
Gov. Maggie Hassan (D) of New Hampshire has vetoed a bill that would have prohibited the state’s Department of Education and the State Board of Education from implementing the Common Core standards in any school or school district in the state.
by Dr. Susan Berry8 May 2015, 6:36 PM PST0

An outbreak of HIV infections is still vexing portions of southeastern Indiana, affecting drug users and causing almost 150 cases so far.
by Warner Todd Huston5 May 2015, 7:42 PM PST0

On April 30, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam (R) signed Senate Bill 1110—a bill which bars state cooperation with federal gun control laws.
by AWR Hawkins4 May 2015, 8:18 PM PST0

This weekend, leaders of the Republican Jewish Coalition hold their annual spring meeting in Las Vegas–and, as in prior years, many Republican presidential hopefuls will be in attendance. The conference is hosted by Sheldon Adelson, casino magnate, philanthropist and Republican mega-donor.
by Joel B. Pollak24 Apr 2015, 8:24 AM PST0

An American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) attorney said Friday that Louisiana’s proposed religious liberty bill could allow husbands to hit their wives and would “dismantle the Louisiana legal system.” As reported at Nola.com, ACLU attorney Marjorie Esman said regarding husbands,
by Dr. Susan Berry10 Apr 2015, 9:25 PM PST0

It is really funny to hear prolific emailer and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denounce Indiana’s religious freedom law, a law that is eerily similar to the one her cigar aficionado husband, President Bill Clinton, fully supported and signed into law back in 1993.
by Javier Manjarres4 Apr 2015, 11:20 AM PST0

Columnist and author of “Never Trust a Liberal Over 3-Especially a Republican,” Ann Coulter said “I’m glad this [Indiana Governor] Mike Pence (R) isn’t running for president” and accused him of caving on the state’s RFRA law on Thursday’s “O’Reilly
by Ian Hanchett2 Apr 2015, 5:51 PM PST0

Miley Cyrus took to her Twitter account Thursday afternoon to urge her nearly 20 million followers to call Sen. Tom Cotton in response to the freshman Republican’s support of Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
by Daniel Nussbaum2 Apr 2015, 4:14 PM PST0

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told Breitbart News that the modern Democratic Party is “so radicalized and so extreme” that it won’t stand up for the most basic tenets of the U.S. Constitution, including religious liberty as afforded by the First Amendment.
by Matthew Boyle2 Apr 2015, 11:46 AM PST0

The greatly anticipated “fix” to the Indiana religious freedom law has been released by the Indiana legislative committee, and it is far worse than conservatives feared.
by Austin Ruse2 Apr 2015, 10:50 AM PST0

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is defending Indiana Governor Mike Pence after a religious freedom bill he signed caused uproar from supporters of same-sex weddings.
by Charlie Spiering2 Apr 2015, 6:57 AM PST0

On ESPN Radio’s “The Right Time with Bomani Jones” on Tuesday, host Bomani Jones commented on Indiana’s Religious Freedom Law, which has been interpreted by many left-leaning pundits and outlets as a license for businesses in Indiana can refuse service
by Trent Baker1 Apr 2015, 9:00 PM PST0

Only days after a high-profile Democrat opponent announced a run to take his seat, Illinois Republican Senator Mark Kirk is coming out swinging. Not against his opponent, but against fellow Republican Mike Pence for signing Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
by Warner Todd Huston1 Apr 2015, 6:49 PM PST0

Potential presidential candidate Rick Santorum says Indiana’s governor should have stood up for his state’s recently-enacted religious freedom law. Instead, Mike Pence wants the law to be amended.
by Dan Riehl1 Apr 2015, 10:15 AM PST0

In a lengthy interview with the Daily Beast’s Marlow Stern, astrophysicist and TV personality Neil DeGrasse Tyson offered up a defense of Scientology, criticized Indiana’s new Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and disputed Stern’s claim that President George W. Bush’s administration waged a war on science and global warming.
by Daniel Nussbaum1 Apr 2015, 9:50 AM PST0

Celebrities have flocked to Twitter to make their displeasure about Indiana’s new religious freedom law known. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence signed Senate Bill 101 into law last week, a law which prohibits state and federal government from limiting a person’s ability to exercise their religion. Critics on the left have argued that the bill is anti-gay.
by Daniel Nussbaum1 Apr 2015, 9:31 AM PST0

University of Southern California athletic director Pat Haden has announced that he is boycotting the upcoming College Football Playoff committee meeting to be held in Indiana because of the state’s new Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
by Warner Todd Huston1 Apr 2015, 12:02 AM PST0

The president and CEO of famed sports equipment company NIKE, Inc., Mark Parker, is jumping on board the anti-Indiana bandwagon with a public statement claiming that Indiana’s religious freedom law is “discriminatory.”
by Warner Todd Huston31 Mar 2015, 6:21 PM PST0

After Dr. Ben Carson backed Indiana’s religious freedom law for which the institutional left is targeting Gov. Mike Pence, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush spoke up to defend it too.
by Alex Swoyer30 Mar 2015, 10:08 PM PST0

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush expressed his support for Indiana’s new Religious Freedom Restoration Act on Monday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show.” Jeb stated, “I think if you — if they [the law’s critics] actually got briefed on the law that they
by Ian Hanchett30 Mar 2015, 8:01 PM PST0

Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy took to Twitter Monday morning to announce he will be signing an executive order barring state-funded travel to Indiana in the wake of Gov. Mike Pence signing a Religious Freedom law.
by Dan Riehl30 Mar 2015, 5:54 PM PST0

Religious liberty has become something believers have to beg for, on bent knee, hats in hand, while mumbling a stream of apologies about how they’re not motivated by personal animosity toward anyone. Their adversaries are free to question their very humanity, dismissing matters of faith and conscience with a sneer.
by John Hayward30 Mar 2015, 11:15 AM PST0

Thursday Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed into law the controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) and has been shielding himself ever since from a tirade of slings and arrows from the media, celebrities, Liberals, and even the NFL and NBA. All of this is a result of what Pence says is a law that protects religious freedom for “Hoosiers.”
by Robert Wilde30 Mar 2015, 8:11 AM PST0

On Sunday’s “This Week with George Stephanopolous,” Gov. Mike Pence (R-IN) defended his state’s so-called Religious Freedom Law and vowed not to back down by changing the law. “We’re not going to change the law,” Pence said, “but if the general
by Jeff Poor29 Mar 2015, 9:10 AM PST0

With Indiana Gov. and potential 2016 GOP presidential contender Mike Pence signing “a controversial state Senate bill that simply states the government can’t interfere with people and businesses exercising their religious beliefs,” the media is now ripe with speculation that the issue may be in play in the presidential politics of 2016.
by Dan Riehl27 Mar 2015, 5:25 PM PST0