Democrats aim at parental rights

When the Legislature's majority Democrats joined Republicans to pass the parental-rights initiative during our 2024 session, did they do so to keep the popular measure from being passed by voters in November, making it possible for them to gut the new law this year over Republican objections?

Perhaps.

But one thing is certain: Democrats in the state Senate have acted quickly to undermine Initiative 2081 law less than a year later.

Senate Bill 5181 was hustled through the Senate Early Learning and K-12 Committee on Jan. 23. Republicans expect a vote in the Senate chamber as soon as today, Wedne...