Gun Rights Groups Sue Michigan Over Pistol Purchase Permits and Registration System

LANSING, Mich. – A coalition of gun-rights organizations and Michigan gun owners has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit seeking to dismantle Michigan’s pistol purchase permit and registration system, arguing the state is forcing citizens to jump through government hoops that federal law already covers.

The lawsuit, Moser et al. v. Nessel et al., was filed Sunday, June 14, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan against Attorney General Dana Nessel, Michigan State Police Director Colonel James Grady II, and several local law enforcement agencies.

At the center of the challenge is Michigan’s License to Purchase (LTP) requirement, which generally requires residents without a Concealed Pistol License (CPL) to obtain approval from local law enforcement before buying a handgun. Click here to read more.

 

Denver School Board Fires Teacher After Students Reportedly Graded On Same-Sex Kissing Roleplays

A Denver Public Schools teacher was allegedly fired after an administrative law judge found that during class time, she made students participate in role-playing scenarios involving same-sex kissing and graded them based on their participation.

The Denver Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously in May to terminate Jennifer Honka, a French teacher at Northeast Early College (NEC), after reviewing the findings of Administrative Law Judge Keith J. Kirchubel, the Denver Gazette reported. The board accepted the judge’s recommendation following an executive session and did so without public discussion. Click here to read more.

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‘He is a leader, he’s a hero’: Wife remembers Edwards AFB engineer killed in B-52 crash

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Lauren Smith, the wife of one of the victims killed in the B-52 crash at Edwards Air Force Base, sits down with Eyewitness News to talk about the life of her husband, Jeromy.

He was a flight test engineer. She said he has been in the same unit and has worked at Edwards for 10 years.

He is a father of two children, a two-year-old and a four-month-old baby. Lauren and Jeromy had just celebrated their four-year wedding anniversary on June 11th. Click here to read more.

 

Maine Reportedly Declines to Participate in Great American State Fair Celebrating America’s 250th Anniversary

Maine will reportedly not be participating in the upcoming Great American State Fair, a sixteen-day event held as part of the country’s ongoing 250th anniversary celebrations.

The Great American State Fair is described by Freedom 250 as “an opportunity for visitors from across America to experience an unforgettable celebration of the people and traditions that define our nation.”

The event is scheduled to take place from June 25 through July 10.

Eight states, including Maine, have indicated that they will not be sending a delegation to the event scheduled for later this month.

According to NOTUS, other states that have opted out of the celebration include Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Oregon.

Pennsylvania and Washington continue to remain uncommitted as to whether or not they will be participating in the event. Click here to read more.

 

Democrat Congressional Candidate Christina Bohannan Silent on Making It Easier for Sex Offenders to Remove Name from List

Democrat congressional candidate Christina Bohannan is refusing to explain her controversial vote in the Iowa House, making it easier for sexual predators to get off the sex offender list.

When asked to explain her vote, Bohannan – running in the Hawkeye State’s 1st Congressional District – ignored the question, refusing to answer.

While Iowa has sex offenders facing restrictions, such as limitations on being near child-centric establishments such as daycares or school, Bohannan voted to make it easier for offenders to seek removal from the registry. This is not the first time she has refused to explain that vote, either.

“Christina Bohannan voted NO on keeping child predators on the sex offender registry for 25 years, breaking with 26 Democrats who voted YES,” Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), who is running for reelection in the same district, said. “She won’t say why. Not on my watch.” Click here to read more.

 

 

Michigan clerks struggle with expanded voting requirements

Michigan township clerks say that expanded voting requirements adopted in recent years have increased election costs and staffing demands, with the burden falling most heavily on lower-population townships.

Michigan voters approved constitutional amendments in 2018 and 2022 that expanded absentee voting, added same-day registration and required at least nine days of early in-person voting for statewide and federal elections.

Local election officials say those changes have shifted elections from a single-day operation into a weels-long administrative process that requires additional staffing and planning regardless of turnout. Click here to read more.

 

Kids on ‘lifesaving’ cross-sex hormones skyrocket in Oregon, but no corresponding suicide decline

As medicalized gender transitions become more difficult for minors to obtain in red and even some blue jurisdictions, due to federal pressure, state bans and increasing malpractice risk, some states are emerging as havens for cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers.

A study of nearly 900,000 adolescents ages 8-17 in Oregon, based on a database representing about 80% of insured Oregonians, found nearly 1% of them were diagnosed with gender dysphoria from 2016 to 2023, three-quarters of those girls.

About 22% of gender-confused girls and 28% of gender-confused boys, a much smaller population, went on blockers or hormones, with boys three times more likely to go on blockers (17%). The sexes were closer together on taking hormones, 19% of girls and 22% of boys, based on the Comagine Health mult-ipayer claims database. Click here to read more.

 

DoorDash to Stop Blacklisting Conservative Nonprofits in Employee Giving Program

The delivery marketplace company DoorDash has begun the process of allowing employees to donate to conservative nonprofits, even if they appear on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s “hate map.”

The conservative Christian law firm Alliance Defending Freedom, working with the Catholic financial advisory firm IWP Capital, urged DoorDash to reconsider its reliance on the SPLC, which critics accuse of putting mainstream conservative and Christian nonprofits on a “hate map” with chapter of the Ku Klux Klan.

DoorDash uses the impact platform Deed to facilitate employees’ charitable giving and volunteering. DoorDash has formally requested that Deed allow DoorDash employees to connect with nonprofits, even if they appear on the SPLC’s map.

“ADF, IWP Capital, we believe this is a great win for shareholders and employees, and we’re very happy with the result,” Noah Nash, legal counsel for ADF’s Corporate Engagement Team, told the Daily Signal in an interview Thursday. “It sets an excellent example for other companies to follow.” Click here to read more.

 

Michigan lawmakers need to understand economics

In Michigan, you need a license to cut hair, roof a house or operate a polygraph machine. But you need no training at all to write the laws that govern those professions.

Elected officials make important decisions for their constituents, appropriating billions of dollars of taxpayer money and designing state programs that affect millions of people. Lawmakers would do well to learn and remember basic economics.

Most people are familiar with the laws of supply and demand. If you lower the price of bread, sales will likely go up. If demand for a product exceeds the supply, prices will likely rise. Remember the toilet paper craze during the Covid-19 lockdowns? Prices rose, stores began rationing purchases and the state warned against stockpiling. Click here to read more.

 

Illinois gas tax set to increase every year—without a vote

Illinois’ state gas tax is slated to go up every year without lawmakers ever voting on the increases.

The state went almost 30 years without raising the tax, which was 19 cents a gallon from 1990 to 2019.

That year, as part of his “Rebuild Illinois” infrastructure program, Pritzker doubled the tax to 38 cents a gallon.

More consequentially, the law created automatic yearly increases linked to inflation. Because of that, Illinois drivers will likely pay more in state gas taxes each year for the foreseeable future unless lawmakers take action, as there’s no expiration date on the annual adjustments. Click here to read more.

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Michigan school bond approval rates fall

Voters in towns around Michigan are saying no to school bond initiatives at an increasing rate. That hasn’t stopped school districts from asking again — in one case, coming back with an even higher request.

Bridge Michigan analyzed bond data provided by Gongwer News Service in 2024.

About 75% of the 170 bonds put on ballots statewide were approved from 2018 to 2020.

That rate has dropped substantially after that. MIRS News reports that 45.5% of school bond questions passed in 2025 — a decline of 29.5 percentage points. Click here to read more.

 

Popular lake closes after dam release kills ‘approximately 100% of fish population’

PERIDOT, Ariz. (WKRC) - A popular lake closed after a dam release killed “approximately 100% of the fish population.”

San Carlos Lake has been closed to the public until further notice after a significant fish kill wiped out nearly the entire fish population, according to the San Carlose Recreation and WIldlife Department,

Department officials announced the closure in a public notice, citing health and safety concerns associated with decomposing fish in and around the lake.

Recent drought conditions, combined with water releases from the dam, resulted in a fish kill affecting approximately 100% of the lake’s fish population, the department said.

As a result, fishing, harvesting or possessing fish from the lake, and any recreational activities associated with fishing are prohibited until further notice. Click here to read more.

 

Court throws out conviction of man accused of secondary role in Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot

DETROIT — The Michigan Court of Appeals on Tuesday threw out the conviction of a man who was found guilty of a secondary role in a plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020.

Joe Morrison was convicted of providing material support for an act of terrorism and other charges. In a 3-0 ruling, the appeals court reversed the results on technical grounds, saying kidnapping is not an underlying violent felony that can support a conviction under Michigan’s terrorism law.

Morrison, 32, has been in prison since 2022. He was given a minimum sentence of 10 years for three crimes, but the length was subsequently reduced to six years. Click here to read more.

 

New Jersey man charged with attempting to aid ISIS terrorists in U.S. attack plots

NEWARK, N.J. — A 22-year-old Wayne, New Jersey, man was charged Monday with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), federal authorities announced.

Mohamed Sagha faces one count of attempting to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Newark. He made his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Leda D. Wettre and was ordered detained.

“As alleged, the defendant sought to support ISIS and expressed interest in violence directed at targets within the United States, including places of worship,” U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer said in a statement. “Those who seek to advance the objectives of foreign terrorist organizations should expect a swift and coordinated response from federal law enforcement.” Click here to read more.

 

Socialist Seattle Mayor Debuts Tiny Homes for Homeless, Says Sobriety Not Required

Socialist Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson debuted 50 of 1000 planned tiny homes for homeless residents on Sunday, as the city works to manage its homelessness problem ahead of the World Cup.

Twenty-five more are expected to be completed by the end of the month. Wilson said homeless people will not be required to be sober or undergo addiction or recovery treatment to live there, KOMO reported.

“The process of recovery is really complicated and difficult, and so we’re not demanding that people be abstinent when they enter this village,” the 43-year-old mayor said: Wilson admitted that the city had failed to reach her goal of building 500 units ahead of the World Cup, which is beginning on Thursday. Click here to read more.