The State

DeSantis says state investigating abortion ‘petitions on behalf of dead people’

DeSantis says state investigating abortion ‘petitions on behalf of dead people’

U.S.
Amanda Smith

Gov. Ron DeSantis defended the use of his election police to question people who signed petitions for an amendment that would overturn ...

what Pa. workers have to celebrate this Labor Day

what Pa. workers have to celebrate this Labor Day

U.S.
Amanda Smith

As Keystone Research Center reports in The State of Working Pennsylvania 2024, and highlighted by the Economist magazine, the wages of a ...

Montana Republicans urge state high court to reverse landmark youth climate ruling

Montana Republicans urge state high court to reverse landmark youth climate ruling

Politics
Amanda Smith

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Republican officials in Montana will ask the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn a landmark climate ruling ...

In SC, local school officials won’t have final say on books bans. Who has the power?

In SC, local school officials won’t have final say on books bans. Who has the power?

U.S.
Amanda Smith

The South Carolina State Board of Education now has the power to regulate the books on schools’ shelves, instead of local school ...

The end of the Texas Frontier Era

The end of the Texas Frontier Era

U.S.
Amanda Smith

Editor’s Note: Caprock Chronicles is edited by Texas Tech University Librarian Emeritus, Jack Becker. He can be reached at [email protected]. Today’s article about the murders ...