(The Center Square) – State Rep. Stan Gerdes, R-Smithville, introduced the FURRIES Act (Forbidden Unlawful Representation of Roleplaying in Education) on Thursday to prohibit Texas public schools from allowing furry subculture behavior in classrooms and on campuses. The furry subculture involves individuals adopting anthropomorphic animal identities who often dress in costumes and attempt to mimic […]

(The Center Square) — A new report by the Reason Foundation ranked Louisiana road conditions as the fourth-worst nationally, the lowest in the Southeast region. The annual report by the libertarian nonprofit policy group ranked the Pelican State’s highways 46th, with only Washington, Hawaii, California and Alaska worse. That’s a six-spot decline from last year’s […]

(The Center Square) – Advance Colorado, an influential conservative action committee, has filed three ballot measures addressing “consumer choice in energy.” If they receive the necessary number of signatures, the proposals would all appear on an upcoming statewide ballot. “In Colorado, working families like to make their own choices when it comes to the products […]

(The Center Square) – A former education specialist in southern Ohio will spend four years on probation and repay nearly $16,000 after pleading guilty to theft. Megan Catalogna, a former intervention specialist for the Educational Service Center Council of Governments in Lawrence County, recently pleaded guilty to a felony count of theft in office after […]