GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan. 29 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Jan. 28, 2025: * * * Opponents Pack Cong. Tiffany's Town Hall on St. Croix County Solar Project Written by Tom Steward Residents of St. Croix County across the river from the Alan S. King power plant in Oak Park Heights turned out in force at a town hall Monday to oppose a huge solar farm Xcel Energy w  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 29 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: * * * FFRF deplores Trump's ban kicking out transgender from military The Freedom From Religion Foundation denounces President Trump's executive order banning transgender Americans from serving in the military as a sop to Christian nationalists -- and as a move undertaken at the expense of human dignity and America's security. The previous Trump ban, which President Bi  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 29 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: * * * FFRF urges Brevard (Fla.) school board to retain moment of silence and avoid prayer The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling upon the Brevard Public School Board to reject a proposal replacing its moment of silence at the beginning of its meetings with an official prayer. The board currently observes a moment of silence, which is an inclusive practice that  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 29 [Category: Sociological] -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, issued the following news: * * * Ten Commandments bills sweep the nation as state legislatures open The FFRF Action Fund is sounding the alarm on a dismaying nationwide trend: Bills introduced in about a dozen states require the placemen  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 29 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: * * * UW-Madison's Teacher Pledge keeps PK-12 educators in the profession -- and in Wisconsin Reed Trueblood's path to teaching high school math was anything but linear. After he graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in economics and history, he worked in retail and insurance. It wasn't until he started substitute teaching on the side that he considered the big caree  more