Georgia Governor May Suspend City School Board After 20 Years of Financial Problems | The States

Hillsdale professor Richard Samuelson discussed the distinction between inalienable rights and government-granted privileges, tracing the Bill of Rights' 1791 ratification and how it secured broader public support for the Constitution. Samuelson said modern technology and past emergencies have repeatedly tested constitutional protections, and warned that civil rights-era government oversight of associations could be a future pressure point on free speech and privacy. Also, in this episode: 22 states, led in part by Illinois AG Kwame Raoul and New York AG Letitia James, sued the Trump administration and Department of Transportation over a demand for the full Commercial Driver's License Information System database covering roughly 17 million drivers, arguing the request exceeds federal authority and threatens driver privacy. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the data is needed for highway safety enforcement and accused the states of "siding with illegal truck drivers."   California has already had roughly $160 million in federal highway funds withheld and 13,000 driver's licenses ordered canceled in a related compliance dispute. The Georgia State Board of Education voted unanimously to recommend Governor Brian Kemp suspend the Dublin City School Board after a 12-hour hearing revealed the district failed to remit teacher health insurance and pension payments to the state and reported conflicting multimillion-dollar budget deficit figures. The district blamed a former finance director now under investigation; Kemp has final authority on suspension and could appoint a new board. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the city has increased hate-crime prevention funding by more than 800% and expanded its antisemitism-response office to its largest size. Mamdani also defended the city's proposed 4% tax on second homes over $5 million after President Trump publicly opposed it and threatened to explore federal intervention, with a court hearing on the tax's injunction scheduled for next week. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker called on Democrats to unify around "team fight" following recent primary results without endorsing socialist candidates by name.   California Republican lawmakers proposed constitutional amendments to make election offices nonpartisan but it won't make it on the ballot this year. A bipartisan Georgia election-integrity task force launched regional roundtables. HHS announced it will end Medicaid/CHIP coverage for gender-transition procedures for minors. Plus, America's Talking: California: https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_dead7106-89e7-4096-ba8f-792bb932e852.html Georgia: https://www.thecentersquare.com/georgia/article_d29b0a30-4e5d-4752-ad2d-2d871f5c4cf4.html Health care: https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_acf6a9f1-2545-4af9-af21-cdc4ec07abcf.html The States delivers taxpayer-focused reporting from around America, powered by The Center Square. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.