(The Center Square) – Texans can honor veterans in the spirit of thanks as Thanksgiving approaches and year-round by participating in the Unaccompanied Veterans Program administered by the Texas General Land Office. The program offers burials for veterans with no known next of kin.  The next burial is scheduled on at 2 p.m. Nov. 20 […]

(The Center Square) – North Carolina is considering tighter standards for approving new charter school openings after enrollment in some schools has fallen 40% below projections. School charter school sponsors in some cases have “unrealistic optimism” over how many students will enroll, Ashley Logue, executive director of the state’s Office of Charter Schools, told The […]

David Richardson resigned as acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Monday, about six months after he was tapped to replace the chief whom Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ousted. Richardson handed in his resignation to the Department of Homeland Security before his expected ousting, according to news reports. The Washington Post reported […]

(The Center Square) – Gov. Tony Evers isn’t on board with Wisconsin’s proposed anti-grooming legislation. In a weekend appearance on UpFront, the governor, who is both a former teacher and a former state superintendent of schools, said he doesn’t want to turn teachers into robots. “[Teachers] are not police officers. They are not D.A.s,” Evers said. […]