An evangelical pro-life organization in Texas may be forced to pay a million and a half dollars in fines for violations.

According to Relevant Magazine, the Heidi Group, the pro-life organization contracted by the state to provide women’s health service resources, may have misused taxpayer funds.

The Heidi Group also overpaid subcontractors and operated without oversight, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission Office of Inspector General said.

In 2016, the Heidi Group was awarded a $1.6 million contract with the state of Texas to provide women’s healthcare resources to low-income residents. The Heidi Group was tasked with building those health care resources after state laws forced the closure of women’s health clinics that violated Texas’ abortion law.

The Heidi Group said it would provide women’s health resources to about 51,000 low-income women in the state. A state audit, however, found that the work by the organization only helped about 2,300 women.

In a separate $5.1 million contract with the state, the Health and Human Services Commission said the organization only helped about 1,000 people. The contract was for the state’s Family Planning Program which was supposed to help some 18,000 people.

“The difference in the number of recipients served and the funds expended implies that the Heidi Group mismanaged grant funds under…

A Texas school district has come under fire for allowing a drag queen to teach makeup to a high school cosmetology class. 

Though school administrators communicated the event, several parents were concerned that the event happened in the first place, according to local reports. The man, who dresses as a woman, goes by the name of Lynn Adonis-Deveaux, though his real name is unknown.

“I’ve got a problem when somebody with a false name enters a school and has advertised himself as an adult exotic dancer for men…Nobody would be allowed in a school under those circumstances,” said Conroe ISD trustee Dale Inman.

But teachers within the surrounding school district believe that parents shouldn’t have as loud of a voice when it comes to these issues.

In a post on Facebook, Willis ISD teacher Anthony Lane said, “I believe that raising a child is the responsibility of the community, and that parents should not have the final say. Let’s be honest, some of you don’t know what is best for your kids. I have learned a ton about what is best for [my son] Ethan from his teachers, not the other way around.

“Parents believe they should be able to storm the school in the name of political and religious beliefs if something happens in the school that they are morally opposed to. They forget that we make a promise to prepare their children…

Alabama star quarterback and Heisman Trophy candidate Tua Tagovailoa suffered a devastating season-ending injury Saturday, but stayed optimistic and delivered a faith-centric perspective to fans on social media.    

“Thank you all for the prayers and well wishes! God always has a plan,” Tagovailoa wrote on Twitter Saturday night, hours after he was injured. 

Thank you all for the prayers and well wishes! God always has a plan 🙏🏽

— Tua. T 🇦🇸 (@Tuaamann) November 17, 2019

Tagovailoa suffered a dislocated hip – a rare injury for an athlete – while being tackled during a game against Mississippi State. His recovery is expected to last at least 6-12 months, according to a surgeon interviewed by CBS Sports, although it could threaten his career if severe enough. The surgeon did not know all the details of the injury but said the injury is more common in automobile accidents. 

He was expected to be a high NFL draft pick in 2020 if he chose to bypass his senior season. He is a junior. 

Tagovailoa is known for his Christian faith. The eye black on each side of his face is shaped like a cross. His social media accounts lists 1 Corinthians 2:9, which says, “‘What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived’ — the things God has prepared for those who love him.” 

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Last week, the Ohio House approved a measure to protect student rights to “religious expression in public schools, including prayer, school assignments, artwork and clothing,” according to the Columbus Dispatch.

Republican Rep. Tim Ginter, who sponsored the bill, believes the legislation clarifies freedom of religion on public school campuses. It is “inclusive legislation that will positively enhance liberties,” he said.

But critics of the bill believe it’s unnecessary. “I appreciate the sentiment,” said Rep. Phillip Robinson (D). “But we already protect religious expression.”

The law, which still must travel through the Republican-led Senate, will give student religious groups the same access to school facilities as secular groups. It will also lift bans that limit religious expression to lunch or non-instructional times and allow students to speak on religion in their homework or artwork.

According to Faithwire, this provision would allow students to embrace creationism in their science classrooms instead of adhering to evolution.

The interpretations of the bill, however, have been contested. According to the Washington Post, chief lobbyist for the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio fears the bill would allow students to answer “incorrectly” based on religious beliefs than science and not be penalized.

However, Charles Haynes,…

A Bolivian police officer who was shot in the chest during civil unrest over the ousting of Bolivia’s now-former president Evo Morales said he was saved by a Bible tucked into his left breast pocket.

“Yes, it was a miracle,” the unnamed officer, a devout Christian, told Bolivian media.

Pictures of the Bible appeared in local media and on a Spanish-language Facebook post chronicling the incident. The front of the blue Bible shows a small hole about the size of a pencil eraser. An exit hole on the back cover is larger and shows several pieces of its pages torn and dangling from the damage. The officer also carried brass knuckles in the pocket, which was broken in half by the bullet.

Oscar Gutierrez, head of the Special Force of the Fight Against Crime of Santa Cruz, said the officer was part of a contingent of law enforcement trying to restore order in the town of Yapacani on Wednesday when he was “shot by a projectile” believed to be a 9mm round.

“He is a young officer whose life was saved miraculously, he was shot by a projectile,” Gutierrez declared, adding the patrolman “had a Bible that stopped the projectile.”

The police supervisor said the uninjured officer was taken to a Santa Cruz hospital for routine tests and was expected to return to work soon.

The skirmishes in Yapacani were part of nationwide protests following an apparent…