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Bowser Focuses on Incarceration to Address Rising Crime

Tuesday, July 11th, 2023

via Washington City Paper (District of Columbia)

The debate over D.C.'s crime bill is wrapping up, but where is the discussion of how to actually solve crimes?

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Pasco teacher who favors parental rights seeks school board seat

Tuesday, July 11th, 2023

via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)

High school math coach CJ Smith would challenge District 2 incumbent Colleen Beaudoin.

Social Emotional Learning, Parent Involvement, School Board – General, Racism

One senator’s abortion protest leaves the Marine Corps without a permanent leader

Tuesday, July 11th, 2023

via KNPR (Nevada)

The Marine Corps' highest-ranking officer position fell vacant on Monday thanks to a move from Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., who continues to block nominations to protest a Pentagon abortion policy.

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‘We will not rest until there is justice for Greenwood’: 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre survivors vow to fight lawsuit dismissal

Tuesday, July 11th, 2023

via al.com (Alabama)

A judgment in favor of the plaintiffs would've provided reparations to three survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre.

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‘We will not rest until there is justice for Greenwood’: 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre survivors vow to fight laws

Tuesday, July 11th, 2023

via OregonLive.com (Oregon)

A judgment in favor of the plaintiffs would've provided reparations to three survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre.

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What is social emotional learning?

Tuesday, July 11th, 2023

via The Post and Courier (South Carolina)

Charleston County School District (CCSD) has been a leader in the state's implementation of Social Emotional Learning (SEL), with 80 percent of elementary schools and 100 percent of middle schools

Social Emotional Learning, Racism

LEARNS and the inevitable

Tuesday, July 11th, 2023

via Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. (Arkansas)

The lawsuit over the LEARNS Act has always been about time, which is about up.

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Utah congressmen weigh in on defense spending bill, as House Republicans take on ‘woke’ military policies

Tuesday, July 11th, 2023

via Deseret News (Utah)

Republicans and Democrats will have to agree on the final version of the $900 billion bill

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Warfighters vs. woke-fighters: House enters crunch time for Pentagon policy bill

Monday, July 10th, 2023

via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)

House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise on Monday blamed President Biden for the brewing fight over the annual Pentagon policy bill, saying he had turned the U.S. military into a proving ground for a left-wing social agenda.

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Bruce Chester, Gardner Republican enters senate race for open seat

Monday, July 10th, 2023

via Telegram (Massachusetts)

Republic field for the seat left vacant by Sen. Anne Gobi, D-Spencer, is becoming crowded with three candidates who have already announced

LGBTQ+, School Board – General, Racism

Army veteran Sam Brown enters U.S. Senate race – The Nevada Independent

Monday, July 10th, 2023

via The Nevada Independent (Nevada)

Retired U.S. Army Capt. Sam Brown is entering Nevada's 2024 U.S. Senate race, with the institutional backing of Senate Republicans.

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Top House Armed Services Dem worried about ‘extreme right-wing amendments’ filed to defense bill

Monday, July 10th, 2023

via 8 News NOW (Nevada)

The head Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee says he is worried about a flurry of 'extreme right-wing amendments' attached to the House version of the annual defense bill as lawmakers prepare to debate and vote on the legislation this month. Rep. Adam Smith (Wash.) told The Washington Post he was concerned about GOP […]

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Valley News Forum for July 10, 2023: Misinterpreting the Second Amendment

Monday, July 10th, 2023

via Valley News (New Hampshire)

Misinterpreting the Second AmendmentWe constantly limit or resist efforts at gun control because we think the Second Amendment confers gun ownership as a constitutional right. John Barrasso of…

Parent Involvement, Racism

Group finds ‘poison pills’ in GOP budget targeting climate action, more

Monday, July 10th, 2023

via The NM Political Report (New Mexico)

Federal spending bills drafted by Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives include what the Clean Budget Coalition describes as 17 different poison pills in the form of policy riders related to climate change, water quality and clean energy. The Clean Budget Coalition is a group of nearly 260 advocacy organizations that focuses on […]

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How one university is bolstering rural health care

Monday, July 10th, 2023

via POLITICO (New York)

Across the country, there has been rising alarm over the potential for hundreds of closures of rural hospitals that have been facing economic strain.

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Congress returns to confront must-pass defense bill, Supreme Court ethics and nomination headaches

Sunday, July 9th, 2023

via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)

Congress returns from its Fourth of July recess this week with growing objections on the left and right to President Joe Biden's military policies and a looming fight in the Senate over ethics standards for the Supreme Court.

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What is in the National Defense Authorization Act ahead of House floor vote?

Sunday, July 9th, 2023

via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)

The House and Senate Armed Services committees advanced the $886 billion National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2024, each drafting their own version of next year's defense bill at the end of June.

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Clarence Page: A college-level challenge: When free speech sounds like cyberbullying

Sunday, July 9th, 2023

via Chicago Tribune (Illinois)

At U. of C., a student's Twitter rhetoric sounds a lot like 'a genuine threat or harassment,' which would violate campus free speech policies.

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If you care about public education, go to the polls

Sunday, July 9th, 2023

via The Durango Herald (Colorado)

The news media and political pundits are heavily focused on the next 'big' election – November 2024, when we will decide who occupies the Oval Office for the next four-year term. Will it be Joe Biden ...

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