The Texas Supreme Court on Jan. 1 ruled to halt enforcement of two orders—one in Austin and the other in Travis County—that sought to impose a weekend curfew on dine-in services. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton petitioned the high court for an order blocking the City of Austin and Travis County from enforcing local orders…
Texas Supreme Court Halts Enforcement of Dine-In Curfew In Austin and Travis County
Indiana Law Requiring Women To Have Ultrasound Before Abortion Going Into Effect Jan. 1
A new law going into effect in Indiana on Jan. 1, 2021, will require that pregnant women seeking an abortion have an ultrasound performed at least 18 hours prior to undergoing the procedure, Attorney General Curtis Hill announced on Twitter. “For women considering abortions, ultrasounds are an important part of informed-consent counseling. Anyone interested in protecting women’s health,…
FDA Panel Member Calls for Mass COVID-19 Vaccination Events
A member of a federal vaccine advisory panel said Thursday that the United States should be holding mass COVID-19 vaccination events to get more people vaccinated, amid concerns vaccinations aren’t happening quickly enough. While billions of dollars from the government helped produce vaccines in record time, the vaccination part “is equally hard and is equally…
CDC Says New, More Contagious, COVID-19 Strain Transmitting Person-to-Person in US
Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Wednesday that the new variant of COVID-19 first discovered in the United Kingdom and now reported in Colorado has likely been spreading undetected person-to-person in the United States. The new strain is one of two new mutations of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus,…
Betsy DeVos on 1619 Project: Revisionist History Indoctrinating Young American Minds
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday warned in an op-ed that “insidious lies” about U.S. history are being taught in American schools, praising the Trump administration’s effort to counter such anti-American indoctrination. The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic, while disrupting the education of American students with widespread school closures, has also made parents increasingly…
Principal Joe Clark, Who Inspired Film ‘Lean on Me,’ Dies
GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Joe Louis Clark, the baseball bat and bullhorn-wielding principal whose unwavering commitment to his students and uncompromising disciplinary methods inspired the 1989 film “Lean on Me,” died at his Florida home on Tuesday after a long battle with an unspecified illness, his family said. He was 82. At crime- and drug-ridden Eastside High School…
New US Dietary Guidelines: No Candy, Cake for Kids Under 2
Parents now have an extra reason to say no to candy, cake, and ice cream for young children. The first U.S. government dietary guidelines for infants and toddlers, released Tuesday, recommend feeding only breast milk for at least six months and no added sugar for children under age two. “It’s never too early to start,”…
Biden Vows to Speed Up COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts If He Wins White House
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Tuesday vowed to accelerate the administration of COVID-19 vaccines if he enters the White House next month. Biden told a press conference in Delaware that the plan from President Donald Trump’s administration to distribute vaccines “is falling behind, far behind.” “We’re grateful to the companies, the doctors, the scientists,…
Children Don’t Need CCP Virus Vaccine to Get Back to School Safely: Brett Giroir
Adm. Brett Giroir, a leading member of White House Coronavirus Task Force, said Sunday that children don’t need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to resume in-person instruction in schools safely. Giroir told Fox News on Sunday that current data shows it is “safe and very important to get children back in school even…
Children Don’t Need CCP Virus Vaccine for Safe Return to School: Adm. Giroir
Children don’t need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to safely resume in-person instruction in schools, Adm. Brett Giroir, a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, said on Dec. 27. Giroir, also the U.S. assistant secretary of health, told “Fox News Sunday” that current data shows it is “safe and very important to…
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