There’s no need to hike taxes to give teacher raises. The Heritage Foundation’s Jonathan Butcher outlines ways school district can costs in other areas–such as no longer operating 1,000 unused classrooms, as one district does–to free up dollars for hard-working teachers. Plus: A Mexican restaurant faces protests, online and offline, after sharing a photo of Attorney General Jeff Sessions eating at the restaurant.

Shelby Emmett, director of the Center to Protect Free Speech at the American Legislative Exchange Council, discusses the status of free speech right now. Plus: we analyze the media’s latest strategy on how to fight President Trump.

There are fires raging across California yet again, and The Daily Signal’s Jarrett Stepman breaks down how environmental policies play a role in poor forest management. Plus: A school, in the interest of being more “inclusive,” will no longer recite the Pledge of Allegiance each morning.

Nolan Peterson, who reports from Ukraine for The Daily Signal, joins us today to discuss the European land war no one’s paying any attention to–and what Russia’s motivation is. Plus: We discuss how children are being euthanized in Belgium.

On today’s edition of The Daily Signal podcast, Ginny Montalbano and Daniel Davis interview expert Nick Loris, an economist who focuses on energy, environmental, and regulatory issues at The Heritage Foundation, about proposed regulation rollbacks in California. Loris discusses the Trump administration’s move to try and roll back fuel-efficiency regulations put into place by the Obama administration, the possible legal ramifications, and Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s leadership at the EPA so far.

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While the Trump administration remains committed to repealing Obamacare, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar has additional ideas for how to boost health care in the United States. In an exclusive interview with The Daily Signal’s Genevieve Wood, he shares his thoughts. Plus: A new study indicates adults are spending over 11 hours a day engaged in media.

The Heritage Foundation’s Ana Quintana explains what the White House’s decision to sanction three Nicaraguan officials means for the long term, and what can be done in the country, where the government is brutally cracking down on dissidents. Plus: A news site casts a dark shadow on Catholic hospitals in rural areas.

Dr. Aaron Rhodes, president of the Forum for Religious Freedom-Europe and author of “The Debasement of Human Rights: How Politics Sabotage the Ideal of Freedom,” joins us to talk about religious freedom around the world. Plus: San Francisco is considering effectively banning tech companies from providing free lunches.

The Heritage Foundation’s Hans von Spakovsky joins us to discuss what the newly-released FISA warrant shows us about the FBI’s proof–or lack thereof–that there was reason to believe Trump campaign was entangled with Russia. Plus: A new analysis shows that being 30 in 1977 is very different than being 30 now.

On today’s edition of The Daily Signal podcast, Rob Bluey and Ginny Montalbano interview small business owner Joseph Semprevivo, president and founder of Joseph’s Lite Cookies of Sebastian, Florida. He shares how tax reform has benefitted his company and employees.

Heritage Foundation tax policy analyst Adam Michel weighs in on newly released research on the benefits of tax reform, and what the long-term impact could be for millions of Americans.