sports * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to prevent biological men from playing in girls' and women's sports, U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) released the following statement: "Today's ruling by the Supreme Court reaffirms the truth that so many Americans have known all along," said Rep. Kelly. "Before serving in Congress, I spent years c more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 30 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico issued the following news release: * * * Los Lunas Parents Win Settlement After Threatened by School District Over Facebook Page * LOS LUNAS, N.M. - Two New Mexican parents who stood up for their free speech rights received settlements from the Los Lunas School District after they were threatened with legal action for refusing to take down the parent-operated Facebook forum "Los Lunas School District Parents Discussion Page." The Ameri more PR

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, June 30 -- Fairfax County Public Schools issued the following news: * * * Newt Shosteck to Serve as 2026-27 Student Representative to the Fairfax County School Board * Newt Shosteck, a rising senior at Hayfield Secondary School, has been elected by the countywide Student Advisory Council (SAC) to serve a one-year term as student representative to the Fairfax County School Board, beginning July 1. Shosteck will participate in School Board meetings as a nonvoting member, succeeding Faith Mekonen, who recently graduated more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 [Category: Political] -- The National Organization for Women issued the following statement by President Kim Villanueva: * * * NOW's Legacy at Our 60th Anniversary - and the Work Ahead My interest in feminism began when I was just eight years old. I wanted to be an altar server at my church, but I was told that only boys were allowed. When I asked why, the answer was simple: "Because that's the way it is." I remember thinking, that's not the way it should be. That moment set me on the path to becoming a lifelong advocate more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 [Category: Political] -- The Human Rights Campaign posted the following news release: * * * Supreme Court Allows States to Exclude Transgender Athletes From School Sports at the Expense of All Women and Girls, Leaving the Future of Anti-Discrimination Protections At Risk HRC President Kelley Robinson: " No kid - not my kid, not your kid, not any kid - deserves to be discriminated against."  This ruling allows discriminatory, anti-transgender sports bans in West Virginia and Idaho to stand, impacting bans in other states more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Weak and Pathetic: How School Administrators Put Politics Before Parents * WASHINGTON -House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) published an op-ed in Townhall highlighting House Republicans' efforts to stop radical, woke policies that are being forced on children in public schools. "Public schools are not taxpayer-funded laboratories for adults who want to run social experiments on other people's children," Chairwoman McClai more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 1 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts issued the following news release on June 30, 2026: * * * ACLU of Massachusetts Condemns Supreme Court Ruling Allowing States to Ban Transgender Women and Girls from School Sports Teams Matching Their Gender Identity Massachusetts retains strong protections for transgender students, including the right to join teams consistent with their gender identity - The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that under federal law, states may ban transgender girls and women  more PR

NEW YORK, July 1 -- The Advocates for Children of New York issued the following statement on June 30, 2026: * * * Response to the New York City FY 2027 Budget Agreement Maria Odom, Executive Director of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), issued the following statement in response to the announcement of the Fiscal Year 2027 city budget agreement. We are pleased that the budget agreement announced today includes a commitment to continue for the coming year several impactful education programs that had been supported by funds set to exp more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Americans United for Separation of Church and State issued the following statement on June 26, 2026: * * * Texas Board of Education's new Bible-infused mandatory reading list is Christian Nationalism Americans United for Separation of Church and State President and CEO Rachel Laser issued the following statement in response to the Texas State Board of Education including mandatory Bible readings for most grade levels in the new statewide literary canon: "Today's vote by the Texas State Board of Education is yet anothe more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following testimony by Kaveh Farzad, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of Energy for international affairs, from a June 23, 2026, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Lee, Ranking Member Heinrich, and distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for considering my nomination to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs. I am deeply honored to appear before this Committee with its long record of bipartisan accomplishmen more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, July 1 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on June 30, 2026: * * * Governor Newsom signs legislation 6.30.26 Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that he has signed the following bills: * AB 1549 by Assemblymember Maggy Krell (D-Sacramento) -- Alternative domestic violence program. * AB 1583 by Assemblymember Chris Rogers (D-Santa Rosa) -- Criminal procedure: jurisdiction. * AB 1597 by Assemblymember Leticia Castillo (R-Corona) -- Notary public: service fees. * AB 1614 by Assembl more PR

DOVER, Delaware, July 1 -- Gov. Matt Meyer, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on June 30, 2026: * * * Gov. Meyer Signs FY2027 Budget Investing in Education, Affordability, and Opportunity Governor Matt Meyer today signed Delaware's Fiscal Year 2027 operating budget, approving a plan that invests in public education, affordable housing, healthcare and the state workforce while lowering costs and expanding opportunity for Delaware families. The FY2027 budget reflects the administration's priorities of investing in children, making more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 1 (TNSrep) -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: * * * FFRF: New White House report twists religious liberty into Christian privilege The Freedom From Religion Foundation is condemning the Trump administration's newly released Religious Liberty Commission report (https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/president-trumps-religious-liberty-commission-delivers-historic-report-draft) as a roadmap for dismantling the constitutional separation between church and state and replacing it with govern more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Blunt Rochester Introduce Bill to Restore USDA Food Security Supplemental Survey * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research, and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) introduced the Food Assurance and Security Act to reinstate the Food Security Supplemental Survey and resume publication of annual household food security reports. In more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 1 (TNSrpt) -- The New Hampshire Department of Education issued the following news release on June 30, 2026: * * * Task Force recommends 'philosophical shift' in state accountability system for schools Today, the New Hampshire Department of Education (NHED) released a 60-page report written by the State Accountability Task Force that recommends the establishment of a new, robust state accountability system. The report was shared with the Legislative Oversight Committee for the Education Improvement and Assessment  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Education Partners with the U.S. Department of Justice to Protect Parental Rights * Today, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) announced it will work alongside the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to protect parental rights in Kansas. In April 2026, the Department's Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO) found that Kansas City, Kansas Public School District (the District) has policies that violate the Family Educat more PR