Lawyers Make Millions Off Taxpayers, Endangered Species Act as Ranchers Try to Live With Rare Bird
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July 21, 2016 |
| Good morning from Washington, where federal bureaucrats are clashing with Democrats in Western states over taxpayer-funded lawsuits to save a bird that ranchers already protect. Kevin Mooney investigates. Governors at the GOP convention back prison reform, Melissa Quinn reports from Cleveland. As parents' concerns grow, Kelsey Harkness writes, one school district delays "gender identity" guidelines. Plus: Walter Williams on the crisis in black fatherhood, and Lindsey Burke and Benjamin Scafidi on how relying on non-teachers fuels school costs. |
NewsLawyers Make Millions Off Taxpayers, Endangered Species Act as Ranchers Try to Live With Rare BirdOver 25 years, Colorado officials have spent more than $40 million to preserve the habitat of a paunchy, ground-dwelling, chickenlike bird known as the Gunnison sage grouse. |
NewsAmid Complaints From Parents, Virginia School Board Pauses New Transgender Policy"While it appears that the Fairfax County School Board's decision to 'temporarily put on hold' the review of the proposed transgender regulations is a victory, in reality it simply allows the board more time to strategize on how to continue to push their liberal agenda forward," said Bethany Kozma, a mom of three. |
CommentarySolutions for Black Americans, Beginning With the Need for DadsThe prospects for a better future are nearly hopeless for roughly 20 percent of black people—those who reside in big-city, crime-infested neighborhoods. There is virtually nothing that can be done about it without a major rebuilding of the black community from within. |
NewsIn Cleveland, GOP Governors Up Commitments to Criminal Justice ReformAt the state level, Republican governors have signed legislation aimed at lowering the number of people incarcerated in an effort to not only reunite families and lower recidivism rates, but also cut state budgets. |
News'Back to the Soviet Era': Putin's New Law Could Lead to Religious CrackdownMissionary work or sharing faith without possessing certain documents to do so would lead to fines of up to the equivalent of $765 for a Russian citizen and up to $15,000 for an organization, while a foreign violator would be deported. |
CommentaryBehind the Rise of Public School Costs: The Growing Number of Non-TeachersWhile the number of students they served was declining, D.C. public schools increased administrators and others who are not lead teachers by almost 20 percent. |
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