Category: Legislative

Expanding Education on Injustice

By: Kate Garton We are approaching the 100-year anniversary of the race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma that took place from May 31st to June 1st, 1921. While the United States has made great strides...

Gateway to Gun Control

By: Kate Garton The first mass shooting in the United States took place on September 6th, 1949; the shooter was a WWII veteran armed with a 9mm pistol. Since then, mass shootings have become...

America’s Plastic Problem

By: Ellie Ford Amy Pang, a lobbyist from Neuqua Valley, intends to begin charging for plastics with bill SC-O-02. This bill would add a $0.08 tax to every plastic bag used at a checkout. ...

The Dangers of Data

By: Olivija Vasiliauskas In the Age of Information, the world runs on an invisible currency: data. This new industry has caused many parents to reassess how they can best protect their children from the...

Delegates Move to Decriminalize Drugs

By: Ellie Ford Georgia Shwaiko, a Carmel Catholic High School legislator, is proposing bill H-B-08 to decriminalize drug use, although the sale and manufacturing of drugs would remain illegal.  Those caught with illicit substances...

Regulating Rubber Bullets

By: Elizabeth Arias According to The New York Times, at least 50 people have been seriously injured or, in some cases, killed by the permitted use of rubber bullets because they were considered to...

Dad’s To Get the Right To Stay Home

by: Madison Powell, Lucy Stanton How would you feel if one of your loved ones was denied the right to spend time with their own newborn child? Well, this is unfortunately one of the...

Record a Cop During a Traffic Stop

by: Tinu Sathya Eavesdropping in itself is a divisive issue – the secret recording of any person, regardless of their status, raises issues that the American government still struggles to answer. This issue is...

Presumed Consent at the DMV

by: Bianca Reeder All over the world, the number of people in need of organs largely outnumbers the number of organs being donated. Waubonsie Valley’s Meher Sethi, Vinay Pai, Karthik Srinivasan, and Henry Hong...