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Youth advance to Pitch, Hit and Run in Kansas City
Saturday, August 31st, 2024
via Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska)The Star City Optimist Youth Foundation hosted the Nebraska District Tri-Star Baseball Pitch, Hit and Run contest at the Optimist Youth Sports Complex last spring. Winners of local contests competed
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LWV Lunch & Learn to address funding private school vouchers
Saturday, August 31st, 2024
via Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska)The September League of Women Voters Lunch & Learn will focus on the issue of using public money to fund private school vouchers and the successful referendum petition drives to
School Board – General, Book Bans
Optimist Club donates supplies to West Lincoln School
Saturday, August 31st, 2024
via Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska)West Lincoln Elementary School was the August recipient of the Optimist Club of Lincoln's School Supplies project.
School Board – General, Book Bans
Grants up to $2.5K available for local neighborhood projects
Saturday, August 31st, 2024
via Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska)Civic Nebraska and members of the Community Builder Coalition are continuing the Strong Neighborhoods grant program to support neighborhood-based, resident-led programs and projects across Lincoln.
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Metro Gallery to open show by Rickers on Friday
Saturday, August 31st, 2024
via Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska)"Seven Birds & Eight Constructions," a collection of work by featured artist Thomas Rickers, will open from 5-7 p.m. on First Friday, Sept. 6, at Metro Gallery, 1316 N St.
School Board – General, Book Bans
Recalled school board member’s appointment to library board came as a surprise
Saturday, August 31st, 2024
via Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska)Gov. Jim Pillen replaced Beth Kabes, an educator who had been accepted for a second term on the Nebraska Library Commission, with former school board member Terri Cunningham-Swanson.
School Board – General, Book Bans, Parent Involvement
Nebraska’s top election official: Opportunity Scholarships referendum qualifies for ballot
Friday, August 30th, 2024
via Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska)The fate of a Nebraska law allocating $10 million in tax dollars for private school scholarships will be left up to voters in November, the state's top election official said.
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Governor appoints ex-school board member recalled over book ban push to Nebraska’s library board
Friday, August 30th, 2024
via The Associated Press (Nebraska)Republican Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has appointed a new member to the Nebraska Library Commission — a former local school board member removed from office after trying to ban more than 50 books.
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Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen to put the heat on ‘fake’ meat with labeling, procurement restrictions
Friday, August 30th, 2024
via Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska)Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen announced Thursday he's prohibiting procurement of cell-cultured food products by state agencies and proposing new labeling rules to ensure shoppers don't get duped.
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Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen’s selection for library board had sought book ban in Plattsmouth
Friday, August 30th, 2024
via Omaha World-Herald (Nebraska)Terri Cunningham-Swanson, who was recalled from the Plattsmouth school board after attempting to ban books from the school library, was appointed to the Nebraska Library Commission by Gov. Jim Pillen.
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K-8 schools emerge as popular alternative as Florida districts close campuses
Friday, August 30th, 2024
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)A roundup of Florida education news from around the state
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Scores: Week 1 Nebraska high school football
Thursday, August 29th, 2024
via Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska)Scores from Week 1 of the high school football season.
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Major publishers sue Florida over ‘unconstitutional’ book ban law
Thursday, August 29th, 2024
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)A coalition of publishers, authors and parents say Florida's public school book review process limits free expression.
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Publishers, authors sue Florida over ‘unconstitutional book-banning’
Thursday, August 29th, 2024
via The Palm Beach Post (Florida)The group claims that as a result of HB 1069, books were removed "with no consideration of the educational value of the work as a whole."
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School bus cameras catch thousands illegally passing in Florida
Thursday, August 29th, 2024
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)A roundup of Florida education news from around the state
School Board – General, Book Bans
Far right spins NY abortion rights amendment as ploy to get trans kids in girls’ sports
Wednesday, August 28th, 2024
via Gothamist (New York)Supporters of the amendment worry its vague language has opened the door to misinformation.
Book Bans, LGBTQ+, Parent Involvement
Democrats Begin Highly Targeted Campaign Up and Down Pennsylvania Ballot
Wednesday, August 28th, 2024
via The New York Times (Pennsylvania)A $500,000 program will send canvassers in the critical battleground state out to voters with locally tailored messages.
School Board – General, Book Bans
Threatened for protesting book bans, this librarian won’t keep quiet
Tuesday, August 27th, 2024
via The Washington Post (Louisiana)In her book 'That Librarian,' Amanda Jones shares the story of what happened to her when she stood up against censorship.
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Katy ISD board of trustees broadens book bans to include books on gender fluidity
Tuesday, August 27th, 2024
via Houston Chronicle (Texas)The Katy ISD board of trustees has passed a measure that now adds books on gender fluidity to the list of banned books in the district.
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