Category UK, Europe

School absence rates in the UK doubled from pre-2020 levels as a “knock-on effect” of school closures and other lockdown restrictions, a new report has found, with lower attendance rates likely to persist for years. The higher absence rate is…

A California bill that would ban local governments from requiring voter identification in their elections passed the state Assembly, and now awaits the governor’s approval or veto. The measure would ban local governments such as Huntington Beach—where voters recently gave…

A federal judge in Louisiana has issued a permanent injunction barring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) from enforcing disparate-impact requirements under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act within the state. “Louisiana has…