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New Mexico governor issues 30-day ban on carrying guns, gun rights groups sue
The gun rights battle is heating up in New Mexico. On Friday, Sept. 8, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham declared gun violence a public health emergency and issued a 30-day ban on carrying firearms in public or on state property. Grisham says the ban is necessary, as several young children have been killed in recent shootings. An… -
Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide if Catholic charity is actually religious
During the week of Sept. 10, the Wisconsin State Supreme Court will hear oral arguments and decide if the Catholic Charities Bureau will have to continue paying into the state’s unemployment services. The organization, a part of the Diocese of Superior, provides services to help the disabled, the elderly and the poor — regardless of… -
California could become first state to implement tax on guns, ammunition
A first-in-the nation excise tax on guns and ammunition passed in both chambers of the California Statehouse on Thursday, Sept. 7. The bill now heads to the desk of Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif. “The allocation of these funds will lay the necessary groundwork to prevent future devastation and unnecessary death,” Kris Brown, president of the gun… -
Get the context for new COVID data as fight over future mandates ramps up
The amount of COVID-19 cases are on the rise, however they are still at a seasonal low. Data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention has been interpreted multiple different ways. The latest data available — updated by the CDC on Tuesday, Sept. 5 — shows a gradual increase in weekly hospitalizations from the… -
New college free speech rankings released. Harvard comes in last.
Michigan Technical University came in first, and Harvard University was dead last in the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression’s (FIRE) latest college free speech rankings. The rankings are formed from the results of a survey of 55,000 students. According to the Straight Arrow News Media Miss™ tool, this story is a Media Miss for…