The First Amendment guarantees that public school students have the right to free speech. It also gives them the right to practice their religion. But when does a student's right to express his personal religious beliefs go too far and cross the line into bullying?
State legislators say a proposal by the governor that could raise the average classroom size in Tennessee schools is getting a cool reception in the General Assembly.
Tennessee has endured three major scandals in modern history, each of which was followed by a flurry of elected officials trying to get ethical. But after a few years go by, slippage commences. There's a move like that afoot right now.
After scraping by on handyman jobs for a year, Bert Qintana figured he'd have to leave his wife and teenage son at their home near Taos, N.M., and find work elsewhere.
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Medicaid program in Maine is short of money, and conservative Governor Paul LePage has a blunt proposal for solving the problem — drop people from the rolls.
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood hires lots of outside lawyers. They make a great deal of money for the state, and for themselves. Not everyone is happy with that situation.
