ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 13 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP-WV Launches General Election Grassroots Campaign * CHARLESTON, W.Va. -Americans for Prosperity-West Virginia (AFP-WV) today announced the launch of its grassroots campaign for the November 2026 general election. This effort comes after a successful primary election cycle where AFP-backed candidates won big in both the West Virginia Senate and House of Delegates. AFP-WV has endorsed 21 candidates for the November ge more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 [Category: Political] -- The Human Rights Campaign posted the following news release: * * * As Student Safety Concerns Grow, Nation's Largest LGBTQ+ Organization Doubles Down on its Local School Board Efforts * Seven school board leaders receive 'Champions' distinction for their commitment to creating safe, welcoming, and inclusive public schools for every student. WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) launched its Safe Schools Champion Initiative (SSCI) to identify school board leaders committed to p more PR

MINNETONKA, Minnesota, Aug. 14 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary by policy fellow Josiah Padley to its Thinking Minnesota magazine: * * * Stewardship and the local school Schools of all types benefit from local investment, stewardship, and community care - At the close of the 18th century, the French intellectual elite, the philosophes, produced documents proclaiming the universal rights of man. These proclamations of s more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following fact sheet: * * * Iowa: The Great American Comeback The Economy: The Working Families Tax Cuts Land on Top of Iowa's New Flat Tax On January 1, 2025, Iowa's income tax became a single flat 3.8% rate--down from graduated rates topping out at 5.7% in 2024 (Iowa Capital Dispatch, 2025a), reform that lifted Iowa to #17 overall and #11 on the individual income tax component of the Tax Foundation's 2026 State Tax Competitiveness Index (Tax Foundation, 2026a). Now the W more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following fact sheet: * * * South Dakota: The Great American Comeback The Economy: The Nation's Lowest Unemployment Meets the Working Families Tax Cuts South Dakota shows what pro-growth policy delivers: no state income tax, the Nation's lowest unemployment rate, an economy that just topped $80 billion for the first time--and now the largest federal tax relief for working families in a generation under the Working Families Tax Cuts (WFTC), enacted as the One Big Beautiful  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary by Jack Guidi and Kiran Subramanian: * * * List of Tax Hikes that David Crowley Supports David Crowley and Francesca Hong during Democratic Primary debate at Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI on July 28, 2026. by LaShawnda Jones is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license - Known as the 400 year veto, Governor Tony Evers struck two digits and a hyphen in Wisconsin's 2023 budget bill, turning what was supposed to be a t more PR

MINNETONKA, Minnesota, Aug. 14 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary by policy fellow Josiah Padley to its Thinking Minnesota magazine: * * * Stewardship and the local school Schools of all types benefit from local investment, stewardship, and community care - At the close of the 18th century, the French intellectual elite, the philosophes, produced documents proclaiming the universal rights of man. These proclamations of s more PR

MINNETONKA, Minnesota, Aug. 14 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary by policy fellow Catrin Wigfall: * * * District enrollment tool: See who's gaining or losing students In most states, where a child goes to school is still largely based on where that child lives. Wealthy families buy homes in the "right" zip code to live in a desirable school district; those without that luxury take what they are assigned. It's a system tha more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 14 -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, posted the following news: * * * FFRF AF-endorsed candidates secure key wins in Wis. primary Two FFRF Action Fund-endorsed candidates have obtained key Democratic nominations in Tuesday's Wisconsin primary. Alder Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford defeated four opponents for the Democratic slot in the State Assembl more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Aug. 12 (TNSxrep) -- Gov. Kevin Stitt, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news: * * * Governor Stitt Releases Report by Secretary Dan Hamlin to Strengthen Oklahoma School Finance and Support Classroom Instruction * Governor Kevin Stitt released a report today prepared by Dan Hamlin during his time as Secretary of Education, pursuant to Executive Order 2026-12. The report offers recommendations to strengthen transparency, effectiveness, and accountability in Oklahoma's investments in its public education system. The r more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH BILL WOULD IMPROVE FEDERAL EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP TAX CREDIT * Legislation Aims to Encourage Additional Private Investment in Education Freedom Tax Credit WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced she has introduced legislation to increase the impact of an existing federal education scholarship tax credit by indexing it to inflation and making it more attractive to private contributors to support  more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 14 -- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued the following news on Aug. 13, 2026: * * * Mayor Mamdani, TDF Announce Thousands of Free and Low-Cost Broadway Tickets for High School Students to Close Out Summer What you should know * Lottery for more than 2,000 free tickets to seven Broadway shows opens today through Monday; New York City * high school students can enter at on.nyc.gov/Broadway * Students who enter lottery will also receive a free two-month TDF Membership, providing access to discounted Broadway and Off-Bro more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The New Civil Liberties Alliance issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2026: * * * New NCLA Lawsuit: Nebraska's Educational Scheme Violates Parents' Free Speech As parents in Lincoln, Nebraska send their children back to school today, the New Civil Liberties Alliance is filing the Jacobsen v. Spellerberg lawsuit on behalf of two families in the District Court of Lancaster County, challenging the state's K-12 education system's unconstitutional abridgement of parents' free-speech rights. Education is speech. Th more PR

DOVER, Delaware, Aug. 14 -- The University of Delaware issued the following research news: * * * Breaking barriers for multilingual learners UD doctoral candidate Jon Kittle is working to transform support for multilingual learners Article by Jessica Henderson During a reading lesson, Mateo, an elementary multilingual learner (MLL) in a Delaware public school, read "sit" as "seat." Jon Kittle, his reading interventionist, walked him through the short vowel sound, but Mateo made the same "mistake" and grew frustrated. Kittle began to wonder more PR