Blaine Amendment

Public funding of religious schools is coming. The first lesson is compromise.

By Thomas Reese — December 14, 2021
(RNS) — What religious schools need more than anything is something like the Pell Grants that are available to low-income college students.

The ’Splainer: What is the Blaine Amendment and did SCOTUS kill it?

By Kimberly Winston — June 28, 2017
(RNS) Who was Blaine and would he have wanted to prevent a Midwestern day care center from padding the ground below its swingset and slide? Let us ’Splain . . . .

Neil Gorsuch could help religious schools get public funding

By Lance Izumi — February 10, 2017
(RNS) If confirmed, the new justice could help sway a case that could pave the way for public funds to go to private schools.

What won, what lost on 2012 state ballot measures

By Jeanie Groh — November 7, 2012

(RNS) Here's a quick tour of selected state ballot measures from the 2012 elections. By Jeanie Groh.

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