The U.S. Departments of Justice and Education have joined together mandating that virtually every college and university in the US establish unconstitutional speech codes that violate the First Amendment and decades of legal precedent.

To help Kansans understand how legislators vote, Kansas Policy Institute has produced the Kansas Freedom Index for 2013.

In the Oregon Legislature, today was the deadline for bills that passed one chamber to be scheduled for a work session in the other chamber. In essence, if a work session or hearing is not scheduled, the bill is dead. Several notable election bills have been put on life support, while several others proceed.

The North Carolina Senate leadership announced their nearly $21 billion budget plan late Sunday night in Raleigh.

The Texas Senate passed SB 11, a bill to initiate drug testing for food stamps and other government assistance programs. The bill is set for a floor vote in the Texas House in the near term.