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(Background) ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA - JUNE 18: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and first lady Gwen Walz attend a candlelight vigil outside the state Capitol building on June 18, 2025 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Law enforcement agencies captured Vance Boelter on June 15th in connection with the killing of DFL State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, who were shot at their home on June 14th. DFL State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were also shot and hospitalized in a separate incident. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said during a press conference that the shooting "appears to be a politically motivated assassination." (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) / (L-Top) Jason Adkins, Executive Director of the Minnesota Catholic Conference. (MCC) (Photo via: mncatholic.org) / (L-Bottom) Tim Benz, President of MINNDEPENDENT. (Photo via: minndependent.org)

Minn. Catholic school leaders’ 2023 plea for enhanced security to Walz and Lt. Gov. went ignored

Two years ago, before the heartbreaking school shooting in Minneapolis claimed the lives of two children, leaders of independent and Catholic schools in Minnesota wrote to Governor Tim Walz and the state’s lieutenant governor asking for help in securing non-public schools and keeping their students safe.

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 31: U.S. President Donald Trump (C) displays a signed executive order during a signing ceremony in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on July 31, 2025 in Washington, DC. Standing with Trump are (L-R) Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Vice President JD Vance, golfer Bryson DeChambeau, WWE Chief Creative Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque, and US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Trump signed a series of orders that will expand on his council on sports, fitness and nutrition, including by reviving the Presidential Fitness Test in public schools. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump signs EO reestablishing ‘Presidential Fitness Test’ for students

President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) on Thursday reestablishing the Presidential Fitness Test, which former Democrat President Barack Obama phased out in 2012.

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 29: North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper speaks during the lighting ceremony for the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree on the West Lawn on November 29, 2022 in Washington, DC. The 79-foot-tall red spruce, nickname "Ruby," was cut from the Pisgah National Forest near Lake Toxaway, North Carolina, and is decorated with 12,000 ornaments from 125 communities in 13 different states across the country. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

North Carolina ‘state of emergency’ over school choice bill

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency on Monday in an effort to try and stop the state legislature from overriding his veto on a school choice bill.