The governor of Texas on Tuesday ended his statewide mask mandate while allowing all businesses in the state to fully reopen. “With the medical advancements of vaccines and antibody therapeutic drugs, Texas now has the tools to protect Texans from the virus. We must now do more to restore livelihoods and normalcy for Texans by…
Texas Governor Ends Statewide Mask Mandate, Allows All Businesses to Fully Reopen
Republicans: Democrats’ H.R. 1 Is a Power Grab, Would Undermine States’ Election Rules
Republican governors and state legislators across the country say efforts to bring integrity, accountability, and security to the voting process may be made null and void if legislation introduced by House Democrats is passed. Opponents of the legislation—H.R. 1, For the People Act—say it would give the federal government the power to gain control over…
Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Abolish Qualified Immunity for Police
A group of lawmakers has renewed efforts to make it easier to sue police officers for damages by reintroducing a bill that seeks to eliminate “qualified immunity.” The group led by Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) on Monday reintroduced the Ending Qualified Immunity Act that attempts to abolish the Supreme Court-made legal doctrine. The…
US Urged to Boost AI Weapons to Counter China’s Rise
March 1, 2021
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The United States must sharpen its artificial intelligence-powered tools in order not to fall behind the efforts of communist China, a U.S. national security commission has told Congress. In a 750-page report (pdf) to Congress released on March 1, the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) detailed the threats posed by Beijing, which has…
Georgia House Passes Omnibus Election Reform Bill
Georgia’s House of Representatives passed an omnibus bill that would reform a range of election rules, including over absentee voting, voter ID for absentee voting, time limits for voting, and more. The 66-page bill, HB 513 (pdf) passed the Republican majority chamber on a party line vote of 97-72 and is headed to the state…
California Governor Announces $6.6 Billion Deal to Accelerate School Reopenings
California’s embattled governor on Monday announced a deal with state legislative leaders that will fund school reopenings to the tune of $6.6 billion. The budget package will fund contact tracing efforts, school safety measures, and other aspects of returning to in-person instruction. The rest will go towards expanding children’s opportunities to learn, with one example…
California Announces $6.6 Billion Deal to Accelerate School Reopenings
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a $6.6 billion deal with state legislative leaders that will fund the reopening of some public school classrooms. The majority of the budget package will finance contact tracing efforts, school safety measures, and other aspects of returning to in-person instruction, with the rest to go toward expanding children’s opportunities to learn, with one…
Boston Halts Advanced Learning Program Because Too Many Asian, White Students
Boston Public Schools (BPS) are halting a selective program for high-performing kids in grades four through six because of a lack of racial equality in the makeup of the student population, local media have reported. The program, known as Advanced Work Classes (AWC), will be paused for a year, reported PBS-affiliate WGBH. “There’s been a…
Biden on Track to Apply Trump-Era Rule Targeting Chinese Tech Supply Chain Concerns
WASHINGTON—The Biden administration plans to allow a Trump-era rule targeting Chinese technology firms deemed to pose a threat to the United States to go into effect despite objections from U.S. businesses, the U.S. Commerce Department said on Friday. The department issued an interim final rule in the final days of the Trump administration aimed at…
GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy to Democrats: Pelosi Subway or Student’s Mental Health?
February 26, 2021
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said his party is going to introduce a motion to recommit in order to force Democrats to go on record to show if they support $140 million from the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus relief package going to Nancy Pelosi subway or instead to “resources for kids who are…
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