President Joe Biden has issued an executive order closing federal government agencies on Tuesday, January 9, 2024, in honor of the late former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away on December 29, 2023, at the age of 100.
President Joe Biden paid tribute to former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away Sunday at the age of 100. Speaking from the U.S. Virgin Islands, Biden called Carter a "remarkable leader" and "decent" man, praising his legacy as a humanitarian and statesman.
Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, passed away at 100 years old on December 29, 2024, in his hometown of Plains, Georgia.
Calls are intensifying for Ohio Governor Mike DeWine to veto portions of a bill passed in the closing hours of the legislative session, which would authorize higher fees for certain public records.
A religious liberty group, Christian schools, and families from those schools are challenging a Minnesota law that bans certain Christian colleges and universities from participating in the state's Post Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) program. The law, passed in 2023, excludes religious institutions that require students to sign a faith statement, a ruling that Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which is representing the plaintiffs, calls "disgraceful."
An Ohio school district has agreed to a $450,000 settlement with a middle school teacher, Vivian Geraghty, who was forced to resign after refusing to use a transgender student's chosen pronouns. Geraghty, who taught English at Jackson Memorial Middle School, filed a lawsuit against the Jackson Local School District for violating her First Amendment rights and freedom of speech.
Payton McNabb, a promising high school athlete with dreams of playing collegiate sports, had her aspirations tragically cut short during a volleyball match on September 1, 2022.
