2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (480+ words) WISCONSIN — Wisconsin voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to amend the state constitution to prevent places of worship from being closed during a state of emergency, a proposal rooted in restrictions issued at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The question…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (820+ words) Home – Political News – Does the First Amendment Give You the Right to Disrupt a Church Service? The First Amendment protects both freedom of speech and freedom of assembly, but those rights do not give activists carte blanche to invade a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (385+ words) Knott and Suozzi proposed a bill creating worship-service buffer zones and penalties for disrupting religious gatherings. Bill introduced in the House: Congressman Brad Knott and Congressman Tom Suozzi introduced the “Right to Worship Act,” which would create a 100-foot buffer around…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (432+ words) In the Tyumen region, police uncovered a large mining farm: a large family is suspected of abusing benefits for mining and disguising cryptocurrency mining as ordinary household electricity consumption. The inspection took place in the Nizhnetavdinsky district. According to investigators…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago   (1418+ words) Rent is not just the money you pay a landlord. In economics, it means something far bigger and far more significant. Economic rent is any payment above what is needed to keep a resource in use. Land earns rent, because…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1153+ words) In today's edition of The Public Pulse, readers react to Rep. Don Bacon's op-ed and other public comments about immigration reform. They also chime in on Brett Lindstrom's campaign for governor, campaign finance reform, and ranked-choice voting. Want your voice…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (152+ words) Ferrere and Peterson agree: investigate immigrants, excuse government abuse New Jersey Hills Media Group When I opened the Aug. 19 issue of the Hunterdon Review, two articles faced me from opposite sides of the newspaper’s centerfold. Read together, they reveal a…...

3+ week, 18+ hour ago   (778+ words) The late Jackpine Bob Cary was not only a fabled storyteller, author and artist, but a wiseold newspaper man and journalist. Late in his career at the Ely Echo, there was more than a time or two when he could…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (337+ words) By Dan Kennedy • Tracking the future of local news and other passions since 2005 In May 2025, I gave a New England Muzzle Award to Thomas Koch, the mayor of Quincy, Massachusetts, for attempting to install two religious statues at the city’s…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (200+ words) Prayer is a part of life here in East Tennessee. As someone who just moved here three years ago, I’ll admit, it’s taken some time to get used to, even as a faith leader myself. Presbyterians of my tradition tend…...