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The California State Capitol in Sacramento seen from Capitol Mall, where the Legislature passed AB 181

californiaJun 30, 20264 min read

Sacramento Moves to Make State Superintendent Powerless, Weeks After a Conservative Placed First in the Primary

For a decade, California's establishment called the elected schools superintendent a powerless figurehead. The week a Chino Valley parent led the primary to win it, Sacramento moved to gut the office in seventy-two hours. Follow the power, and you learn who really runs the state's schools.

By Reid M. Turner

The top of an official absentee ballot sitting in a sorting tray

school boardJun 27, 20266 min read

Your School Board Election Is the Cheapest One in America to Steal, Just Ask Hempstead

A sitting Hempstead trustee finished third at the voting machines and first once the absentee ballots were counted, and the votes that flipped it were later found shredded in a dumpster. The clerk who ran the election worked for the board she helped pick. That is the real scandal.

By Reid M. Turner