(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear friends of NCSE,

The state's largest newspaper reacts editorially to Wyoming's decision
not to adopt the NGSS. One of the antievolution bills in Missouri
advances. There's a settlement in a Louisiana case involving a
sixth-grade teacher's advocacy of creationism. And Wyoming blocks the
adoption of the NGSS partly because of their treatment of global
climate change.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear friends of NCSE,

The Louisiana legislature takes a step toward repealing the
creationist bill it enacted in 1981, while a Darwin Day bill is
introduced in the Hawaii legislature. The Baton Rouge Advocate
reaffirms its endorsement of the proposed repeal of the so-called
Louisiana Science Education Act of 2008. And NCSE attains its 40,000th
Facebook fan.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear friends of NCSE,

A step forward for the remaining antiscience bill in Oklahoma. And sad
news of the death of Bernard Winograd.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear friends of NCSE,

A bill to repeal Louisiana's 2008 antievolution law is introduced. One
antiscience bill is dead in Oklahoma. NCSE's Eugenie C. Scott receives
a lifetime achievement award from CFI and CSI. A bill to repeal
Louisiana's 1981 antievolution law is introduced. And a preview of New
Trends in Earth-Science Outreach and Engagement -- featuring NCSE's
Minda Berbeco and Mark McCaffrey.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear friends of NCSE,

Public opinion about climate change and about evolution is canvassed
in the National Science Board's Science and Engineering Indicators for
2014. A second antievolution bill surfaces, or resurfaces, in
Oklahoma, but in South Carolina there is reportedly a withdrawal of
opposition to evolution in the state science standards. A new issue of
Reports of the NCSE is available on-line. The National Association of
Biology Teachers registers its opposition to the (first) antievolution
bill in Oklahoma. And sad news of the death of Aykut Kence.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear friends of NCSE,

Virginia's antievolution bill is dead. Plus the latest news on
antiscience legislation from the Sooner State, the Palmetto State, and
the Show Me State. And NCSE's Ann Reid and Glenn Branch, writing in
The Scientist, warn scientists about debating creationists.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear friends of NCSE,

News about antiscience legislation in South Dakota, South Dakota,
Virginia, and South Dakota again. Plus a reminder about Darwin Day.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear friends of NCSE,

A bill permitting the teaching of "intelligent design" surfaces in
South Dakota, while a Darwin Day resolution is introduced in the U. S.
Congress. Creationism appears in a lawsuit against a Louisiana school
board, a second antievolution bill emerges in Missouri, and further
information is revealed about the antiscience bill in Virginia. Plus a
reminder about Darwin Day.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear friends of NCSE,

Allegations that creationism is taught in charter schools in Texas.
The third antiscience bill of the year, from Missouri. The Steveometer
passes the 1300 mark. And a reminder about Darwin Day.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear friends of NCSE,

The second antiscience bill of the year surfaces in Oklahoma.
Francisco J. Ayala joins NCSE's board of directors. Darwin Day 2014 is
on its way. And signs of continued progress in South Carolina, as the
state board of education approves a revised set of state science
standards without accepting proposals to undermine the treatment of
evolution.