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Michigan AG Dana Nessel fights to preserve unconstitutional gun control laws — in Hawaii!
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is fighting hard to preserve unconstitutional firearm restrictions she claims are necessary to protect folks … in Hawaii.
“Every state has a responsibility to keep their residents safe, and that includes taking commonsense steps to reduce gun violence,” Nessel said in a recent statement.
“Our laws should reflect the values and needs of our communities, and Hawaii’s firearm permitting regime does just that,” she said. “By ensuring guns are in the hands of only responsible, law-abiding individuals, we can protect lives while upholding constitutional rights. I am proud to lead this coalition supporting Hawaii’s commitment to protecting their residents.”
Nessel and 16 attorneys general from blue states filed an amicus brief last week in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals case Yukutake v. Lopez, offering support for Hawaii’s gun restrictions currently before the full court. Click here to read more.
Michigan Voters to decide fate of $1.6B in new school debt
Michiganders will have a chance Nov. 4 to decide whether to incur more public debt, with residents of 27 school districts deciding the fate of $1.6 billion worth of new bonds, according to the Michigan Department of Treasury.
Each district that seeks permission to borrow says it will spend some of the funds on remodeling one or more buildings, usually those used for classrooms.
Beyond that, the purposes vary. Instructional technology is the most commonly mentioned item, with 22 districts saying they plan to purchase equipment, remodel buildings so they may use it, or both.
Athletic fields and playgrounds are the second- and third-most commonly cited purpose, with 15 and 14 districts, respectively, saying they will spend some funds on them. Click here to read more.
House Report Concludes That Some Biden Autopen Executive Decisions Should Be ‘Void’
“In the absence of sufficient contemporaneous documentation indicating that cognitively deteriorating President Biden himself made a given executive decision, such decisions do not carry the force of law and should be considered void.”
That was what a major report released Tuesday by the House Oversight Committee concluded about former President Joe Biden’s autopen usage during his presidency. The report on Biden’s mental acuity while in office and his autopen use was spearheaded by Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky.
The xommittee’s report notes that the Biden administration “left no record demonstrating President Biden himself made all of the executive decisions that were attributed to him.”
It seems Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Republicans agree with the committee’s conclusions. Click here to read more.
Chicago Teachers Union spent $173K on poolside recording studio, won’t show audit to members
The Chicago Teachers Union’s latest federal filing tells you how the union spends members’ money and it calls into question what the union isn’t telling them.
CTU’s filing shows it spent $173,000 on a “recording studio” in New Mexico with no helpful context on its purpose. But it did have a pool.
If CTU released its annual audits to members, as required in its internal rules, spending on a “recording studio” in New Mexico might have an explanation. But since it hasn’t released those audits since September 2020, members can only guess.
CTU’s questionable spending includes a New Mexico recording studio
Each year CTU files a report with the U.S. Department of Labor detailing the money it has received and spent in the previous fiscal year. Buried within its 2025 report is a $173,000 expense to On Point Studios.
The location: Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The type of entity: a recording studio. Click here to read more.
Is America solving homelessness or simply financing it?
WASHINGTON (TNND) — Americans pour staggering amounts of money into the fight against homelessness every year, through federal programs, state funding, and private donations. Yet a new analysis argues that despite the spending surge, the crisis keeps deepening.
A study released by the Capital Research Center, a conservative policy group, claims the nation isn’t short on compassion or cash. Instead, it says the problem lies in how that money is managed. Researchers reviewed 759 nonprofits that filed briefs in a 2024 Supreme Court case over public camping and found they collectively took in $9.1 billion, including $2.9 billion in government grants. According to CRC, many of these organizations have evolved from front-line service providers into advocacy operations, channeling more time and resources into lobbying, public relations, and court battles than into housing or rehabilitation. Click here to read more.
