MADISON, Wisconsin, March 21 -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, posted the following news on March 20, 2026: * * * 'Secularist' Okla. AG criticizes the favoring of a religious charter school The FFRF Action Fund's "Secularist of the Week" is Oklahoma's attorney general for his pushback against a state board's manipulation o  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 21 -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, posted the following news: * * * 'Theocratic' state rep. leads push for prayer in Ala. schools An Alabama legislator is FFRF Action Fund's "Theocrat of the Week" for his incessant push to install prayer in secular public schools. Alabama state Rep. Reed Ingram  more

BELLEVUE, Washington, March 20 [Category: Sociological] -- MomsRising, an online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, posted the following news release: * * * Leading Moms Group Thanks U.S. Democratic Women's Caucus for Thursday Evening's 'Powerful Conversation' with PA Moms * U.S. Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06), Becca Balint (VT-AL), and Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03) Joined Moms in Discussion on Affo  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 20 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association posted the following news release: * * * ALA Announces Recipients of the 2026 Jason Reynolds/Simon & Schuster Travel Grant The American Library Association (ALA) is pleased to announce the selection of five recipients of the 2026 Jason Reynolds/Simon & Schuster Travel Grant. Established in 2022, the grants are intended to support ALA's work of advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion within the library fie  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The American Center for Law and Justice posted the following statement on March 19, 2026, by senior associate counsel Nathan Moelker: * * * SHOCKING: Little Christian Girl Previously Subjected to Daily Backpack Searches for Bible Contraband Once Again Pulled From Class and Scolded For Sharing Her Faith in Jesus Imagine your daughter being pulled out of math class by a school administrator, told that her faith must be left at the door, and then watching that same school  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 20 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association posted the following news release: * * * Defending the federal E-Rate program from new legal threats, ALA files amicus brief to preserve broadband funding for libraries * The American Library Association (ALA) filed a friend of the court brief affirming the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Universal Service Fund (USF) and one of its four programs, E-Rate, which helps power broadband-enabled service  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 21 -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, posted the following news: * * * 'Theocratic' state rep. leads push for prayer in Ala. schools An Alabama legislator is FFRF Action Fund's "Theocrat of the Week" for his incessant push to install prayer in secular public schools. Alabama state Rep. Reed Ingram  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, March 20 -- Gov. Kevin Stitt, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news: * * * Governor Stitt Orders Transparency of Public School Spending * OKLAHOMA CITY (March 20, 2026) - Governor Kevin Stitt today signed an executive order requiring a comprehensive review of how Oklahoma's public education funding is being spent. Under the Governor's leadership, state appropriations for Oklahoma's public school system have increased more during the last seven years than in the pas  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Doreen Leavitt, secretary and director of natural resources of the Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, from a March 18, 2026, public witness day hearing on fiscal 2027 appropriations: * * * Chairman Simpson, Ranking Member Pingree, and distinguished members of this Subcommittee: On behalf of the Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope (ICAS), I want t  more