On March 7, Gov. Kay Ivey making Alabama the 11th state since 2011 to enact universal school choice. With its approval, it doesn’t matter if families choose to enroll at a public or private school, or to homeschool—Alabama’s Read More
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While New York Attorney General Letitia James’s name has dominated much of the news in 2024 already, one of the most noteworthy instances did not garner nearly enough attention. In mid-February, —which many parents know as the company that admini Read More
Presenting her budget this week in Albany, Gov. Kathy Hochul delivered more than just a financial plan. She gave the state a refreshing dose of fiscal honesty. “The truth is,” Hochul said, “we can’t spend like there’s no tomorrow, becaus Read More
The renewable-power fantasy is being blown apart by furious financial headwinds. Already this year projects have tumbled in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts, and now Danish wind-power giant Over and over, the litany of causes is th Read More
New York socialists calling for higher taxes aim to spread the tax net far beyond Wall Street, scooping up folks on Main Street—especially in the suburbs. Bemoaning “violent budget cuts” at New York City agencies, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cort Read More
The day after New York recorded its first positive coronavirus test, on March 2, 2020, then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo said something that should go down in the annals of misplaced hubris: Read More
Mayor Adams should save his oxygen for the real crisis in our schools — our children are not being taught how to read, if they’re even showing up to class at all. Read More
A bill headed to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s desk would make major changes to how school superintendents, town supervisors, and mayors handle bad behavior by public employees. Read More