No real surprise here. Via Legal Insurrection: 1. Denver Metro spends $481.2 million annually on the homeless: shelters, services, emergency response, and healthcare. Denver gets $343 million, Boulder receives $15.9 million, and Aurora gets $7.8 million. 2. Denver’s homeless population ranges from 4,171 to 10,428. The money spent on the homeless range from $41,679 per person to

Study finds that students in online courses fail to complete them and get lower grades than peers learning in person. Several experts question the paper’s design and findings, especially related to the pandemic. From Inside Higher Ed: The quest to figure out just how much the COVID-19 pandemic affected college-level learning is understandable, not least

“I’m going to make sure I have security… I have too much work to do. There are too many people that need help right now for me to allow that. If I end up spending $200,000, if I spend 10 more dollars on it, you know what, I get to be here to do the

Great article, showing how Washington’s law hurts Idaho employees.  PULLMAN – In a letter released Thursday, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories President Dr. Ed Schweitzer is asking Washington Governor Jay Inslee to put a stop to the Washington Cares Act. The new law mandating public long-term care benefits for Washington residents will be paid for by a

Let’s be clear: states that subsidize not working have workers who say they cannot find work.  Quoting the Apostle Paul: “If anyone isn’t willing to work, he should not eat.” An empty belly is quite a motivator for anti-laziness.  Like hundreds of thousands of other Washingtonians, Priscilla Bell, a personal trainer in Seattle, lost her

This is well worth the read.  Moscow, Idaho–“I knew our justice system had gone wobbly, but if this kind of political prosecutorial harassment can happen in Idaho over something as trivial as stickers, God help anybody dealing with serious issues,” Nate Wilson said.  Wilson’s two teenage sons (now 19 and 14) are ten months into

She was the most far-left member of the Senate (yes, even left of Bernie), and had 1% support during the Democratic primaries.  Why could anyone dislike her?  Via https://notthebee.com/article/new-polls-show-kamala-is-the-most-disliked-vp-in-60-years/

The Delta variant of the coronavirus has been detected in Moscow. City officials announced the finding in a press release on Friday.  Staff have been testing sewage in Moscow to determine which variants are in the community.  Officials say the Delta variant has been detected.  The Delta variant spreads more rapidly.  The city press release